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Nahum Lite Commentary

Nahum announces the fall of Nineveh and comforts God’s people by showing that the LORD will judge arrogant oppressors.

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Nahum 1:1-15

The divine warrior against Nineveh

Nahum announces that the Lord, the holy divine warrior, will judge Nineveh and break Assyria’s oppression of Judah. God is patient, but he will not leave wickedness unpunished; he is also a fortress for those who seek refuge in him.

Nahum 2:1-13

Nineveh plundered

Nahum announces that Nineveh, the violent capital of Assyria, will be overwhelmed because the Lord himself is against it. The city that plundered others will be plundered, humiliated, and silenced, while the Lord restores the dignity of…

Nahum 3:1-19

Woe to the bloody city

God pronounces irreversible judgment on Nineveh because the city was marked by bloodshed, deceit, plunder, and arrogant oppression. Every support Assyria trusted in—army, walls, wealth, officials, allies, and leaders—would fail when the…

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