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Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Nahum 3:1-19
Whilst men’s history books are full of the description of Assyria’s greatness, and remain practically silent about its downfall, God’s Word devotes a whole book to this fateful day. It should be stressed that the Bible is not a history book. Happenings are only related in it in so far as they concern Israel and in their moral bearing. So far as historians are concerned, enfeebled Nineveh fell under the attack of a coalition of its vassal states. From God’s point of view, disaster befell it because it was a city of blood, full of falsehood, violence and plunder (v. 1). Reaping what it has sown, it will now meet the same fate that it had itself brought upon Thebes (No) half a century before (vv. 8-10). "Who will bemoan her?" (v. 7). So it is with the world’s self-interest. Those who are not directly smitten easily accept the disaster that befalls others. "Whence shall I seek comforters for thee?" adds Nahum, whose name actually means comforter. But it is the faithful who are comforted by this prophecy in learning that, in spite of appearances, God will have the upper hand over world events. He will make all things work together for His own glory and for good to those who love Him (Romans 8:28).
