Nahum comforter

To Judah, about Nineveh. Nahum comforts the people of Judah, proving to them that the Lord is a just judge who is sovereign over all nations. God uses evil to punish evil.

He used Assyria to bring judgment on the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Now, more than 100 years later, He is about to use Babylon to punish Assyria for their wickedness. The capital city of Nineveh fell to the Babylonians in 612 BC and Assyria crumbled soon after that in 609. Although it may sometimes seem like the Lord doesn’t notice the evil in the world, He does not allow the guilty to go unpunished forever.