Nineveh's second act. The city Jonah warned finally runs out of time.
Nahum opens with a theophanic hymn declaring the LORD as a jealous, avenging God whose power is manifest in storm, earthquake, and flood. The oracle shifts to pronounce doom on Nineveh while promising deliverance for Judah. A messenger of good news announces peace for God's people.
Written shortly before Nineveh's fall in 612 BC, Nahum of Elkosh prophesied during the waning years of the Assyrian Empire. The oracle presupposes Judah's long suffering under Assyrian domination and the memory of the earlier reprieve Jonah's preaching had granted Nineveh.
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