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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nahum 3:8-19

Nineveh has been told that God is against her, and then none can be for her, to stand her in any stead; yet she sets God himself at defiance, and his power and justice, and says, I shall have peace. Threatened folks live long; therefore here the prophet largely shows how vain her confidences would prove and insufficient to ward off the judgment of God. To convince them of this, I. He shows them that other places, which had been as strong and as secure as they, could not keep their ground... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 3:15

There shall the fire devour thee ,.... In the strong holds, made ever so firm and secure; either the fire of divine wrath; or the fire of the enemy they should put into them; or the enemy himself, as Kimchi; and so the Targum, "thither shall come upon thee people who are as strong as fire:' the sword shall cut thee off; it shall eat thee up as the cankerworm : that is, the sword of the Medes and Chaldeans shall utterly destroy thee, as the cankerworm is destroyed by rain or fire; or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 3:16

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven ,.... A hyperbolical expression, setting forth the great number of merchants that were in Nineveh, and in the land of Assyria; who either were the natives of the place, or came thither for the sake of merchandise, which serve to enrich a nation, and therefore are encouraged to settle; and from whom, in a time of war, much benefit might be expected; being able to furnish with money, which is the sinews of war, as well as to give... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 3:17

Thy crowned men are as the locusts ,.... Tributary kings, and hired officers, as some think, who might be distinguished by what they wore on their heads; or their own princes and nobles, who wore coronets or diadems; unless their religious persons are meant, their Nazarites and devotees, their priests; these were like locusts for their number, fear, and flight in time of danger, and for their spoil of the poor; and some locusts have been seen with little crowns on their heads, as those in ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:15

Make thyself many as the cankerworm - On the locusts, and their operations in their various states, see the notes on Joel 2 (note). The multitudes, successive swarms, and devastation occasioned by locusts, is one of the most expressive similes that could be used to point out the successive armies and all-destroying influences of the enemies of Nineveh. The account of these destroyers from Dr. Shaw, inserted Joel 2, will fully illustrate the verses where allusion is made to locusts. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:16

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants - Like Tyre, this city was a famous resort for merchants; but the multitudes which were there previously to the siege, like the locusts, took the alarm, and fled away. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:17

Thy crowned are as the locusts - Thou hast numerous princes and numerous commanders. Which camp in the hedges in the cold day - The locusts are said to lie in shelter about the hedges of fertile spots when the weather is cold or during the night; but as soon as the sun shines out and is hot, they come out to their forage, or take to their wings. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:15

Verse 15 But he adds, There shall the fire consume thee There is much importance in the adverb of place, there, which he uses: there also, he says, shall the fire eat thee up: for he expresses more than before, when he said, that the Assyrians would weary themselves in vain in fortifying their city and their empire; for he says now, that the Lord would turn to their destruction those things in which they trusted as their defenses; There then shall the fire consume thee We now then see what the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:16

Verse 16 From these words we may learn what the Prophet before meant, when he said that the Assyrians were like locusts or chafers; as though he said, — “I know that you trust in your great number; for ye are like a swarm of chafers or locusts; ye excel greatly in number; inasmuch as you have assembled your merchants and traders as the stars of heaven.” Here he shows how numerous they were. But when he says, The chafer has spoiled, and flies away, he points out another reason for the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:17

Verse 17 And thy princes are as locusts: this refers to the wicked doings, by which they laid waste almost the whole earth. As then the locusts and chafers, wherever they come, consume every kind of food, devour all the fields, leave nothing, and the whole land becomes a waste; so also have been thy princes; they have been as locusts and thy leaders as the locusts of locusts, that is, as very great locusts; for this form, we know, expresses the superlative degree in Hebrew. Their leaders were... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nahum 3:8-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 3:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 3:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 3:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:17

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