From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and
they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border.
An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”
Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria, and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like the desert.
And all who look at you will shrink from you and say, “Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her?” Where shall I seek comforters for you?
Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. “Halt! Halt!” they cry, but none turns back.
Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth. Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.”
“Assyria is there, and all her company, its graves all around it, all of them slain, fallen by the sword,
Haran, Canneh, Eden, traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.
Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh.
they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers' houses and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we worship your God as you do, and we have been sacrificing to him ever since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria who brought us here.”
Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Nineveh.
But ships shall come from Kittim and shall afflict Asshur and Eber; and he too shall come to utter destruction.”
Nevertheless, Kain shall be burned when Asshur takes you away captive.”
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