Not Nineveh! #6

 Read Nahum 2

Background: In chapter 1 Nahum announced God's judgment against Nineveh for her arrogance and ruthless and immoral behavior.  He was done using her as His tool for Divine chastisement on Israel, Judah, and their surrounding nations.  This was a message of comfort for Judah and those nations which had not yet been taken into captivity. Chapter 2 describes in detail what their fall will look like and how God will use the things they gloried in the most to actually aid in their fall: their red shields will blend in with the red of blood and the red of fire raging through their city; their many chariots of which the boasted would drive wildly through the city, adding to the chaos; people would be frantically running to get their treasures, which slowed them down in their escape; the elaborate irrigation and levy system would be attacked, using the wild waters to flood the city, adding even more to the chaos.  

Key verse: 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.”

Thoughts: The bottom line was this: God was against them.  He would put to an end the way they went across the world defeating nations, taking plunder, and leaving nothing behind.  They strong lion (their nation symbol) was going to die. They would no longer have messengers coming to announce yet another victory in battle, because they would no longer even have an army or messengers to send.