The Ninevites are at it again, and this time God is determined to obliterate them. He has his tolerance for evil, and will allow the wicked time to repent, as we saw in Jonah. But when a nation, a people, or a person consistently does evil in his sight, and does not repent, he will make of them “a complete end” (9). They will be “consumed like stubble, fully dried” (10). The LORD promises his people a peace so thorough that “never again shall the worthless pass through you; he is utterly cut off” (15).
LORD, forgive us for our unfaithfulness. Make us a people who survive to your peace, not a people who come to an end.
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