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The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:11-14

Corrupt kings. "There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor. Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through," etc. These words suggest a few thoughts concerning human kings and kingdoms. I. HUMAN KINGS ARE SOMETIMES TERRIBLY CORRUPT . "There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor." This evidently means... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:12

Thus saith the lord. An expression used to introduce a solemn declaration. Though they (the Assyrians) be quiet. Shalem has this meaning elsewhere, as Genesis 34:21 ; but this is unsuitable here, where it must be translated, "in full strength," "unimpaired," "complete," like the thorn hedge in Genesis 34:10 . Vulgate, Si perfecti fuerint. Though they be unbroken in strength, and likewise ( on that account ) many in number. Septuagint, τάδε λέγει κύριος κατάρχων... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:12-15

§ 4. The destruction of Nineveh is emphatically announced, and Zion is depicted as rejoicing at the news of its ruin, and celebrating her feasts in safety. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:13

His yoke. The yoke of Assyria, probably referring to the vassalage of Judah ( 2 Kings 18:14 ; 2 Chronicles 33:11 ). (For the metaphor of "yoke" denoting subjugation, setup. Le 26:13; Jeremiah 27:2 ; Ezekiel 34:27 .) Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 30:8 ) seems to use these words of Nahum to announce the deliverance of Israel from captivity. Burst thy bonds in sunder; by the final overthrow of the Assyrian power ( Psalms 2:3 ; Jeremiah 2:20 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 1:7

The Lord is good: a stronghold in the day of trouble - “Good and doing good,” and full of sweetness; alike good and mighty; good in giving Himself and imparting His goodness to His own; yea “none is good, save God” Luke 18:19; Himself the stronghold wherein His own amy take refuge; both in the troubles of this life, in which “He will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able” 1 Corinthians 10:13, and in that Day, which shall hem them in on every side, and leave no place of escape... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 1:8

But with an overrunning flood He will make an utter end of the place thereof - that is, of Nineveh, although not as yet named, except in the title of the prophecy, yet present to the prophet’s mind and his hearers, and that the more solemnly, as being the object of the wrath of God, so that, although unnamed, it would be known so to be. Image and reality, the first destruction and the last which it pictures, meet in the same words. Nineveh itself was overthrown through the swelling of the... read more

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 1:12

Though they be quiet and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down - Literally, “If they be entire,” i. e., sound unharmed, unimpaired in their numbers, unbroken in their strength, undiminished, perfect in all which belongs to war; “and thus many even thus shall they be mown down (or shorn), and he passeth away” . With might outwardly unscathed, “without hand” Daniel 2:34, and “thus many,” i. e., many, accordingly, as being unweakened; as many as they shall be, “so shall they be mown down,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:11-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:12-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 1:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 1:8

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

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

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 1:12

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