Nahum 1:14 meaning and explanation
The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
Nahum 1:14, Berean Standard Bible
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Nahum is a prophet of Judah, and here God speaks directly to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, the empire that had crushed and terrorized the ancient Near East. The sentence is a formal decree: no heir to carry the royal name, no dynasty to continue.
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