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Matthew Henry

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 3:19

There is no healing of thy bruise ,.... Made by the fatal blow given to the empire by the taking of Nineveh; the ruin of it was irreparable and irrecoverable; the city of Nineveh was no more, and the Assyrian empire sunk, and never rose again: or, "there is no contraction of thy bruise" F18 אין כהה "nulla est contractio", Junius & Tremellius, Burkius. ; as when a wound is healed, or near it, the skin round about is wrinkled and contracted. The Targum is, "there is none that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:19

There is no healing of thy bruise - Thou shalt never be rebuilt. All that hear the bruit of thee - The report or account. Shall clap the hands - Shall exult in thy downfall. For upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed - Thou hast been a universal oppressor, and therefore all nations rejoice at thy fall and utter desolation. Bp. Newton makes some good remarks on the fall and total ruin of Nineveh. "What probability was there that the capital city of a great kingdom, a city... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:19

Verse 19 The Prophet shows here more clearly, that when the empire of Nineveh should be scattered, it would be an incurable evil, that every hope of a remedy would be taken away. Though the wicked cannot escape calamity, yet they harbor false expectations, and think that they can in a short time gather new strength. Hence, in order to take from them this hope, the Prophet says, that there would be no contraction of the fracture (251) And this is a striking similitude; for he compares the ruin... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:1-19

Part III . THE CAUSE OF THE JUDGMENT — SINS OF THE CITY , WHICH BRING INEVITABLE PUNISHMENT . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:14-19

§ 3. In spite of all its efforts and all its resources, Nineveh shall meet with a terrible end. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:14-19

The fall of Nineveh. I. PREPARATIONS FOR A SIEGE . ( Nahum 3:14 .) In anticipation of the impending attack upon their capital, the inhabitants of Nineveh are exhorted by Nahum (ironically) to provide for their safety. 1 . For their sustenance. This they should do by laying up within their city a plentiful supply of water for drinking, so as to enable them to withstand a prolonged siege. "Draw thee water for the siege." This, in a land like Assyria, would be likely to give way... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:19

There is no healing of thy bruise; there is no assuaging of thy hurt (Revised Version; Jeremiah 10:19 ). The ruin is irretrievable; no one shall restore the destroyed kingdom (see Zephaniah 2:13 , Zephaniah 2:14 ). Thy wound is grievous; Pessima est plaga tua (Vulgate); ἐφλέγμανεν ἡ πληγή σου , "Thy wound is inflamed." The "wound" is the stroke or plague inflicted by God (Le 26:21). Shall clap the hands over thee. All who hear of thy destruction will rejoice over it ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:19

Hopelessness. "There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous." Nothing can be more distressing than the consciousness of powerlessness in the presence of the deepest human need; to witness from the seashore the wreck, and to be utterly unable to save the shipwrecked mariners; to be sure that some one is in the burning edifice, and yet for it to be impossible to reach him and to bring him out; to stand before an audience alarmed by some needless cry, and to see the rush towards... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:19

The overthrow of evil doers a source of thankful joy. "All that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? '' These last words in the Book of Nahum are truly impressive. The messenger closes his brief prophecy in the same tone in which he commenced it, the vengeance of God being still his theme. At the outset he declared the solemn fact; at the end he applies the truth thus announced to the particular case in hand. "The... read more

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