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This minor prophet had a major warning from God for the people of Nineveh.

The 12 minor prophets in the Bible may not be referenced as often as major prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah, but the words they brought to the people from God were no less earth-shattering.

Nahum was one of these minor prophets, a group that also included the prophets Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

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Each of the major and minor prophets heard from God what they were to pass on to a people group in their generation. Britt Mooney, in his article “7 Lessons on God's Faithfulness from Nahum”, wrote that the minor prophets “address various themes relevant to their times, such as social justice, faithfulness to God, and repentance.

They often called Israel and Judah to return to their covenant relationship with God.”

However, Nahum is fairly unique in that we learn he was writing, not to the people of God, but