Nahum study section
Nahum key people
Nahum, the LORD who judges and shelters, Nineveh, and oppressed Judah frame the book.
Key figures
Nahum
The prophet of Elkosh, whose name means “comfort,” sent to announce the fall of Nineveh
The LORD
The jealous and avenging God, slow to anger yet great in power, good to those who trust Him and just toward the guilty
Nineveh (Assyria)
The proud, violent empire whose certain doom Nahum foretells
Judah
God’s oppressed people, to whom Nahum’s message of Nineveh’s fall comes as good news of peace
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