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Nahum 3 brings the book to its climactic conclusion. Whereas Nahum 1 proclaimed God’s sovereign judgment and Nahum 2 described the siege of Nineveh in vivid imagery, chapter 3 drives the point home with relentless detail. It’s a dirge for a doomed empire, a taunt song over the “bloody city.” Through striking literary artistry, Nahum…