DID YOU KNOW?
The answer
"For who has ever escaped your endless cruelty?" Nahum's last lines speak to the king of Assyria, and everyone who hears the news of his fall claps their hands (Nahum 3:18-19).
Why it’s interesting
The name Nahum comes from the Hebrew word for comfort. Michael Coogan and Cynthia Chapman's Old Testament textbook calls the book a message of comfort for everyone who had suffered Assyria's cruelty.
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