MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
2/25/2026 9:29 AM
My
Worship
Time Focus: PT-2 “Irreversible Judgment”
Bible
Reading &
Meditation Reference: Nahum 3:18-19
Message
of the verses: “Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of
Assyria; Your mighty ones are lying down. Your people are scattered
on the mountains, and there is no one to regather them. There
is no relief for your breakdown, your wound is incurable. All who
hear the report about you will clap their hands over you, for
on whom has not your evil passed continually? (Nahum 3:18-19 NASB)
I continue looking at these last
verses in the book of Nahum by quoting John MacArthur’s commentary, adding
comments of my own, and quoting most of the verse references MacArthur has in
his commentary to help us understand this text.
“Due to this failure in leadership,
Nineveh would fall and the people would flee.
Nahum announced to the king that your people would be scattered
on the mountains as they fled from the city (cf. Jer. 50:11; Hab. 1:8).”
(cf. Jer. 50:11; Hab. 1:8)
11 "Though you rejoice, though you exult, O
plunderers of my heritage, though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture, and
neigh like stallions,”
“8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, more
fierce than the evening wolves; their horsemen press proudly on. Their horsemen
come from afar; they fly like an eagle swift to devour.”
“They
would be like sheep without a shepherd (cf. 2 Kings 22:17).”
(cf. 2 Kings 22:17)
“17 And he said, "I saw all Israel scattered
on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These
have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’"
“Nineveh’s
leadership failure would be total and irreparable as there would be no
one to regather them. The foolish shepherds of Nineveh who would be
sleeping would be killed and unable to gather their group again (cf. Isa.
13:14; Ezek. 34:5; Zech 10:2; Matt. 9:36; Mark 6:34).”
(cf. Isa. 13:14; Ezek. 34:5; Zech 10:2;
Matt. 9:36; Mark 6:34)
“14 And like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with
none to gather them, each will turn to his own people, and each will flee to
his own land.”
“5 So they were scattered, because there was no
shepherd, and they became food for all the wild beasts.”
“12 I will make them strong in the LORD, and they
shall walk in his name," declares the LORD.”
“36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for
them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”
“34 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and
he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And
he began to teach them many things.”
“Nahum’s
description of Nineveh’s end, with its people in complete disarray, contrasts
starkly with how history will end for Israel.
Though God will scatter the enemies of His people (cf. Isaiah 13:14), He
will regather Israel (Isaiah 56:8 Ezekiel 37:24; Mic. 2:12; 4:6) and restore
them under the care of the Good Shepherd, the Messiah (cf. Psalm 23:1; Ezekiel
34:10-24; Rev. 7:17).”
(cf. Isaiah 13:14)
14 And like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with
none to gather them, each will turn to his own people, and each will flee to
his own land.”
(Isaiah 56:8 Ezekiel 37:24; Mic. 2:12;
4:6)
“8 The Lord GOD, who gathers the outcasts of
Israel, declares, "I will gather yet others to him besides those already
gathered.’”
“24 "My servant David shall be king over
them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be
careful to obey my statutes.”
“12 ¶ I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob; I
will gather the remnant of Israel; I will set them together like sheep in a
fold, like a flock in its pasture, a noisy multitude of men.”
“6 In that day, declares the LORD, I will
assemble the lame and gather those who have been driven away and those whom I
have afflicted;”
(cf. Psalm 23:1; Ezekiel 34:10-24; Rev.
7:17)
1 ¶ «A Psalm of David.» The LORD is my shepherd; I
shall not want.”
“10 Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I am against
the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to
their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will
rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them. 11 "For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I
myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is
among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I
will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of
clouds and thick darkness. 13 And I will
bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will
bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of
Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them with good pasture, and on the
mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie
down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains
of Israel. 15 I myself will be the
shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord
GOD. 16 I will seek the lost, and I will
bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen
the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in
justice. 17 ¶ "As for you, my
flock, thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between
rams and male goats. 18 Is it not enough
for you to feed
on the
good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture;
and to drink of clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with
your feet? 19 And must my sheep eat what
you have trodden with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your
feet? 20 "Therefore, thus says the
Lord GOD to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the
lean sheep. 21 Because you push with
side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have
scattered them abroad, 22 I will rescue
my flock; they shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and
sheep. 23 And I will set up over them
one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and
be their shepherd. 24 And I, the LORD,
will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the
LORD; I have spoken.”
“17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will
be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God
will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life Today: “As I look at all of these verses it once
again shows me that God is in control, He has been in control of past history,
all of it, and He is in control today, and will continue to be in control of
future history as much of it has been predicted by the prophets and God will
fulfill all of that too.
My Steps
of Faith for Today: Trusting the Lord for the infusion that
my wife will be getting for her cancer treatment this morning, that the Lord
will use that to bring glory to Himself, and that the Lord will use it to help
the evil disease of cancer in my wife’s body.
2/25/2026
8:15 AM
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