Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Nahum+003   Nahum 3 (ESV) Woe to Nineveh 1 Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder— no end to the prey! 2 The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot! 3 Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, hosts of slain, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end— […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Nahum+002   Nahum 2 (ESV) The Destruction of Nineveh 1 The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength. 2 For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have plundered them and ruined their branches. 3 The shield of his […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Nahum+001   NAHUM INTRODUCTION In 612 BC the Assyrian Empire was nearing collapse. Its capital Nineveh was about to fall before a combined invasion of Babylonian, Medean and Scythian forces. But those living in the nations that Assyria had cruelly oppressed felt little pity. In their view, the Assyrians were simply […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Micah+007   Micah 7 (ESV) God’s Steadfast Love and Compassion 18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. 19 He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Micah+006   Micah 6 (ESV) 6 “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, […]