Nahum 3:1-7

Nineveh's terrible ungodliness -- Nahum 3:1-7: Nineveh was the capital of crime and evil. It was a city of murder and treachery. It was doomed because of its wickedness. Their practice of preying upon the helpless and weak never ceased. This was a bloody city that showed no mercy. God described the "woe" that would come upon this wicked city. There would be a strong and deceive military attack against. It would involve cracking whips, churning wheels; galloping horses and roaring chariots. The soldiers would attack with swords and spears flashing. The battle would be so decisive that the soldiers would stumble over piles of the dead bodies of their fellow soldiers.

God set forth the reasons why this awful fate had befallen Nineveh. They had practiced whoredom. The word is used here in the spiritual sense to describe the abominable evils of idolatry. They would use witchcraft to defraud nations out of their possessions. The All-Powerful God was against Nineveh. She would be exposed to the gaze of the world. They would easily be able to observe his corruption. Nineveh would become a gazingstock. Her true, vile spiritual condition would be known by all. God had said, "She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness." (Nahum 2:10) Those that see what happened to Nineveh would shout with joy. There would be none willing to mourn or to give her comfort.