The prophet Nahum speaks judgments against the city about the same time as Jonah and his prophesies about the downfall of this city eventually take place. Even though the people of Nineveh repented when Johan came to them the future generations of Assyrians did not have a change of mind about their cruel acts and sins.
The prophet didn’t want the Assyrian people of Nineveh to escape God’s judgment but God knew that they would repent and this is why he sent him to the city. This event took place around 740 to 730 B.C. Jonah prophesied to the Assyrian city of Nineveh about 100 years before its destruction. The book of Jonah is a testimony to this truth. The kingdom of Assyria is completely replaced by Babylon by 600 BC which is when this event appears on the Bible Timeline.īefore God destroyed the Assyrians he sent them some of his prophets to warn them to turn away from their sins. The Assyrians were not a righteous and upstanding group of people and in time God had to judge them for their sins. They also enslaved them, killed them in great numbers, tortured humans as a means of entertainment, they praised false gods and they shed innocent blood. Most Assyrian kings had a policy to transport the people from defeated kingdoms into other territories. The Assyrians were especially cruel in their tactics and methods of conquest. The Assyrians were a cruel and warlike people who were used by God to punish his people and the surrounding nations who practiced idolatry.
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