July 22

Nahum's Prophecy against Nineveh - Nahum 1:1-15, 2:1-13, 3:1-19

Word cloud for the book of Nahum

"I am against you," declares the Lord Almighty.

I will lift your skirts over your face.

I will show the nations your nakedness

and the kingdoms your shame.

I will pelt you with filth,

I will treat you with contempt

and make you a spectacle."

Nahum 3:5-6

Look at your troops --

they are all women!

Nahum 3:13

Ok. All of this strikes me like Middle School taunting. Perhaps meant to reflect the juvenile nature of man. The Lord speaks to us in a way we can understand. Telling the Assyrian's He will lift their skirts and calling their warriors women [my apologizes to both those who wear skirts and are women] seems a less than divine metaphor for Assyria's prophesied humiliation. Our God is certainly colorful. You might say even earthy. But I have a feeling, like everything else in the Bible, this is more a reflection of our need and who we are than who He is.

Lord knows.