Bible Verse Lookup
Nahum
John J. Collins
The oracles of Nahum are concerned with a single event, the fall of Nineveh in 612 BC. The euphoria of the prophet is understandable. Never again would Judah be invaded by Assyria. Some centuries later the author of Jonah might pity Nineveh, but that was more than could be expected at the time of its downfall. It is characteristic of biblical prophecy that the fall of one Gentile nation at the hands of another is assumed to be the work of the Lord.
