NAHUM (Minor Prophets)

NAHUM means "comforter". He wrote about the Assyrian Empire and its city of Nineveh. He vividly presents the power of the Lord. The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. Nahum 1:3 Fall of Nineveh - But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. Nahum 2:8,4 Their destruction is permanent - There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: Nahum 3:19 In summary - Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: .... and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. Nahum 2:13