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From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
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and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.
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So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
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So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
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“Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”
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Jonah Goes to Nineveh
Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:
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“Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”
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Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.
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Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”
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When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.
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This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.
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And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”
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A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
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The Lord’s Anger Against Nineveh
The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his foes and vents his wrath against his enemies.
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but with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.
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From you, Nineveh, has one come forth who plots evil against the Lord and devises wicked plans.
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The Lord has given a command concerning you, Nineveh: “You will have no descendants to bear your name. I will destroy the images and idols that are in the temple of your gods. I will prepare your grave, for you are vile.”
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Nineveh to Fall
An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!
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Nineveh summons her picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.
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It is decreed that Nineveh be exiled and carried away. Her female slaves moan like doves and beat on their breasts.
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Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
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Woe to Nineveh
Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims!
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All who see you will flee from you and say, ‘Nineveh is in ruins—who will mourn for her?’ Where can I find anyone to comfort you?”
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Assyria
He will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate and dry as the desert.
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The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here.
