Daily Devotions
Nahum
"O Judah, keep your appointed feasts"
Text: Nahum 1:15
THE PROTECTION OF JUDAH
King Sennacherib of Assyria had threatened to overrun Judah with a huge Assyrian army. How should Judah respond? Isaiah 37 records carefully two major things that happened.
1. King Hezekiah cried out to the Lord in prayer (Isaiah 37:14-20).
2. Isaiah was sent by the Lord to give a word of encouragement and hope.
a) God will send the Assyrians back to its own country.
b) Sennacherib will not set foot in Jerusalem (Isaiah 37:33-34).
c) God will personally defend Jerusalem.
d) He will save the people living there (Isaiah 37:35).
e) The prayer offered by King Hezekiah had been heard (Isaiah 37:21).
f) Isaiah then uttered a prophecy against Assyria (Isaiah 37: 21-35).
THE DEFEAT OF THE ASSYRIANS
The defeat of the Assyrians was guaranteed when God had committed Himself to defending His people.
“Behold, on the mountains
The feet of him who brings good tidings,
Who proclaims peace!
O Judah, keep your appointed feasts,
Perform your vows.
For the wicked one shall no more pass through you;
He is utterly cut off.”
Nahum 1:15