Nahum 2:1-2 NIV

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 2:1

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face ,.... O Nineveh, or land of Assyria; for this is not to be understood of Sennacherib's coming up against Jerusalem, as Kimchi; but of Nebuchadnezzar against Nineveh, as Aben Ezra; not Nebuchadnezzar the great, who, the Jewish chronologers say F3 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 24. p. 69. , took Nineveh in the first year of his reign; but his father, Nebuchadnezzar the first, called Nabopolassar, who, with Cyaxares or Ahasuerus the Mede, joined... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:1

He that dasheth in pieces - Or scattereth. The Chaldeans and Medes. Keep the munition - Guard the fenced places. From this to the end of the fifth verse, the preparations made at Nineveh to repel their enemies are described. The description is exceedingly picturesque. Watch the way - By which the enemy is most likely to approach. Make thy loins strong - Take courage. Fortify thy power - Muster thy troops; call in all thy allies. 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:1

Verse 1 The waster spoken of here by the Prophet, some consider him to have been Sennacherib, and others, Nebuchodonosor. The verb עלה, ole, is also variously explained: it is often taken metaphorically in Hebrew for vanishing, as we say in French,Il s’en va en fumee ; for smoke ascends, and this is the reason for the metaphor. They then elicit this meaning, — that a destroyer had ascended before the face of the chosen people, that is, openly; so that it was evidently the work of God, that the... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 2:1

Nahum addresses Nineveh, and forewarns her of the siege she was about to undergo (see Introduction, § I.). He that dasheth in pieces; the disperser; qui dispergat (Vulgate); ἐμφυσῶν , "panting". The mixed army that invested Nineveh is so called from its effect on the inhabitants of the neighbouring lands. Others translate it, "the maul," or "hammer"—an appellation of Cyaxares, which reminds one of Charles Martel and Judas Maccabaeus. Is come up before thy face. Placing his forces in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 2:1-2

God the Vindicator of the oppressed. I. THE OPPRESSION OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE BY THE ASSYRIANS . 1 . This is expressed figuratively. "The emptiers have emptied them out" ( Nahum 2:2 ), had exhausted their resources, as the contents of a vessel poured out until every drain had been withdrawn, so had both Israel and Judah been impoverished by the Assyrians, "And marred their vine branches." Ancient Israel was often described as God's vineyard ( Isaiah 5:1 ; Psalms... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 2:1-8

§ 1. Nineveh shall be besieged, because God is about to exalt his people by taking vengeance on the enemy, whose defence, howsoever formidable, is of no avail. read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 2:1

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:1

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:1

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 2:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 2:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 2:1-8

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