Nahum continued
to share about the destruction of Nineveh, he shared how “the
whip, the horsemen with bright swords and glittering spear” would
slay “a great number of carcasses” in the city of Nineveh so
there would be “no end” of them, and they would “stumble
upon their corpses”. In chapter three and verse four of his
letter, Nahum describes the “multitude of whoredoms, the
well-favored harlot and mistress of witchcrafts” where
we read:
Because of
the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the
mistress of witchcrafts, that sells nations through her whoredoms,
and families through her witchcrafts.
The
verse begins with the words, “Because of the multitude of
the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of
witchcrafts,.” Nahum began
with the word, “Because of the multitude”
or “abundant, great and numerous” “of the whoredoms”
which means “adultery, fornication and prostitution” “of
the well-favored” or “good,
pleasant, agreeable, excellent and valuable with grace, charming,
elegant and acceptable” “harlot”
which means “committer of fornication, adultery and prostitution”
“the mistress” or
“female owner, sorceress or necromancer” “of
witchcrafts” which means
“sorceries, incantations and magic”. Another reason for the
destruction of the city of Nineveh was the “abundance” of the
“fornication, adultery and prostitution” that was among them.
The
verse continues, “that sells nations through her
whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.” Nahum
added, “that sells”
or “merchandises and surrenders” “nations”
which refers to “peoples, troops and heathen people” “through
her whoredoms” or
“fornication, adultery and prostitution”, “and
families” which means “clans,
tribes, peoples and nations” “through her witchcrafts”
or “sorceries, incantations and magic”. Nahum shared how the city
of Nineveh was able to “merchandise” peoples and “nations”
with their means of “fornication, adultery and prostitution”.
When
we meditate upon these words of Nahum, we discover the reason Nineveh
was to be judged by the LORD. They were filled with “fornication,
adultery and prostitution”, and they used these as well as
“sorceries and incantations” to convince other “nations”
to follow their pernicious ways. When these manifestations of
ungodliness permeate a society, they have turned from the ways of God
and rejected His offer of Jesus Christ to remove their sins. The LORD
wants every person to accept Jesus as their Savior and LORD and turn
from their wicked ways, and if there is a “multitude” of
“whoredoms, harlots and witchcrafts” within us, let us
forsake them before and turn to the LORD Jesus.
Next
time Nahum shares again how “the
LORD is against” Nineveh,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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