Nineveh was about to be destroyed not on a whim of God, but because of all her sin, because of all the blood guilt that she had built up over the years. Violence and oppression lived in Nineveh. All this was under the guise of a prostitute. In Revelation, Babylon is likened to a prostitute as well. What does all this mean? Assyria had sold herself to empire building. In the same way the West can be said to have bought the services of the prostitute of wealth, in doing so she has been willing to commit all sorts of atrocities. We are willing to exploit the poor in order to enhance our wealth.
Now understand this very clearly. Wealth is not the problem. The Bible is clear that if mankind had followed God's ways then he would prosper. If Israel had followed God's ways she would have prospered. The problem is making wealth an idol, ie the love of money. This then leads us to do all sorts of wrong things. We must worship no one and nothing other than God Himself.
So Nineveh would be disgraced and left in ruins. Just as nations that she had conquered had been exiled, so Assyria would be exiled. All her strength would be of no avail at the onslaught. She would be cut down by fire and sword. Her merchants had multiplied, but like locusts they would fly away. In the West we have multiplied merchants, but now they have gone and many of them pay no taxes.
Nineveh could do nothing to avert disaster, and when it came no one would show any sorrow.
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