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Nahum 2:8

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But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back.

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The Assyrian EmpireThe extent of the Assyrian Empire that conquered the northern kingdom of Israel.

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Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian Empire, located on the east bank of the Tigris River in present-day northern Iraq. In Nahum’s prophecy, its fleeing inhabitants portray the collapse of the once-dominant city under God’s judgment.

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Nahum 2:8 mentions Nineveh.

Nineveh · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

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