Passage
Nahum 2:1-13 (ESV)
In the End, Have Faith in God
Genesis 49:29-50:26
Key Verse: 49:50:24
The Plunder of Nineveh
Date: Oct. 30, 2019
Daily Bread
Key Verse: 2:10
Desolate! Desolation and ruin!
Hearts melt and knees tremble;
anguish is in all loins;
all faces grow pale!
1. Nineveh is like a pool draining away (1-10)
The attacker (Babylon) advanced against Assyria, who had destroyed Israel and oppressed Judah, whom God will restore. Babylon's troops, clad in scarlet victory, march through the city. Nineveh's soldiers cannot hold them back. The city is emptied of people and plunder like a pool being emptied into the drain. Their once impenetrable power is now broken, their spirit of arrogant dominance removed.
2. "Where now is the lion's den?" (11-13)
Nineveh had been like a lion's den, brutalizing, eating and killing any they chose. Now where is their pride? Their power and cruelty drew the ire of the Almighty, and those he is against cannot stand. He is more powerful than all their military might, political skill and religious fervor. "Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe." (Pr 29:25)
Prayer: Father, you are the Almighty. Take away my fear of people and my fear about the future, and help me trust in you and your justice alone.
One Word: None stand against God
