The Book Of Nahum - "The God Who Remains"
Nahum 1:9–15 (CEB)
9 What are you plotting against the Lord?
He is one who can annihilate!
Distress will not arise twice.
10 They are tangled up like thorns,
like drunkards in their cups.
They are consumed like stubble
that is entirely dried up.
11 From you goes out one who plots evil against the Lord—a worthless counselor!
Reassurance for God’s people
12 The Lord proclaims: Though once they were a healthy and numerous force, they have been cut off and have disappeared. I have afflicted you; I won’t afflict you further, Zion.
13 Now I will break off his yoke from you
and tear off your chains.
Assyrian king’s future doom
14 The Lord has commanded concerning you: You will have no children to carry on your name. I will remove carved idol and cast image from the house of your gods;
I will make your grave, for you are worthless.
15 Look, on the mountains:
the feet of a messenger who announces peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah!
Fulfill your solemn promises! The worthless one will never again invade you; he has been completely cut off.
Nahum 1:9 - What are you plotting against the Lord? He is one who can annihilate! Distress will not arise twice.
1. God’s Plan Is Not Threatened by Human Change
Nahum 1:12–13: 12 The Lord proclaims: Though once they were a healthy and numerous force, they have been cut off and have disappeared. I have afflicted you; I won’t afflict you further, Zion. 13 Now I will break off his yoke from you and tear off your chains.
2. God Breaks the Weight We’re Not Meant to Carry
Isaiah 10:27 27 On that day, God will remove the burden from your shoulder and destroy the yoke on your neck
1 Peter 5:7 Throw all your anxiety onto him, because he cares about you.
Nahum 1:15 Look, on the mountains: the feet of a messenger who announces peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah! Fulfill your solemn promises! The worthless one will never again invade you; he has been completely cut off.
3. The Moment Doesn’t Stop The Message
Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of a messenger who proclaims peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God rules!”