Nahum 3:1
“Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;”
King James Version
Woe to the bloody city, full of lies and robbery — Nineveh, which fell in 612 BC.
Fulfillment References
🏛 612 BC Fall of Nineveh to Babylon and Medes
Archaeological & Historical Evidence
The fall of Nineveh (612 BC) is confirmed by the Babylonian Chronicle (British Museum, BM 21901). Destroyed by fire and flood exactly as Nahum predicted.
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalFor Apostolic readers Nahum 3:1 shows that the God fully revealed in Jesus Christ judges within history, not only at its end. The same Lord who wept over Jerusalem pronounced woe over Nineveh's lies and plunder; His holiness and His mercy are the character of one undivided God. Nineveh's fall — confirmed by the Babylonian Chronicle — is a standing pledge that every 'bloody city' of every age answers to Him.
JewishHistorical prophecy; Nineveh's fall in 612 BC matches the description remarkably.
CatholicCatholic teaching reads Nahum alongside Jonah as a matched pair: the city once spared through repentance is destroyed when it returns to violence. The fall of Nineveh (612 BC) stands as a proof-text of God's justice over empires, and the 'bloody city' oracle is applied as a warning against structural sin — the lies, plunder, and violence of nations — not only personal sin.
ProtestantThe joy at Nineveh's fall — historically noted — matches Nahum 3:19 precisely.
AcademicMay have been written close to events; the Babylonian Chronicle confirms the broad accuracy.
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