Today I want to briefly cover who Nahum’s prophesy is about. Nahum is prophesying about Nineveh, which was the capitol of Assyria. If you remember back to when we were covering the book of Jonah, Nineveh was also the main focus there. In the book of Jonah, we know that they had repented of their evil ways and God did not bring the calamity upon them, but here in the book of Nahum, we do not see repentance, but instead we see them back to their old evil ways.

Nineveh has become known, again, for their extreme violence, prostitution, and pagan practices (sorcery and witchcraft). The book of Nahum is about the impending destruction of Nineveh. In chapter 1 verse 3 we read, “The Lord is slow to anger and great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.” For Nineveh we saw God being slow to anger in the book of Jonah, with how He relented from destroying them, but now they have gone back and maybe even become worse, and we see that He is not going to leave them unpunished.

Nineveh is going to be destroyed, and even humiliated. When we look at a passage like this we must remember that this judgment being brought on Nineveh is just and right.

As we think on all of this let me leave you with the final verse from Nahum, “Nothing can heal your wound; your injury is fatal. Everyone who hears the news about you claps his hands at your fall, for who has not felt your endless cruelty?”

Thanks for reading,

Pastor Josh