Nahum, 3
8. Are you any better than Thebes by the Nile, surrounded by water, her rampart the river, and the water her wall?
8. Are you any better than Thebes by the Nile, surrounded by water, her rampart the river, and the water her wall?
Naum 3 describes the destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, for its corruption, violence and idolatry. The chapter announces the fall of the city and the defeat of its inhabitants, and describes the horror and chaos that follow its fall. The verses selected below are related to the themes of judgment, destruction and sin.
Isaiah 13:9: "Behold, the day of the Lord comes, horrendous, with fury and ardent wrath, to make the earth in the bleach, and to destroy sinners." This verse describes the day of God's judgment when he will come to punish sinners and bring destruction.
SHAPONIAS 1:15: "That day is a day of indignation, day of anguish and tightening, day of excitement and blow, day of darkness and darkness, day of clouds and dense darkness." This verse describes the terrible nature of God's judgment, which will bring destruction and suffering to sinners.
Jeremiah 50:31-32: "Behold, I am against you, O superb, says the Lord God of hosts, for your day came, the time when I will visit you. And the superb will stumble, and fall, and not There will be those who get up; and I will set fire to their cities, and consume all their surroundings. " This verse speaks of the fall of a superb city and the following destruction.
Jeremiah 51:37: "And Babylon will become in Montões, dwelling of Chacals, astonishment and whistle, without inhabitant." This verse describes the destruction of a city and its transformation into ruins.
Isaiah 47:11: "From what shall come upon you evil that you will not know how to conjure, and such destruction shall fall upon you that you may in no way be guessed; and you will suddenly come to the one not suspected." This verse speaks of the destruction that will come upon the wicked suddenly and unexpectedly, as a divine judgment on sin.
“Pode-se manter a paz de espírito mesmo no meio das tempestades da vida”. São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina
