Nah 3:1 | KingComments | STEP | Nahum again mentions the reason for the verdict on Nineveh. The verdict comes because of the many sins of the city ( ). She cannot avert that judgment any more than No-amon could have done ( ). The judgment will strike her full of horror in spite of all the resources ( ). The city is full of violence and lies. Violence and lies are the two manifestations of sin that include all sins (cf. ). They are, as it were, a summary of it. Nineveh seems to have been hatched by the spirit of her founder Nimrod, who was a mighty hunter before the LORD and who built his kingdom on blood ( ). Nineveh is “the bloody city” and “completely full of lies” because all the spoils in the city were obtained through bloodshed and deceit. None of it is destined for others. It serves everything to satisfy one’s own desires. And the looting is still going on because the greed is insatiable. It is never enough. It is thus a description of the unbridled greed that characterizes mankind today.

‏ Nahum 3:1

Introduction

Nahum again mentions the reason for the verdict on Nineveh. The verdict comes because of the many sins of the city (Nah 3:1-7). She cannot avert that judgment any more than No-amon could have done (Nah 3:8-13). The judgment will strike her full of horror in spite of all the resources (Nah 3:14-19).

Woe to the Bloody City

The city is full of violence and lies. Violence and lies are the two manifestations of sin that include all sins (cf. Gen 6:11). They are, as it were, a summary of it. Nineveh seems to have been hatched by the spirit of her founder Nimrod, who was a mighty hunter before the LORD and who built his kingdom on blood (Gen 10:8-9).

Nineveh is “the bloody city” and “completely full of lies” because all the spoils in the city were obtained through bloodshed and deceit. None of it is destined for others. It serves everything to satisfy one’s own desires. And the looting is still going on because the greed is insatiable. It is never enough. It is thus a description of the unbridled greed that characterizes mankind today.