那鸿书 3:18-19 RCUVSS

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 3:18

Thy shepherds. The princes and counsellors, on whom the safety of the state depends. Slumber . Sleep the sleep of death—slain in the war ( Psalms 76:6 ). O King of Assyria. The power and evil of Nineveh personified, not any particular king. Shall dwell in the dust; are lying, or are at rest, in death; Septuagint, ἐκοίμισε τουστας σου , "Put to sleep thy mighty men": Vulgate, sepelientur. Is scattered upon the mountains. Their shepherds being dead, the flock, the herd of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:19

There is no healing of thy bruise; there is no assuaging of thy hurt (Revised Version; Jeremiah 10:19 ). The ruin is irretrievable; no one shall restore the destroyed kingdom (see Zephaniah 2:13 , Zephaniah 2:14 ). Thy wound is grievous; Pessima est plaga tua (Vulgate); ἐφλέγμανεν ἡ πληγή σου , "Thy wound is inflamed." The "wound" is the stroke or plague inflicted by God (Le 26:21). Shall clap the hands over thee. All who hear of thy destruction will rejoice over it ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:19

Hopelessness. "There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous." Nothing can be more distressing than the consciousness of powerlessness in the presence of the deepest human need; to witness from the seashore the wreck, and to be utterly unable to save the shipwrecked mariners; to be sure that some one is in the burning edifice, and yet for it to be impossible to reach him and to bring him out; to stand before an audience alarmed by some needless cry, and to see the rush towards... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:19

The overthrow of evil doers a source of thankful joy. "All that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? '' These last words in the Book of Nahum are truly impressive. The messenger closes his brief prophecy in the same tone in which he commenced it, the vengeance of God being still his theme. At the outset he declared the solemn fact; at the end he applies the truth thus announced to the particular case in hand. "The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 3:18

Thy shepherds - that is, they who should counsel for the people’s good and feed it, and “keep watch over their flocks by night,” but are now like their master, the “King of Assyria,” are his shepherds not the shepherds of the people whom they care not for; these slumber, at once through listlessness and excess, and now have fallen asleep in death, as the Psalmist says, “They have slept their sleep” Psalms 76:6. The prophet speaks of the future, as already past in effect, as it was in the will... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 3:19

There is no healing - (literally, “dulling”) of thy bruise It cannot be softened or mitigated; and so thy wound is grievous (literally, sick), incurable, for when the wound ever anew inflames, it cannot be healed. The word, bruise, is the more expressive, because it denotes alike the abiding wound in the body Leviticus 21:19, and the shattering of a state, which God can heal Psalms 60:4; Isaiah 30:26, or which may be great, incurable Jeremiah 30:12. When the passions are ever anew aroused, they... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nahum 3:18-19

Nahum 3:18-19. Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria Thy rulers and counsellors are remiss, heartless, or dead. Thy nobles Or valiant ones, shall dwell in the dust These words are not in the Hebrew, but are supplied by our translators. The strict rendering of the Hebrew would rather be, Have lain down, as Grotius renders it; that is, have indulged themselves in ease, and not concerned themselves about the public affairs. The Vulgate, however, renders this former part of the verse, ... 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 3:18

shepherds = leaders, or rulers. Here = generals. dwell = lie down: i.e. in death. no man gathereth them . Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 30:4 ). App-92 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:16-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 3:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 3:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nahum 3:18-19

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nahum 3:1-19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nahum 3:18

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