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Nahum's celebration

Nahum's three chapters gloat over Nineveh's fall: 'Celebrate your festivals, O Judah, for the wicked shall never again invade you.'

Joy at a tyrant's fall.

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Nahum's promise didn't hold. Within a few years, another 'wicked one' invaded.

Bible reference: Nahum 1:15

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 123

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