Old Testament · Minor Prophets
Nahum
Nahum announces the fall of Nineveh, the same city spared in Jonah's day. Mercy delayed judgment; it did not cancel accountability.
- Authorship
- Attributed to Nahum the Elkoshite.
- Historical setting
- Judah, with Assyria at the height of its cruelty.
- Key themes
- God's patience and justice · The end of an empire · Refuge for those who trust him
- Where it sits in the story
- Comfort for a small nation living under a violent superpower.
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