The book of Nahum shared an oracle concerning Nineveh
For Nineveh was a major city in the kingdom of Assyria
“The Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath”
He will not leave unpunished those who block his path
His indignation nobody can realistically endure or withstand
With an overwhelming flood, he will destroy Nineveh’s land
The king of Assyria and his people will then scatter
And all other people will rejoice about the matter
The future of Jerusalem is prophesied in Zephaniah three
Zephaniah says “woe to the…rebellious and defiled” city
For in the Lord the people did not trust or draw near
The leaders’ arrogance and treachery did not disappear
The Lord dispenses his justice in keeping with His name
He does not fail “yet the unrighteous know no shame”
But God will take away punishment and grant a new start
So Israel should then “be glad and rejoice with [its] heart”
Jeremiah was a son of a priest, per Jeremiah one
The Lord’s word came to him until Judah’s exile begun
God appointed Jeremiah as a prophet before he was born
So he must do whatever God commanded, God did warn
But Jeremiah was not to be afraid, for God would protect
Then into Jeremiah’s mouth His words the Lord did inject
Jeremiah saw a boiling pot tilting away from the north
God said that on the people, disaster would flow forth
He would pronounce His judgments against them
Their wickedness and actions He would condemn
But God made a fortified city with a bronze wall
This enabling the people to fight and not to fall
After many years of prophesying, per Jeremiah twenty six
The people still ignored him and their ways they did not fix
God once again told them to listen and to follow his law
If not, they would be cursed instead of being held in awe
As soon as the people heard this, Jeremiah they did seize
For they disliked the message conveyed in his prophesies
One more time, God’s message Jeremiah boldly shared
The officials told the priests that his life should be spared
