Nineveh Nullified

Tune: St Gertrude

('Onward, Christian soldiers')

Nahum 3 v.1-4 {Old Testament prophet}

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Chorus

It Nahum's prophecy

Nineveh would be

Destroyed for wickedness

True this we confess

 

Woe to bloody city!

In you bloodshed be

Full of lies, robbery

And unceasing be

The prey that you capture

You held it for sure

Not turning to mercy

Now your end shall be - Chorus

 

Hear the sounds of battle

It be dreadful all

Noise of whips, rattling

Bring destruction's sting

Rattle of the jostling

Chariots do bring

Doom, horses galloping

Thunderous sounds ring - Chorus

 

Horsemen charge with swords bright

Spears glitter with light

Multitudes of slain be

Dead are cast out, see

There are corpses countless

Anguish and distress

Because of spiritual

Seductions they fall - Chorus

 

And too unfaithfulness

Land laid waste, no less

In Jonah's time before*

They repented sure

But turned back to violence

Idols, arrogance

Assyria's capital

Perished [is the] revival - Chorus

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* Jonah (c.760BC) was about 150 years before Nahum (c.612BC).

They both preached to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.