Editing Book of Nahum (section)

== Importance ==
God's judgement on Nineveh is "all because of the wanton lust of a harlot, alluring, the mistress of sorceries, who enslaved nations by her prostitution and peoples by her witchcraft."<ref>{{bibleref2|Nahum|3:4|NIV}} NIV</ref> Infidelity, according to the prophets, related to spiritual unfaithfulness.<ref>Centre Column Reference Bible, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1994) 1262</ref> For example: "the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the L<small>ORD</small>."<ref>{{bibleref2|Hosea|1:2|NIV}} NIV</ref> John of Patmos used a similar analogy in [[Revelation 17|Revelation chapter 17]].

The prophecy of Nahum was referenced in the [[deuterocanonical]] [[Book of Tobit]]. In Tobit 14:4 (NRSV) a dying Tobit says to his son Tobias and Tobias' sons:<ref>{{bibleref2|Tobit|14:4|NRSV}} NRSV</ref>
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[My son] hurry off to Media, for I believe the word of God that Nahum spoke about Nineveh, that all these things will take place and overtake Assyria and Nineveh. Indeed, everything that was spoken by the prophets of Israel, whom God sent, will occur. </blockquote>
However, some versions, such as the [[King James Version]], refer to the prophet [[Jonah]] instead.<ref>[https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Tobit-14-4/ Tobit 14:4 KJV]. Quote: ''"Go into Media my son, for I surely believe those things which '''Jonas''' the prophet spake of Nineve, that it shall be overthrown; and that for a time peace shall rather be in Media; and that our brethren shall lie scattered in the earth from that good land: and Jerusalem shall be desolate, and the house of God in it shall be burned, and shall be desolate for a time;"</ref>