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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 3:17

Thy crowned are as the locust, and thy captains as the great locusts - What he had said summarily under metaphor, the prophet expands in a likeness. “The crowned” are probably the subordinate princes, of whom Sennacherib said, “Are not my princes altogether kings?” Isaiah 10:8. It has been observed that the headdress of the Assyrian Vizier has the ornament which “throughout the whole series of sculptures is the distinctive mark of royal or quasi-royal authority.” : “All high officers of state,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nahum 3:14-15

Nahum 3:14-15. Draw thee waters for the siege Fill all thy cisterns, and draw the waters into the ditches. Go into the clay, &c. Set thy brickmakers on work to prepare store of materials for thy fortifications. There shall the fire devour thee After all that thou canst do, the fire of the enemy shall reach even thy inmost works, and their darts shall drive off the defenders of them. The sword shall cut thee off The Hebrew word, which we render here sword, properly signifies any... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nahum 3:16-17

Nahum 3:16-17. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars Thou hast drawn more merchants to thee than there are stars in the heavens. This is a hyperbolical expression, to signify the great number of them. The canker-worm spoileth, and fleeth away As the locusts destroy the fruits of the earth, and then fly away to another place; so shall thy soldiers pillage all the wealth thou hast gained by traffic, and then leave thee. Thy crowded (or, thy princes) are as the locusts, ... 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 3:15

cankerworm = the young locust. Hebrew. yelek. See note on Joel 1:4 . make thyself many = [though thou be] numerous. Figure of speech Irony ( App-6 ). locusts = the young locust. Hebrew ' arbeh . See note on Joel 1:4 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nahum 3:16

Thou = [Though] thou, &c. spoileth = stript itself, or cast off the skin. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nahum 3:17

crowned = mercenary crowds. Hebrew. minzarim. Occurs only here. See Fuerst, Lex., p. 832. captains = muster-masters, or marshals. Hebrew. tiphsar. Occurs only here, and Jeremiah 51:27 . Like the Assyrian dupsarru = a tablet-writer. hedges = loose stone walls. flee away = are in flight. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nahum 3:15

"There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the cankerworm; make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locust."It is a feature of Hebrew prophecy that sometimes a figure of speech (as the simile here) is used with multiple meanings. In the first part of this verse, the sword of vengeance is compared to the locust plague; but in the second half of Nahum 3:15, and in Nahum 3:16, the Assyrians themselves are likened to locusts.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nahum 3:16

"Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm ravageth, and fleeth away.""Above the stars of heaven ..." Nothing but a great swarm of locusts, or the stars of heaven, could be compared to the teeming population of Nineveh."The cankerworm ravageth, and fleeth away ..." This did not mean that the conquering army would ravage Nineveh and then go away, but that the locust-population of Nineveh itself, so long the ravaging power on the earth, would disappear, after... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nahum 3:17

"Thy princes are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are."The fleeing away of the princes and merchants here is not an indication of their escaping from the invading enemy.It just means that, like all locusts, their time was limited, and that they would soon be gone, forever. "This passage does not promise deliverance from danger by flight, but... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 3:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nahum 3:14-15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nahum 3:16-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nahum 3:1-19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nahum 3:15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nahum 3:16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nahum 3:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nahum 3:15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nahum 3:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nahum 3:17

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