Nineveh Falls at Last: When an Empire's Violence Finally Runs Out | Nahum 1–3

Word for Word: The Bible · Oct 5, 2026 · 11m

Episode Overview

Today we read Nahum, and it helps to read it alongside Jonah. Roughly a century after Nineveh repented at Jonah's preaching, the city is back to its old work—and Assyrian records themselves boast about it, flaying prisoners and stacking skulls. Nahum is what happens when mercy extended is not mercy kept.

Chapter 1 opens with God's power described in storm language: His way is in the whirlwind, mountains quake, hills melt. But tucked inside the same passage is the line the book depends on—the Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble, and He cares for those who trust Him…