- Insight from Butler's Daily Bible Reading: Nahum—Judgment for Nineveh. Nahum is a sequel to the book of Jonah. The revival under Jonah postponed judgment upon Nineveh for a century or more. But now in Nahum, judgment is again predicted. •Certainty of the judgment (chapter 1): seen in the character of God (His purity and power); and in the command of God (when He orders judgment, it will come to pass). •Character of the judgment (chapter 2): the judgment included fierceness (invasion by a vicious army, viz. the Babylonian army); flood (river was used to flood part of Nineveh); fetters (many citizens taken captivity); fleeing (many citizens fled the city); fleecing (plunder of city by invading army); fear (great fear comes to the city when invaded); feebleness (the once strong nation becomes too feeble to resist invasion); finality (Nineveh would never again rise to power—today her ruins are in northern Iraq). •Cause of judgment (chapter 3): the sins of Nineveh were many—they were a bloody city, full of lies and robbery and other cruelties, immorality abounded, and they were given to heathen religion and these sins would bring great judgment upon the city of Nineveh.