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The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:1-19

Part III . THE CAUSE OF THE JUDGMENT — SINS OF THE CITY , WHICH BRING INEVITABLE PUNISHMENT . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:14-15

Human efforts as directed against the Divine purpose. We have furnished us in these verses an illustration of human effort as directed against the accomplishment of the purpose of God. Sometimes this course is taken by men unconsciously, but it was scarcely so in this instance. We know that the Assyrian power in the time of Sennacherib boldly defied the God of heaven, and it seems with the lapse of time to have gone from bad to worse. It was the Divine will that at length the arm of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:14-19

§ 3. In spite of all its efforts and all its resources, Nineveh shall meet with a terrible end. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:14-19

The fall of Nineveh. I. PREPARATIONS FOR A SIEGE . ( Nahum 3:14 .) In anticipation of the impending attack upon their capital, the inhabitants of Nineveh are exhorted by Nahum (ironically) to provide for their safety. 1 . For their sustenance. This they should do by laying up within their city a plentiful supply of water for drinking, so as to enable them to withstand a prolonged siege. "Draw thee water for the siege." This, in a land like Assyria, would be likely to give way... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:15

There . In the very place where thou hast taken all these precautions. Shall the fire devour thee. That fire played a great part in the destruction of Nineveh is asserted by historians and proved by the remains of the city discovered in modern times (see note on Nahum 3:13 : also Herod; 1.106; Diod. Sic; 2.25-28; Athen; 12.529). The fate of the last king, who burnt himself and his palace, is a well known story (see Justin, 'Hist.,' 1.3; Eusebius, 'Chronicles,' 1.9; 14.3; 15.7; Syncell;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:16

Its extensive commercial relations shall not save it. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants. Nineveh was most favourably situated for carrying on commerce with other countries. The roads from Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and Phoenicia, that led into Media, Persia, and the interior of Asia, converged at Nineveh, and brought thither merchandise from all lands; and the Assyrians themselves exported their own produce and manufactures to the far West. Among these are enumerated textile fabrics,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:16-18

The instability of material greatness. We have vividly described here— I. MATERIAL GREATNESS . This consisting in: 1 . Extensive commercial relations. "Thou hast multiplied thy merchants" etc. ( Nahum 3:16 ). "The point at which Nineveh was situated was certainly the culminating point of the three quarters of the globe—Europe, Asia, and Africa; and from the very earliest times it was just at the crossing of the Tigris by Nineveh that the great military and commercial roads... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:17

Thy crowned. The word minnezar is found only here, and, as its derivation is uncertain, it has received various interpretations. The Anglican Version derives the word from nezer, "a diadem," and "the crowned" are the officials of upper rank. "High officers of state in Assyria were adorned with diadems, closely resembling the lower baud of the royal mitre, separated from the cap itself. Very commonly the head was encircled with a simple fillet or hoop, probably of gold, without any... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 3:15

There - where thou didst fence thyself, and madest such manifold and toilsome preparation,Shall the fire devour thee. - All is toil within. The fire of God’s wrath falls and consumes at once. Mankind still, with mire and clay, build themselves Babels. “They go into clay,” and become themselves earthly like the mire they steep themselves in. They make themselves strong, as though they thought “that their houses shall continue forever” Psalms 49:11, and say, “So, take thine ease eat, drink and be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 3:16

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven - Not numerous only but glorious in the eyes of the world, and, as thou deemest, safe and inaccessible; yet in an instant all is gone.The commerce of Nineveh was carried back to prehistoric times, since its rivers bound together the mountains of Armenia with the Persian gulf, and marked out the line, by which the distant members of the human family should supply each others’ needs. “Semiramis” they say , “built other cities on the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:14-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:14-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:14-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:16-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 3:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 3:16

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