Week 936 · Old Testament · about 2 minutes · 279 words
🍞 Nahum 2
Nahum 2 opens with these words: “He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!” The line to keep is Nahum 2:4: “The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.” Carry the word “chariots” from that verse into the rest of the day.
Nahum 2 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.” Nahum 2 opens with these words: “He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!” The line to keep is Nahum 2:4: “The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.” Carry the word “chariots” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Nahum 2:4: “The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Nahum 2? Then try this: Read “The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
“The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.”
Nahum 2:4 · Nahum 2
Say it
Practice Nahum 2:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thechariotsrageinthestreets.Theybackandforthinthewideways.appearanceistorches.Theyrunlikethelightnings.
Talk about it
- What happens first in Nahum 2?
- Read “The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like…” once more. What does it show you about God?
- Who can you tell one sentence from Nahum 2 before bedtime?
Prayer
Father, thank you for Nahum 2. Help us remember Nahum 2:4 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.
Parent tip
If Nahum 2 is long, read Nahum 2:4 twice and ask one of the talk-about questions. The chapter page has every verse if you want more tomorrow.
Week 936 · the whole night
🍞 Nahum 2
Story, coloring page, word search, and the verse to trace.
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