Nahum turns to a vivid, almost cinematic depiction of Nineveh’s fall. The attacker advances; the shields of his warriors are red, the chariots flash like fire and rage through the streets. The river gates are opened, the palace melts away, and the city’s mistress is stripped and carried off while her maids moan like doves. “Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away,” the once-great city empties out as its people flee. The invaders plunder its endless silver and gold, leaving it “desolate and waste.” The chapter ends with God’s own word against her: “Behold, I am against you, declares the LORD of hosts.”
Nahum study chapter
Nahum 2
c. 640 BCA vivid depiction of the siege, capture, and plundering of Nineveh as its defenders fall and its treasures are carried off.
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