Subject: Nineveh's judgment prophecied/take place |
Bible Note: Again, thank you prayon for putting the prophecy of Nahum into perspective here.. According to your chronology, Nineveh fell 141 years after Jonah's ministry ended, which would be about 4 generations (if a generation is based on 30-40 years). That would be enough time for the younger generation to forget their repentance and turn back to the sins of their ancestors before them. It makes you wonder where Jonah's reluctance or hatred towards the Ninevites played a role in the sense that the Ninevites turned and repented but yet went back to their wretched sinful ways only 141 years afterward. Their repentance and the Lord's favor upon them only lasted for a brief time in history before sin got the better of them again. Nolan |