那鴻書 1:9-11 RCUVTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nahum 1:9-15

These verses seem to point at the destruction of the army of the Assyrians under Sennacherib, which may well be reckoned a part of the burden of Nineveh, the head city of the Assyrian empire, and a pledge of the destruction of Nineveh itself about 100 years after; and this was an event which Isaiah, with whom probably this prophet was contemporary, spoke much of. Now observe here, I. The great provocation which the Assyrians gave to God, the just and jealous God, for which, though slow to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:9

What do ye imagine against the Lord ?.... O ye Ninevites or Assyrians; do you think you can frustrate the designs of the Lord, resist his power, and hinder him from executing what he has threatened and has determined to do? or what mischief is it you devise against his people, which is the same as against himself? can you believe that you shall prosper and succeed, and your schemes be carried into execution, when he, the all wise and all powerful Being, opposes you? he will make an utter... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:10

For while they be folden together as thorns ,.... Like them, useless and unprofitable, harmful and pernicious, fit only for burning, and, being bundled together, are prepared for it; and which is not only expressive of the bad qualities of the Ninevites, and of the danger they were in, and what they deserved; but of the certainty of their ruin, no more being able to save themselves from it, than a bundle of thorns from the devouring fire: and while they are drunken as drunkards ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:11

There is one come out of thee ,.... That is, out of Nineveh, as the Targum explains it; meaning Sennacherib, who had his royal seat and palace there; or Rabshakeh that was sent from hence by him with a railing and blaspheming letter to the king of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. This is said to be at the present time of writing this prophecy, though it was after it, because of the certainty of it, as is usual in prophetic language; unless it can be thought that this prophecy was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:9

Affliction shall not rise up the second time - There shall be no need to repeat the judgment; with one blow God will make a full end of the business. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:10

While they be folden together - However united their counsels may be, they shall be as drunken men - perplexed and unsteady in all their resolutions; and before God's judgments they shall be as dry thorns before a devouring fire. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:11

Imagineth evil against the Lord - Such were Pul, 2 Kings 15:10 , Tiglath-pileser, 2 Kings 15:29 ; Shalmaneser, 2 Kings 17:6 ; and Sennacherib, 2 Kings 18:17 ; 2 Kings 19:23 . A wicked counsellor - Sennacherib and Rabshakeh. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:9

Verse 9 Some interpreters so consider this verse also, as though the Prophet had said, that the calamity of the chosen people would not be a destruction, as God would observe some moderation and keep within certain limits. The unbelieving, we know, immediately exult, whenever the children of God are oppressed by adverse things, as though it were all over with the Church. Hence the Prophet here, according to these interpreters, meets and checks this sort of petulance, What imagine ye against... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:10

Verse 10 He goes on with this same subject, — that Gods when he pleases to exercise his power, can, with no difficulty, consume his enemies: for the similitude, which is here added, means this, — that nothing is safe from God’s vengeance; for by perplexed thorns he understands things difficult to be handled. When thorns are entangled, we dare not, with the ends of our fingers, to touch their extreme parts; for wherever we put our hands, thorns meet and prick us. As then pricking from entangled... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:11

Verse 11 The Prophet now shows why God was so exceedingly displeased with the Assyrians, and that was, because he would, as a protector of his Church, defend the distressed against those who unjustly oppressed them. The Prophet then designed here to give the Jews a firm hope, so that they might know that God had a care for their safety; for if he had only threatened the Assyrians without expressing the reason, of what avail could this have been to the Jews? It is indeed gratifying and pleasing... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nahum 1:9-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:11

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