MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/2/2026
11:27 AM
My
Worship Time Focus: “Destruction
of Power”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Nahum
2:10
Message of the verse: “She is emptied! Yes, she is emptied out and eviscerated! Hearts are melting and knees knocking! Also anguish is in all their loins, And all
their faces turn pale! (2:10)
“10 Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts melt and
knees tremble; anguish is in all loins; all faces grow pale!” (ESV)
John MacArthur begins this section by writing “Having
foreseen Nineveh’s defeat and plundering, Nahum concluded that she [Nineveh]
is emptied! Yes, she is emptied out
and eviscerated! In describing the
utter devastation of the city, the Hebrew alliterates the words emptied (buqah)
emptied out (mebuqah), and eviscerated (mebulaqah).”
I do not see these words in the ESV version from above, so perhaps that is what
MacArthur is writing about. “The
thrice-repeated sound in these words marks the threefold destruction of the
city. First, Nineveh would be emptied as
the population was exiled. Second, the
city would be emptied out as the Babylonians carried off its riches,
leaving nothing behind. Third, as a result, the city would be eviscerated, being
completely destroyed and left in ruin.
Earlier in the chapter the word ‘emptied’ described how Assyria
had emptied the northern kingdom of Israel of its people and wealth (cf. Nah.
2:2).”
(cf.
Nah. 2:2)
“2 For the LORD is restoring the majesty of
Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have plundered them and ruined
their branches.”
“Here, the
prophet declared that those who had emptied Israel would themselves be
emptied. With this reversal, God’s justice
would be served.
“As they watched their city
collapse, the Ninevites would be paralyzed by fear. Just as the palace had ‘melted’
away (Nah. 2:6; cf. Exodus 15:15; 16:21; Josh 2:9,11), so would the hearts of
the people—melting with dread while their knees began knocking
together.
(Nah. 2:6; cf. Exodus 15:15; 16:21;
Josh 2:9,11)
6 The river gates are opened; the palace melts
away;”
“15 Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed;
trembling seizes the leaders of Moab; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted
away.”
“21 Morning by morning they gathered it, each as
much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.”
“9 and said to the men, "I know that the
LORD has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and
that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.”
“11 And as soon as we heard it, our hearts
melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the LORD
your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.”
“As they
trembled in terror, losing all their resolve, anguished swelled within all
their loins. Anguish is associated with the word for childbirth and
thus conveys the agony of labor pains (cf. Isa. 21:3)”
(cf. Isa. 21:3)
3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am bowed down so
that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.”
“Though
Nineveh’s army was supposed to have had strength in their loins to wield their
weapons in battle (cf. Nah. 2:1), they would be debilitated from the distress
of their defeat.”
(cf. Nah. 2:1)
“1
¶ The scatterer has come up against you.
Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength.”
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life Today: I can see that the plans of God came to past
as God knew that there would come a time when Assyria would have to be
destroyed. After all they were the ones
who defeated the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
Babylon will be the next to fall as they were the ones who would defeat
the Southern Kingdom of Israel, Judah.
This is seen in Daniel chapter five.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: I must trust the Lord with the plans that He
has for my wife as she is still struggling with cancer. There was some good news and some bad news,
but God is in the midst of all of this and His will, will be done. My prayer is that the Lord Jesus Christ will
return to the clouds above the earth to snatch His Church out before the cancer
continues to advance, or that He will led us to other forms of treatment.
Dr. David
Jeremiah writes “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which
it is stored than to the person on which it is poured.” (Author Unknown) (AMEN)
“For I
know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in
lovingkindness.” (Jonah 4:2b)
2/2/2026
12:10 PM
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