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3:1-19 Again, Focus on Nineveh: More Concerning the Lord's Coming Judgment. This last major section of the book repeats most of the themes of the preceding section (2:1-13). Absent in ch. 3 is a reference to the plundering of Nineveh (2:9), and new in this section is the comparison of Nineveh's downfall to the destruction of Thebes (3:8-11).

3:1 Reasons for Judgment: The Violence, Lying, and Greed of Nineveh. bloody. The Assyrians were notorious for the atrocities they committed. lies. Second Kings 18:31-32 is an example of lying ultimately being traced back to the king who ruled from Nineveh (cf. 2 Chron. 28:20). plunder . . . prey. See Nah. 2:11-13.