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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nahum 2:9-10

Nahum 2:9-10. Take ye the spoil of silver, of gold Here the Babylonians are addressed as if they had just entered the city; and are bid to take the spoil of it, there being none to make any resistance. We read in Diodorus, that Arbaces carried many talents of gold and silver to Ecbatana, the royal city of the Medes. For there is none end of the store, &c. The Vulgate reads, There is no end of the riches, from all the desirable vessels. The sense of the Hebrew, however, is, The... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nahum 2:1-13

2:1-3:19 THE DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEHDestroyed because of cruelty (2:1-13)Chapters 2 and 3 consist of two separate poems on the same subject, the destruction of Nineveh and the reasons for it. Nahum begins his graphic description of the attack on Nineveh by calling upon the watchman on the city wall to alert the city that the enemy is approaching. God is now going to destroy those who destroyed Israel and oppressed Judah (2:1-2).The prophet pictures the brightly uniformed soldiers, the gleaming... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nahum 2:10

empty . . . void . . . waste. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ), for emphasis. Hebrew. bukah umbukah umebullakah. the faces of them all, &c . Only here, and in Joel 2:6 . The reference is to Joel 2:6 (as Nahum 1:15 is to Isaiah 52:7 ); not vice versa. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nahum 2:10

"She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale."In the next chapter, Nahum added the thought that, "there is no assuaging of thy hurt," (Nahum 3:19), concluding his prophecy with that word. Those commentators who try to make Nahum merely a poetic celebration of a past event neglect to tell us how "the poet" knew that Assyrian Nineveh would lay desolate for 25 centuries!"Empty ... void... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nahum 2:10

10. Literally, "emptiness, and emptiedness, and devastation." The accumulation of substantives without a verb (as in :-), the two first of the three being derivatives of the same root, and like in sound, and the number of syllables in them increasing in a kind of climax, intensify the gloomy effectiveness of the expression. Hebrew, Bukah, Mebukah, Mebullakah (compare Isaiah 24:1; Isaiah 24:3; Isaiah 24:4; Zephaniah 1:15). faces of all gather blackness—(See on Zephaniah 1:15- :). CALVIN... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nahum 2:3-19

B. Four descriptions of Nineveh’s fall 2:3-3:19The rest of the book contains four descriptions of Nineveh’s fall that were evidently messages that Nahum delivered at various times in Judah. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nahum 2:8-13

2. The second description of Nineveh’s fall 2:8-13The second description of Nineveh’s fall is more philosophical than the first one and ends with a statement by Yahweh that gives the reason for its fall (Nahum 2:13). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nahum 2:10

The invaders would empty Nineveh of her treasures, and it would become a desolate wasteland. The Hebrew words in the first part of this verse sound like water flowing out of a bottle when read aloud, a literary device called onomatopoeia. Even the sound of the description of Nineveh’s fall reinforced the prophecy. Hearts would melt and knees knock when people would observe its overthrow. Anguish would grip the whole body of observers and their faces would go pale. If Nineveh could fall, would... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:1-13

Attack and Conquest of Nineveh1. Description of the attack begins, and Nineveh is called upon to face the invader.’He that breaketh in pieces is come up against thee; Guard the watch, look out upon the way, Gird up the loins, gather together thy strength.’ Nahum 2:2 seems misplaced, as it interrupts the sense. It should perhaps come after Nahum 1:15.3-10. Poetic picture of the sack of the city. It dwells upon, (1) The approach of the hostile army in brilliant, terrible splendour, with flashing... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Nahum 2:10

(10) And the faces of them all gather blackness.—Better, perhaps, and all faces withdraw their brightness. (See Note on Joel 2:6, where the same expression occurs.) read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nahum 2:9-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nahum 2:1-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nahum 2:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nahum 2:10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nahum 2:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nahum 2:3-19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nahum 2:8-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nahum 2:10

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:1-13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Nahum 2:10

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