Nineveh’s Demise
Nahum 3:1-19 Assyria’s unrelenting violence, extortion, and brutality are well documented in the records of its history. More important, however, God kept track of such savagery; and He judged it. In chapter 3 Nahum continued his vivid description of God’s destruction of Nineveh and the reasons for it. Deceitful Nahum pronounced a series of woes, or warnings, concerning Nineveh: “WGet More Articles—Subscribe Today!
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It is interesting to consider that Jonah was, at least in his own mind, justified for not wanting to go to a people as “bad” as Nineveh. We might make it about being disobedient to God, but this wasn’t just a personal prejudice against Nineveh.
Studying Jonah and the importance of Nineveh — Through all of this – today we need to be wary of all that is going on – even in the United States. We need to heed God’s warning and wake up and stand firm.
Thank you for the article – very good