A Gazingstock

 July29, 2023- Saturday Morning Bible Reading and Meditation- Nahum 3 KJV

“5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. 

7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?”

A Gazingstock

Ancient Nineveh of Assyria is at this present time the Mosul, governorate Nineveh of Northern Iraq; the center place of grievous oppression; where women and children are regarded as slaves of the lowest, most degraded kind of possession. 

No rights, no voice no dignity. 

The most dreadful and sorest oppressive religious war we witnessed in our time are disheartening; hearing the news, with the recorded voices of those women who are held imprisoned; and use to become a sexual slaves of those who are in power. 

Not by only single man for one, but as many as who wants them for that day; begging to help them be free or at the least drop a bomb to where they are, so that their agony be put to an end. 

O, what a sickening thoughts that a frail human be as evil as this sort! 

And what a disheartening fact that women, young or old, have to go through these torturous disgraceful, inhumane act from men, who are supposed to be their protectors. 

Yet GOD allowed these things to happened according to the prophecy, because they rejected to hearken to the word of The Only Mighty Creator: The GOD of King James Bible. 

Indeed, grievous things happened to our lives because our Maker wanted for us to seek, acknowledge, believe and call upon Him in prayers. 

He will only reveal Himself to all whose heart is resolved to turn to admit self depravity, accept His gift of salvation, and be available to hear, listen and study  the truth in His words.  

Be not the same as them whose hearts are hardened. Choose to come and call GOD in the Name of The LORD and Loving Savior JESUS CHRIST, and be free from the wrath of GOD. 

This is written to give us warning:

“Revelation 21:8 KJV - 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

Be saved today and be blessed forever! 

Nahum 3:1-19 KJV - 

1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. 5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. 7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. 14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. 16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?