那鴻書 3:1 RCUVTS

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nahum 3:1

Nahum 3:1. Wo to the bloody city Here God shows the cause of his bringing destruction on Nineveh, and overthrowing the Assyrian empire. And first, it is declared, that Nineveh was a city in which acts of cruelty abounded, and innocent blood was frequently shed; that it was also full of deceit, falsehood, and rapine; unjustly and continually increasing its riches by the plunder of the neighbouring countries, which had done them no injury. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nahum 3:1-19

Destroyed because of greed (3:1-19)Not only was Assyria cruel, but it was also greedy. Often it conquered nations solely to plunder them. Nahum likens it to a prostitute, for it thought only of money and pleasure and gave no thought for morality. The prophet gives another vivid picture of the battle scene in Nineveh as God acts in judgment against the guilty people (3:1-4).Like a prostitute Nineveh dressed herself with lavish adornments and lived in luxury by tempting and deceiving others. Her... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nahum 3:1

bloody city = city of great bloodshed (Ezekiel 22:2 , Ezekiel 22:3 ; Ezekiel 24:6 , Ezekiel 24:9 . Habakkuk 2:12 ). departeth not = will not be lacking. Captive princes were exposed to public contumely in cages, &c. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nahum 3:1

The reason for the destruction of Nineveh lay in their unmitigated wickedness. "This imperial city had brought such a fate upon itself by its sin and crimes (Nahum 3:1-7), and will no more be able to avert it than was the Egyptian No-Amon (Nahum 3:8-13)."[1] A terrible end will come to the city despite all of their wealth, power, and resources (Nahum 3:14-19). As Augustine said (as quoted by Barnes):"Two sorts of love have made two sorts of cities; the earthly love of self even to contempt of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Nahum 3:1-3

Nahum 3:1-3. Woe to the bloody city! &c.— Woe to the bloody city, which is wholly perfidious and full of cruelty; whence rapines depart not.—Ver. 2. Lo! the sound of the whip is at hand, the sound of the rattling wheel, &c.—Ver. 3. The horseman approacheth, and the glittering sword, and shining spear, &c. Houbigant. Others render the passage thus, Woe to the bloody city, all over deceit, full of robbery and incessant ravening.—Ver. 2. The cracking of the whip, and the rattling noise... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nahum 3:1

1. the bloody city!—literally, "city of blood," namely, shed by Nineveh; just so now her own blood is to be shed. robbery—violence [MAURER]. Extortion [GROTIUS]. the prey departeth not—Nineveh never ceases to live by rapine. Or, the Hebrew verb is transitive, "she (Nineveh) does not make the prey depart"; she ceases not to plunder. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nahum 3:1

Nahum pronounced woe on Nineveh, a city characterized by bloodshed. Here, as often elsewhere (e.g., Isaiah 3:9), "woe" announces impending doom. Sometimes "woe" is an expression of grief (e.g., Isaiah 6:5), but that is only its secondary meaning here. As noted earlier, the Assyrians were notorious for their cruelty that included cutting off hands, feet, ears, noses, gouging out eyes, lopping off heads, impaling bodies, and peeling the skin off living victims. [Note: See Maier, p. 292.] Nahum... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nahum 3:1-7

3. The third description of Nineveh’s fall 3:1-7This description explains further the "why" for Nineveh’s fall whereas the first two descriptions in the previous chapter gave more of the actual events, the "what" of it. There is much similarity between the descriptions of the siege in Nahum 2:3-4 and Nahum 3:2-3, however. This section has been called a woe oracle because it pronounces doom on Nineveh in typical woe oracle fashion (cf. Isaiah 5:18-19; Amos 5:18-20; Amos 6:1-7; Micah 2:1-4).... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:1-19

The Doom of Nineveh1-7. Another threat against Nineveh, showing that disaster has come upon her on account of her sins. The keynote of the whole chapter is the fierce cry, Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies, etc. In ancient states the capital was virtually the kingdom, and to Nineveh are here ascribed all the characteristics of the Assyrian monarchy. The cruelties perpetrated by the Assyrians were shocking. Captive princes who had offered resistance in defence of their country were... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Nahum 3:1

(1) Woe to the bloody city!—Better, O bloody city! She is altogether deceit, filled with crime: she ceases not from plunder. read more