Study Desk

So I will look to the Lord for help. I will wait for God to save me. My God will hear me.

I have fallen, but enemy, don't laugh at me! I will get up again. I sit in darkness now, but the Lord will be a light for me.

I sinned against the Lord , so he was angry with me. But he will argue my case for me in court. He will do what is right for me. Then he will bring me out into the light, and I will see that he is right.

An enemy is coming to attack you, so guard the strong places of your city. Watch the road. Get ready for war. Prepare for battle!

The shields of his soldiers are red. Their uniforms are bright red. Their chariots are shining like flames of fire and are lined up for battle. Their horses are ready to go.

The enemy calls for his best soldiers. They stumble as they rush ahead. They run to the wall and set up their shield over the battering ram.

It will be very bad for that city of murderers. Nineveh is a city full of lies. It is filled with things taken from other countries. It is filled with plenty of people that it hunted and killed.

Everyone who sees you will be shocked. They will say, ‘Nineveh is destroyed. Who will cry for her?' I know I cannot find anyone to comfort you, Nineveh."

So, Nineveh, you will also fall like a drunk. You will try to hide. You will look for a safe place away from the enemy.

Nineveh, your people are all like women—and the enemy soldiers are ready to take them. The gates of your land are open wide for your enemies to come in. Fire has destroyed the wooden bars across the gates.

Get water and store it inside your city, because the enemy soldiers will surround your city. Make your defenses strong! Get clay to make more bricks and mix the mortar. Get the molds for making bricks.

Lord , I continue to ask for help. When will you listen to me? I cried to you about the violence, but you did nothing!

This message is about a special time in the future. This message is about the end, and it will come true. Just be patient and wait for it. That time will come; it will not be late.

But the Lord All-Powerful has decided that a fire will destroy everything that those people worked to build. All their work will be for nothing.

It will be very bad for those who become angry and make other people suffer. Like an angry drunk, they knock others to the ground and strip them naked, just to see their naked bodies.

He stood and judged the earth. He looked at the people of all the nations, and they shook with fear. For many years the mountains stood strong, but those mountains fell to pieces. Those old, old hills fell down. God has always been able to do that.

My whole body shook when I heard the story. My lips trembled. I felt weak deep down in my bones and stood there shaking. But I will wait patiently for destruction to come to those who attack us.

They have turned away from me, the Lord . They have stopped following me. They no longer ask me, the Lord , for help."

Be silent before the Lord God , because the Lord 's day for judging the people is coming soon. The Lord has prepared his sacrifice, and he has told his invited guests to get ready.

The Lord also said, "At that time people will be calling for help at Fish Gate in Jerusalem and mourning in the new part of town. They will hear the sound of destruction in the hills around the city.