Historical Summary

The three-chapter book of Nahum was likely written between 663 and 612 B.C. as a prophecy against Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. About a century earlier, Jonah had preached repentance there, but the city returned to arrogance and cruelty. Assyria, which had conquered Israel in 722 B.C. and threatened Judah, seemed invincible. Yet Nahum declared that God would judge them, and this was fulfilled when Nineveh fell to the Babylonians and Medes in 612 B.C.

 The book is filled with graphic imagery of God’s judgment and wrath against Nineveh. For Judah, his message was comforting—proof that God had not forgotten their suffering. Historically, the fall of Nineveh marked the end of Assyrian dominance and showed that no empire can withstand God’s sovereign power.

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Nahum overview: The Assyrian

Nahum 1: The Lord Revengeth and is Furious

Nahum 2: Behold, I Am Against Thee 

Nahum 3: Woe to the Bloody City