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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nahum 1:2-8

Nineveh knows not God, that God that contends with her, and therefore is here told what a God he is; and it is good for us all to mix faith with that which is here said concerning him, which speaks a great deal of terror to the wicked and comfort to good people; for this glorious description of the Sovereign of the world, like the pillar of cloud and fire, has a bright side towards Israel and a dark side towards the Egyptians. Let each take his portion from it; let sinners read it and tremble;... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nahum 1:9-15

These verses seem to point at the destruction of the army of the Assyrians under Sennacherib, which may well be reckoned a part of the burden of Nineveh, the head city of the Assyrian empire, and a pledge of the destruction of Nineveh itself about 100 years after; and this was an event which Isaiah, with whom probably this prophet was contemporary, spoke much of. Now observe here, I. The great provocation which the Assyrians gave to God, the just and jealous God, for which, though slow to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:7

The Lord is good ,.... To Israel, as the Targum adds; to Hezekiah and his, people, that betook themselves to him, and put their trust in him; whom he defended and preserved from the king of Assyria, to whom he was dreadful and terrible, destroying his army in one night by an angel; and so delivered the king of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from that terror that had seized them, and that danger they were exposed unto; and so the Lord is good in himself, in the perfections of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:8

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof ,.... Of Nineveh, against whom this prophecy was, and upon whom it lay as a burden, Nahum 1:1 ; and now though the Lord was good to them that trust in him, and a strong hold to them in a time of trouble; yet he was determined to destroy their enemies the Assyrians, and Nineveh their chief city; and that by the means of a powerful army, which, like a flood or inundation of water breaking in, overruns and carries... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:9

What do ye imagine against the Lord ?.... O ye Ninevites or Assyrians; do you think you can frustrate the designs of the Lord, resist his power, and hinder him from executing what he has threatened and has determined to do? or what mischief is it you devise against his people, which is the same as against himself? can you believe that you shall prosper and succeed, and your schemes be carried into execution, when he, the all wise and all powerful Being, opposes you? he will make an utter... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:10

For while they be folden together as thorns ,.... Like them, useless and unprofitable, harmful and pernicious, fit only for burning, and, being bundled together, are prepared for it; and which is not only expressive of the bad qualities of the Ninevites, and of the danger they were in, and what they deserved; but of the certainty of their ruin, no more being able to save themselves from it, than a bundle of thorns from the devouring fire: and while they are drunken as drunkards ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:11

There is one come out of thee ,.... That is, out of Nineveh, as the Targum explains it; meaning Sennacherib, who had his royal seat and palace there; or Rabshakeh that was sent from hence by him with a railing and blaspheming letter to the king of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. This is said to be at the present time of writing this prophecy, though it was after it, because of the certainty of it, as is usual in prophetic language; unless it can be thought that this prophecy was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:12

Thus saith the Lord, though they be quiet, and likewise many ,.... The Assyrian army under Sennacherib before Jerusalem, though they were quiet and secure and thought themselves out of all danger; not at all fearing that the besieged would sally out against them they being so numerous, and therefore betook themselves to sleep and rest: yet thus shall they be cut down ; or "shorn" F12 נגוזו "tonsi", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; as the wool is shorn off the back of a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:13

For now will I break his yoke from off thee ,.... The Assyrian yoke from off the Jews, who had been obliged to pay tribute, or send presents to the king of Assyria, from the times of Ahaz; and were in bondage, while shut up and besieged by his army, and the country all around laid under contribution; from all which they were delivered when his army was in that dreadful manner destroyed: and will burst thy bonds in sunder ; and set thee entirely free from the bondage of the enemy, and all... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:7

The Lord is good - In the midst of judgment he remembers mercy; and among the most dreadful denunciations of wrath he mingles promises of mercy. None that trust in him need be alarmed at these dreadful threatenings; they shall be discriminated in the day of wrath, for the Lord knoweth them that trust in him. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nahum 1:2-8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nahum 1:9-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:7

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