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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 1:9

The prophet had in few words summed up the close of Nineveh; he now upbraids them with the sin, which should bring it upon them, and foretells the destruction of Sennacherib. Nineveh had, before this, been the instrument of chastising Israel and Judah. Now, the capture of Samaria, which had cast off God, deceived and emboldened it. Its king thought that this was the might of his own arm; and likened the Lord of heaven and earth to the idols of the pagan, and said, “Who are they among all the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 1:10

For while they be leiden together as thorns - that is, as confused, intertwined, sharp, piercing, hard to be touched, rending and tearing whosoever would interfere with its tangled ways, and seemingly compact together and strong; “and while they are drunken as their drink” , not “drinkers” only but literally, “drunken,” swallowed up, as it were, by their drink which they had swallowed, mastered, overcome, powerless, “they shall be derogated as stubble fully dry” , rapidly, in an instant, with... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 1:11

There is one come out of thee - that is, Nineveh, “that imagineth” deviseth, , “evil, Lord, Sennacherib, against the the rod of God’s anger” Isaiah 10:5-7, yet who “meant not so,” as God meant. “And this was his counsel,” as is every counsel of Satan, “that they could not resist him, and so should withdraw themselves from the land of God, “into a land like their own” Isaiah 36:16-17, but whose joy and sweetness, its vines and its fig-trees, should not be from God, but from the Assyrian, i. e.,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nahum 1:9-10

Nahum 1:9-10. What do ye imagine against the Lord? Having declared the dreadfulness of God’s power and anger against the wicked, his goodness toward his people, and denounced future destruction against the Ninevites; he now expostulates with them, inquiring what it is they design against God, and on what ground they flatter themselves into such an attempt: as if he had said, What a foolish and wicked thing it is for you to plot against Jehovah, as if you could outwit infinite wisdom, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nahum 1:11-13

Nahum 1:11-13. There is one come out of thee Or, one hath gone forth of thee. This is probably meant of Sennacherib, who uttered so many reproaches and blasphemies against the true God, one of whose royal seats was Nineveh, and who probably went forth from thence to invade Judea. But the term, a wicked counsellor, seems to be intended of Rabshakeh, whom Sennacherib sent against Jerusalem, while he himself warred against Lachish, and who uttered those blasphemous speeches against God, of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:1-15

1:1-15 THE POWER OF GODGod is the great judge, the all-powerful ruler of the universe. On the one hand he is patient with the rebellious, but on the other he is zealous for righteousness. His punishment of the guilty is severe, but it is also just (1:1-3a). Through storms, winds, droughts and earthquakes he sends judgments that bring total destruction. When his wrath is poured out on sinners, no one can escape (3b-6).Being so mighty, God can protect those who trust in him, and destroy those who... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nahum 1:9

imagine = devise. Compare Psalms 2:1 . affliction = distress, or trouble; Hebrew. zarar , as in Nahum 1:7 , i.e. the trouble that now threatens Nineveh. the second time . Referring to the rising up after Jonah's proclamation. Compare "rise", Jeremiah 51:64 . Same word as "abide", Nahum 1:6 , above. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nahum 1:10

folden = entangled. thorns . The emblem of hostile armies (Isaiah 10:17 ; Isaiah 27:4 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nahum 1:11

of. Genitive of Origin. App-17 . thee: i.e. Nineveh (feminine) evil . Hebrew. ra'a . App-44 . a wicked counsellor = a counselor of Belial. The counsellor probably = Rabshakeh; and Belial = Sennacherib. See note on p. 1261. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nahum 1:9

"What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.""Shall not rise up the second time ..." It will not be necessary for God to destroy his enemies twice; once will be far more than sufficient! Assyria, and all of the great military powers, were engaged in nothing else except strengthening themselves; and, in all such preparations, the essential hostility of those powers against God and against God's people upon earth was abundantly... read more

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