1:12 This is what the Lord says. "Though the Assyrians have many allies, the wiil be destroyed and disappear. O my people, I have punished you before, but I will not punish you again.
2:3 The shields of his soldiers are red; the warriors are clad in scarlet. The metal on the chariots flashes on the day they are made ready ; the spears of pine are brandished.
The chariots storm through the steets, rushing back and forth thourgh the squares. The look like flaming torches and move as swifhtly as lightning.
The king shouts to his officers; they stumble in their haste, rushing to the walls to set up thier defenses.
전차는 고대 세계에서, 아주 중요한 전쟁 무기였다.
고구려는 사람과 말 모두에 비늘 갑옷을 입혀놓고, 창으로 찔르거나, 활로 쐈다.
2:6 The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away. Its slave girls moan like doves and beat upon their breasts.
Nineveh is like a pool, and its water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no oney turns back. Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!
She is pillaged, plundered, stripped! Hearts melt, knees shake, bodies tremble, every face grows pale.
이라크에 가면, '바벨로니아 (메소포타미아) 문명들을 꼭 보고. 앗시리아의 수도 '니느웨'에 꼭 가볼것!
요나는 나훔서의 배경이 되는 앗시리아의 수도 니느웨를 회개시키기 위해, 스페인의 도시 '다시스'로 가다가, 하나님께 잡혀서 니느웨로 가게 되었다.
