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Nahum chapter 3, verse 18.

Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria, your nobles slumber.

Your people are scattered on the mountains, with none to gather them.

So this is almost the last verse in the book of Nahum, as God through

Nahum the prophet is proclaiming judgment upon Nineveh as the capital city of Assyria. And

God's made it clear all throughout this book that his judgment is coming upon them for their

sin. And the reason I read this verse, we want to lead us to pray according to Naum chapter 3,

verse 18, is because of the way God speaks about and to the leaders of Assyria. This verse is specifically addressed to the king of Assyria.

This verse is specifically addressed to the king of Assyria.

Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria.

So what he's saying is, basically, to the king,

you're missing this.

Like you could lead your people to repent,

just like we saw happen in the book of Jonah, but

you're not.

And all the people you've entrusted to lead your people, your shepherds, they're asleep.

Your nobles slumber.

In other words, those with power and authority, even when you think about Romans chapter 13,

how God has instituted government

for the good of people. So those who God has divinely placed in positions of authority for

the good of people are using their authority for evil to lead people into wickedness.

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