# The book of Nahum

> Nahum announces the fall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, which had crushed nations for a century. A century after Jonah, the city’s mercy has run out.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/nahum/about
Section: Minor prophets · 3 chapters

## Who wrote Nahum?

Nahum of Elkosh. Little else is known.

## When was it written?

Between 663 and 612 BC, when Nineveh fell.

## Main themes

- **God judges cruelty.** Assyria’s violence will not go on forever.
- **God is a refuge.** “Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of distress.”

## Outline

- Chapter 1: [The LORD’s power and goodness](https://www.lumin.faith/read/nahum/1)
- Chapter 2: [Nineveh attacked](https://www.lumin.faith/read/nahum/2)
- Chapter 3: [Why Nineveh falls](https://www.lumin.faith/read/nahum/3)

## Key verses

Quoted from the Lumin Translation.

> Yahweh is slow to anger and great in power, and Yahweh will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
> — [Nahum 1:3](https://www.lumin.faith/read/nahum/1#3)

> Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; he knows those who take refuge in him.
> — [Nahum 1:7](https://www.lumin.faith/read/nahum/1#7)

## Where to start

Chapter 1 sets out who God is. Read it beside Jonah. [Read Nahum 1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/nahum/1.md)

Read the whole book: https://www.lumin.faith/read/nahum/1.md
Ask about it: https://www.lumin.faith/ask.md