Nahum 2:1 An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!
It is said that God brings beauty from ashes. This verse seems to show almost the reverse. Because Nineveh refuses to submit, the Lord is turning this once rich, formidable place into a wasteland.
Nahum 2:2 The Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.
In verse 13, the Lord says “I am against you.” The verse brings to mind Romans 8:31, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” Even with everything Nineveh had going for it, even with all the destruction Jacob had suffered, the battle belongs to the Lord, not to man. Might, wealth, power, ruin and waste, none of it matters. Only God.
Nahum 2:10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped! Hearts melt, knees give way, bodies tremble, every face grows pale.
Lord, We have such definite, human ideas about might and mercy, about victors and victims. But none of that matters in Your eyes. Help me always remember that You are my strength and my refuge, that the battle is not mine but Yours alone. Help me not to put trust in human measures but only in You. Amen.
Nahum 2:13 “I am against you,” declares the Lord Almighty. “I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will leave you no prey on the earth. The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
Have a blessed day.