Nahum 2 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Nahum 2.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/nah/2/1/s_902001

Meditate on verse 13.

 

"Behold, I am against you," declares the

 LORD of hosts.  "I will burn up her

chariots in smoke, a sword will devour

 your young lions; I will cut off your

 prey from the land, and no longer will

 the voice of your messengers be heard."

 

God prophesied through Nahum concerning Nineveh, the capital of Assyria (Nahum 1:1).  Jonah spoke God’s Word to the people of Nineveh 100 years earlier (Jonah 1:1-2).  That generation of Ninevites heeded God’s Word and turned from their wicked way (Jonah 3).  Now, a new generation spurned God’s Word and arrogantly believed they were impregnable and undefeatable.  God had other plans.

 

“In 612 BC, the city of Nineveh was sacked and burned by the allied forces of the Persians, Medes, Babylonians, and others who then divided the region between them.  The area was sparsely populated thereafter, and slowly, the ancient ruins became buried in earth” (Nineveh – Ancient History Encyclopedia).¹ History backs-up what God says in the Bible.

 

“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of hosts (v. 13a).  What scary words to hear from the Commander in Chief over all the armies in heaven!² Thankfully, the opposite is true for Christians:

If God is for us, who is against us?

—Romans 8:31b

 

As a faithful prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), use the words from Nahum 2:13 to pray for those who need to stop fighting against God, so God will not be against them.

 

“LORD, please let ___________ turn to You, so

 You will no longer be against them.

Please let them hear the voice of Your

 messengers before it is too late.

For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”

 

 

 

 

1.      Retrieved from www.ancient.eu/nineveh/

2.      Retrieved from www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/guzik_david/StudyGuide2017-Nah/Nah-2.cfm?a=902003

 

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 4 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell