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NASB | Nahum 1:1 The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Nahum 1:1 The oracle (a burdensome message--a pronouncement from God) concerning Nineveh [the capital city of Assyria]. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh [which he saw in spirit and prophesied]. |
Subject: What happend to Jonah? |
Bible Note: I believe the book of Jonah finished exactly when it intended to. The book of Jonah is a message to God's people. Not to ninevah. The repentance of Ninivah is nothing more than a piece of the plot in which the true message is given. The point of the book is the attitude that God's people had adopted. An attitude that quite literally was content to watch all other nations go to hell. The last chapter that so many people don't get is actually the key chapter to the entire book. In this last chapter it is finally revealed clearly what the problem has been throughout the entire book. Jonah was consumed with his hatred of Ninivah. The problem originally would have been assumed that Jonah feared them and so he ran. But finally and clearly it is revealed that Jonah did not want them to have God's mercy, he wanted them to die in judgement. God's people reading the story of Jonah were suppose to see themselves reflected in Jonah's attitude. There should have been a "wow, that is us" moment. The story ends at that moment of realization and at the moment of showing how contrary that is to God's heart, and then the reader is left to repent of it. That is the point of Jonah. |