Nahúm 2:2-4 NVI

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nahum 2:1-10

Here is, I. An alarm of war sent to Nineveh, Nah. 2:1. The prophet speaks of it as just at hand, for it is neither doubtful nor far distant: ?Look about thee, and see, he that dashes in pieces has come up before thy face. Nebuchadnezzar, who is noted, and will be yet more so, for dashing nations in pieces, begins with thee, and will dissipate and disperse thee;? so some render the word. Babylon is called the hammer of the whole earth, Jer. 50:23. The attempt of Nebuchadnezzar upon Nineveh is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 2:2

For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel ,.... Or, "will render" a recompence for, or "revenge the pride of Jacob" F5 כי שב יהוה את גאון יעקב "ulciscitur enim Jehova adhibitam in Jacobaeos superbiam", Castalio; "reponit Deus Assyrio illam superbiam quam ipse in Jacobo et Israele exercuit", Grotius; "quia reddidit superbiam", &c.; Tirinus. ; all that insolence, and those injuries done in a proud and haughty manner by Sennacherib... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 2:3

The shield of his mighty men is made red ,.... The shields of the soldiers in the armies of the Babylonians and Medes, those dashers in pieces that would come up against Nineveh, should be red; either with the blood of the slain, or thus coloured on purpose to inject terror to their enemies; or this may express the lustre of them, which being gilded, or made of gold or brass, in the rays of the sun glittered, and looked of a fiery red; see the Apocrypha: "Now when the sun shone upon the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 2:4

The chariots shall rage in the streets ,.... In the streets of Nineveh when taken; where they shall be drove in a furious manner from place to place, the men in them breathing out slaughter and death wherever they came. Kimchi understands this of the chariots of the Ninevites; who shall drive about in them in the streets of the city like madmen; not daring to go out to fight the enemy, being mightier and more numerous than they. They shall justle one against another in the broad ways ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:2

For the Lord hath turned away - Bishop Newcome reads, for the Lord restoreth, by a slight alteration in the text. I do not see that we gain much by this. The Lord has been opposed to Jacob, and the enemy has prevailed against him. Emptied them out - Brought them from their own land into captivity. This was the emptying! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:3

The shield of his mighty men is made red - These things may refer to the war-like preparations made by the Ninevites: they had red shields, and scarlet or purple clothing; their chariots were finely decorated, and proceeded with amazing rapidity. The fir trees shall be terribly shaken - This may refer to the darts, arrows, and javelins, flung with destructive power. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:4

The chariots shall rage - Those of the besiegers and the besieged, meeting in the streets, producing universal confusion and carnage. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:2

Verse 2 What is now subjoined has been added, in my view, in reference to what had already taken place, that is that God had taken away the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel Some give this rendering, “God has made to returns or to rest;” and they take גאון, gaun, in a good sense, as meaning courage or glory. The sense, according to these, would be, — that God, having routed the army of Sennacherib, or destroyed the Assyrians, would make the ancient glory of his people to return; for both... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:3

Verse 3 The Prophet describes here how dreadful the Chaldeans would be when prepared against the Assyrians. He says, The shield of his brave men (225) is made red Some think that their shields were painted red, that blood might not appear; and that the soldiers had on red garments, that they might not be frightened in case they were wounded; and this is what history records of the Lacedemonians. But as the habits of these nations are not much known to us, it is enough for us to know, that their... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:4

Verse 4 He still goes on with the same subject, — that they shall be furious in the streets that is, that they shall he so turbulent, as though they were out of their minds: as furious men are wont to be who are impetuously carried away beyond all reason and moderation, so shall they also become mad in their tumult. He then says, They shall hasten. The verb is derived from the hips; for he who hastens shakes the hips, and moves them with a quick motion; and if it be lawful to coin a word, it... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nahum 2:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 2:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 2:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 2:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:4

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