1 THE burden of
Nineveha. The book of the vision
of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
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1a burden of Nineveh The
Assyrian Empire capital was Nineveh. In the scattering of Israel the Lord
used the Assyrians/Nineveh to destroy and scatter Israel/Ephraim. At the time
of Jeroboam II, when Amos and Hosea were proclaiming dome to Israel, the
prophet Jonah was witnessing against Nineveh and in Jonah's day Nineveh
repented. And perhaps this in part allowed the Lord to use Nineveh in the
destruction of Israel. But Nineveh was not 'righteous' for long and thus the
Lord's destruction would need come upon Nineveh as well.
But later in the day of Nahum Nineveh was prophesied and destroyed and a
new kingdom arose, Babylon, which would destory Jerusalem and scatter Judah
and his companions which also included a remnant of Ephraim/Joseph.
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