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"She went into captivity"

Text: Nahum 3:10

THE DESTRUCTION OF THEBES

No matter how strong Thebes was, it was finally destroyed by Assyria. A description of the cruelty of the Assyrians is to be noted.

“Yet she was carried away,
She went into captivity;
Her young children also were dashed to pieces
At the head of every street;
They cast lots for her honourable men,
And all her great men were bound in chains.
You also will be drunk;
You will be hidden;
You also will seek refuge from the enemy.”
Nahum 3:10-11

1. The fall of Thebes under the Assyrians

a) Thebes was carried away.

b) The old city went into captivity.

2. The barbaric cruelty of the Assyrians

a) The young children

i) They were dashed to pieces.

ii) At the head of every street children were slaughtered in a cruel way.

b) The honourable men

i) The conquerors cast lots for the honourable men.

ii) They were sold off as slaves.

iii) They were treated with great dishonor.

c) The great men

i) They were rounded up.

ii) They were put in chains.

iii) They too were treated with no respect at all.

3. The fall of Assyria

a) The word of the Lord was made very clear.

b) Assyria would fall; it was likened to a drunken nation.

c) They would no longer be mighty and well-known; it would be hidden.

d) The Assyrians would seek refuge from their enemy- the Babylonians.