Nahum 3:18, Nahum 3:19 NIV

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 3:18

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria ,.... Who this king of Assyria was is not easy to say; some think Esarhaddon, who is the last of the kings of Assyria the Scriptures speak of; according to Diodorus Siculus F14 Bibliothec. l. 2. p. 109,115. , Sardanapalus was the last of these kings, and in him the Assyrian monarchy ended; though, according to Alexander Polyhistor F15 Apud Syncell. p. 210. , Saracus, perhaps the Chyniladanus of Ptolemy, was king when Nineveh was destroyed:... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:18

Thy shepherds slumber - That is, the rulers and tributary princes, who, as Herodotus informs us, deserted Nineveh in the day of her distress, and came not forward to her succor. Diodorus Siculus says, lib. ii., when the enemy shut up the king in the city, many nations revolted, each going over to the besiegers, for the sake of their liberty; that the king despatched messengers to all his subjects, requiring power from them to succor him; and that he thought himself able to endure the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:18

Verse 18 He confirms the preceding verse, and says that there would be no counsel nor wisdom in the leading men: for theshepherds of the king of Assyria were his counselors, in whose wisdom he trusted, as we know that kings usually depend on their counselors: for they think that there is in them prudence enough, and therefore they commit to them the care of the whole people. But the Prophet ridicules the confidence of the king of Assyria, because the shepherds would not have so much vigilance... 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 3:16-18

The instability of material greatness. We have vividly described here— I. MATERIAL GREATNESS . This consisting in: 1 . Extensive commercial relations. "Thou hast multiplied thy merchants" etc. ( Nahum 3:16 ). "The point at which Nineveh was situated was certainly the culminating point of the three quarters of the globe—Europe, Asia, and Africa; and from the very earliest times it was just at the crossing of the Tigris by Nineveh that the great military and commercial roads... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:18

Thy shepherds. The princes and counsellors, on whom the safety of the state depends. Slumber . Sleep the sleep of death—slain in the war ( Psalms 76:6 ). O King of Assyria. The power and evil of Nineveh personified, not any particular king. Shall dwell in the dust; are lying, or are at rest, in death; Septuagint, ἐκοίμισε τουστας σου , "Put to sleep thy mighty men": Vulgate, sepelientur. Is scattered upon the mountains. Their shepherds being dead, the flock, the herd of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 3:18

Thy shepherds - that is, they who should counsel for the people’s good and feed it, and “keep watch over their flocks by night,” but are now like their master, the “King of Assyria,” are his shepherds not the shepherds of the people whom they care not for; these slumber, at once through listlessness and excess, and now have fallen asleep in death, as the Psalmist says, “They have slept their sleep” Psalms 76:6. The prophet speaks of the future, as already past in effect, as it was in the will... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 3:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 3:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:14-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:14-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:16-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 3:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 3:18

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