Pronouncements against Nineveh

Nahum 1, 3 (selections)

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Chapter 1

¹A pronouncement on Nineveh: The Book of the Prophecy of Nahum the Elkoshite.

²The Lord is a passionate, avenging God;

The Lord is vengeful and fierce in wrath.

The Lord takes vengeance on His enemies,

He rages against His foes.

³The Lord is slow to anger and of great forbearance,

But the Lord does not remit all punishment. [ . . . ]

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About Nahum

Nahum, a prophet of unknown date, made a pronouncement about the destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire that was destroyed in the late seventh century BCE. Earlier, in 722–720 BCE, Assyria conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The destruction of Assyria, therefore, was good news for the people of Judah who, it was thought, would never again be invaded by criminal nations.

Drawing of relief of men in chariot trampling other figures. — Chariots trampling enemies and burning city in drawing of late 8th century BCE Assyrian relief in Sargon’s palace in Khorsabad, Iraq. One of Sargon’s horse-drawn chariots, its driver holding a whip, tramples over slain enemies, with the burning city depicted symbolically by torches rising over it. The relief illustrates the details of a prophecy related in the Book of Nahum foretelling the destruction of Nineveh, capital of Assyria, as retribution for Assyria’s many violent conquests.

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