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Nahum Predicts Nineveh’s Destructon
Nahum now predicts the actual manner in which Nineveh would meet its complete destruction (vv. 9-13). There would be no second chance for the wicked city, which had experienced warning and mercy before. While a drinking party was in process in the place a flood of the Tigris rive …

The Annihilation of Nineveh
Nineveh had repented under Jonah’s preaching (Jonah 3:10). Nearly 150 years later she had returned to her wicked ways. The Holy Spirit gives a vision of this great city’s impending judgment to Nahum (v. 1). The annihilation of Nineveh is seen against the background …