Woe to the bloody city full of lies, plunder, and unceasing prey, where the crack of whips, rattling wheels, and corpses piled without end witness to unrelenting violence. Nineveh the harlot mistress of sorceries, who enslaved nations through her charms, will be shamed as the LORD exposes her nakedness before kingdoms, casts filth upon her, and makes her a gazing-stock from whom all flee. No better than Thebes (No-Amon) which fell despite Ethiopia's strength, Nineveh's fortresses will fall like ripe figs, her people become women, her merchants vanish like locusts in morning sun, and her wound will prove incurable—all who hear the news clap their hands, for who has not felt her endless cruelty?
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Egypt
View on MapEgypt plays a significant role throughout the Bible, from the time of Abraham to the flight of the Holy Family. Joseph was sold into slavery there and rose to become second to Pharaoh, saving his family during famine. The Israelites were enslaved in Egypt for 400 years before God delivered them through Moses in the Exodus. Jesus' family fled to Egypt to escape King Herod, fulfilling the prophecy "Out of Egypt I called my son."
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God's CharacterChapters 1
Nineveh's FallChapters 2
Reasons for JudgmentChapters 3
Nineveh's sins: bloodshed, deception, cruelty.
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An entire book about one city
The book of Nahum has only three chapters, and every single one focuses exclusively on the destruction of Nineveh. Unlike Jonah, who preached Nineveh's repentance, Nahum prophesied its complete and final fall around 612 BC as God's judgment for their wickedness.
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