Editing Book of Nahum (section)

=== The fall of Nineveh ===
[[File:Naum e Nínive destruída (Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal ALC.455, fl.300).png|thumb|[[Nahum]] and the destruction of [[Nineveh]]; Illuminated Bible from the 1220s, [[Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal|National Library of Portugal]]]]
Nahum's prophecy carries a particular warning to the Ninevites of coming events, although he is partly in favor of the destruction.<ref name="abp">{{cite web|url=http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p52.htm|title=Nahum|work=aboutbibleprophecy.com}}</ref> One might even say that the book of Nahum is "a celebration of the fall of Assyria".<ref name="Coogan 2009" /> And this is not just a warning or speaking positively of the destruction of Nineveh, it is also a positive encouragement and "message of comfort for Israel, Judah, and others who had experienced the "endless cruelty"<ref name="dupref">[[Nahum 3:19]]</ref> of the Assyrians."<ref name="Coogan 2009" />

The prophet [[Jonah]] shows us where God shows concern for the people of Nineveh, while Nahum's writing testifies to his belief in the righteousness/justice of God<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/nahum.html|title=Nahum|publisher=earlyjewishwritings.com}}</ref> and how God dealt with those Assyrians in punishment according to "their cruelty".<ref name="dupref" /> The Assyrians had been used as God's "rod of […] anger, and the staff in their hand [as] indignation."<ref>Isaiah 10:5</ref>