All Shall Flee from You Nahum 3:7

Nahum the prophet continued to share about the devastation that was destined for the city of Nineveh and it's people. God was to “cast abominable filth upon” them, “make” them “vile” and “set” them “as a gazingstock” before other nations. In chapter three and verse seven of his prophesy, Nahum shared how everyone who would “look upon” Nineveh would “flee from” them, and no one would be able to “bemoan” or “comfort” them. We read:

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon you shall flee from you, and say,

Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? where shall I seek comforters for you?

The verse begins, “And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon you shall flee from you,...” Nahum began with the words, “And it shall come to pass that all they that look” which is all one Hebrew word “ra'ah” and means “”see, look at, inspect, perceive and consider” “upon you” which refers to “the city of Nineveh” “shall flee from you” or “retreat, depart, move, wander abroad, stray and flutter”. Anyone who “looks upon” the devastation in Nineveh would “move and flutter away from them”.

The verse goes on to say, “... and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? where shall I seek comforters for you?” Nahum continued, “and say” or “utter, speak, answer and boast proudly”, “Nineveh” whose name means “abode of Ninus” and was “capital of the ancient kingdom of Assyria; located on the east bank of the Tigris river, 550 miles (880 km) from its mouth and 250 miles (400 km) north of Babylon” “is laid waste” or “despoiled, devastated, ruined, destroyed and spoiled”: “who will bemoan her?” which means “shake, waver, wander, move to and fro, flutter, show grief and have compassion on the city of Nineveh” “where shall I seek” or “where would Nahum require, exact and request” “comforters” which means “those who will be sorry for, console, repent and be regretful” “for you” which refers to “the city of Nineveh”. When Nineveh was destroyed, no one “grieved” for them, and there were none to feel sorry for them.

When we think through these words of Nahum, we see how others will look upon the destruction of Nineveh and run from them. The city would be “spoiled and ruined” and there would be no one who would have “compassion” upon or “be sorry” for them. This is the fate for those who reject Jesus Christ as their Savior and LORD. Jesus desires for everyone to “come unto” Him, but should they refuse His offer of salvation, there will be no comforters or grieving ones to consul them in their demise.

Next time Nahum shares concerning “Ethiopia, Egypt,Put and Lubim”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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