ocr: nown the -ersian Gult all the way to Egypt. Judan, in contrast, was a tiny vassal state barely clinging to existence. Why would God hold Judah accountable but allow Assyria to go unpunished? Nahum brashly predicted that even mighty Assyria would meet its - end. Its people had repented once, in Jonah's day, but had reverted to old patterns that would bring on God's judgment Undoubtedly, the people of Judah applauded Nahum's prophecies- out who could pelieve them? Assyria, the most powerful empire in the world for two hundred years, would not simply disappear. Nahum delivered these prophecies so ...