George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Nahum 3:4
Harlot. Ninive is cruel and impure, engaging others in idolatry and witchcraft. (Calmet) --- Sold, forcing them to adopt her manners, Romans vii. 14.
Harlot. Ninive is cruel and impure, engaging others in idolatry and witchcraft. (Calmet) --- Sold, forcing them to adopt her manners, Romans vii. 14.
Verse 4. _BECAUSE OF THE MULTITUDE OF THE WHOREDOMS_] Above, the Ninevites were represented under the emblem of a _lion tearing all_ _to pieces_; here they are represented under the emblem of a _beaut...
BECAUSE OF THE MULTITUDE OF THE WHOREDOMS OF THE WELL-FAVORED HARLOT - There are “multitudes of slain” because of the “multitude of whoredoms” and love of the creature instead of the Creator. So to Ba...
CHAPTER 3 Nineveh's Guilt and Well-Deserved Judgment _ 1. The great wickedness of Nineveh (Nahum 3:1) _ 2. Her fate to be like the fate of No-Amon (Nahum 3:8) 3. Her well-deserved and complete jud...
NAHUM 3. A FRESH PICTURE OF THE END OF NINEVEH. Nahum 3:1. Woe to that city of blood, full of lies and rapine, where the prey never ceased, nor was any end to the booty! Now nothing is heard in her bu...
BECAUSE, &C. Note the Structure, which shows that here, in the member "4-7", we have the _cause,_ corresponding with "Nahum 2:13 ". WHOREDOMS. idolatries. THE MISTRESS OF WITCHCRAFTS. Reference to Pe...
_NINEVEH'S TERRIBLE UNGODLINESS -- NAHUM 3:1-7:_ Nineveh was the capital of crime and evil. It was a city of murder and treachery. It was doomed because of its wickedness. Their practice of preying up...
THAT SELLETH NATIONS— _That hath deceived the nations._ As the violence and injustice of the Ninevites had been represented under the emblem of a _lion,_ the prophet here paints their irregularities,...
CAUSE OF THE CARNAGE. Nahum 3:4-7 RV. because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families throug...
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. BECAUSE OF THE...
THE DOOM OF NINEVEH 1-7. Another threat against Nineveh, showing that disaster has come upon her on account of her sins. The keynote of the whole chapter is the fierce cry, WOE TO THE BLOODY CITY! IT...
NAHUM, *PROPHET OF COMFORT NAHUM _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 3 V1 Trouble will come to you, city of blood! You are full of lies. You are full of things that your people stole! There were always p...
(4-6) Because of the multitude. — In the idolatry and superstition of Nineveh the prophet finds the cause of her destruction. Perversion of religious instinct is frequently denounced under the same fi...
מֵ רֹב֙ זְנוּנֵ֣י זֹונָ֔ה טֹ֥ובַת חֵ֖ן בַּעֲל
THE SIEGE AND FALL OF NINEVEH Nahum 2:1; Nahum 3:1 THE scene now changes from the presence and awful arsenal of the Almighty to the historical consummation of His vengeance. Nahum foresees the siege...
DESERVED DOOM Nahum 3:1-19 This terrible chapter pictures the doom of Nineveh. She had used infamous methods in bringing surrounding nations under her power, and now her shame was to be discovered an...
The last part of the prophecy is devoted wholly to the vindication of Jehovah's action against Nineveh, and is a fitting defense of the introductory declarations concerning His character. In the firs...
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured (c) harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. (c) He compare...
The last verse in this passage serves to throw a light upon the whole; and proves that it is the cause of the Church which the Lord is contending for. And if the Reader attends to the whole prophecy o...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Singular was the reproach of the Jews in the time of our Lord (John 7:52); for there were prophets who had arisen out of Galilee. Jonah and Nahum were both G...
The Prophet mentions again the cause why God would execute so dreadful a vengeance on that city, which yet procured by its splendor so much glory and respect among all people: and God seems in a manne...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, AND 3. If we were to examine closely the different characters of the nations who have been connected with the people of God, we should perhaps find in e...
BECAUSE OF THE MULTITUDES OF THE WHOREDOMS OF THE WELLFAVOURED HARLOT,.... Meaning Nineveh; which, as it was an ancient city, was a well built one; full of stately and beautiful buildings, the seat of...
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. Ver. 4. _Because o...
_Because of the multitude_, &c. That is, this judgment is executed upon Nineveh because of _the multitude of her whoredoms_, by which idolatrous rites seem to be meant, for they are generally called w...
because of the multitude of the whoredoms, the acts of idolatry and wickedness, OF THE WELL-FAVORED HARLOT, THE MISTRESS OF WITCHCRAFTS, idolatry and witchcraft being the special marks of the heathen...
THE MISERABLE RUIN OF NINEVEH. Jehovah now shows that the cause of Nineveh's destruction is its wickedness, and that for this reason the city is bound to submit to the sentence which has been pronoun...
1-7 When proud sinners are brought down, others should learn not to lift themselves up. The fall of this great city should be a lesson to private persons, who increase wealth by fraud and oppression....
BECAUSE, & c.; God is just, Nineveh hath deserved all this. THE MULTITUDE OF THE WHOREDOMS; her crafts and her policies, in which she resembled those lewd women; as they by their wiles abuse and decei...
Nahum 3:4 multitude H7230 harlotries H2183 seductive H2896 H2580 harlot H2181 (H8802) mistress H1172 sorceries H3785 sells
Nahum 3:1. _Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;_ Assyria became a great empire through violence, falsehood, and robbery. The soldiery had no respect fo...
CONTENTS: Nineveh reaps what it has sown destruction and violence. CHARACTERS: God, King of Assyria. CONCLUSION: The people that have with their cruelties been a terror and destruction to others, wi...
Nahum 3:1. _Woe to the bloody city._ Nineveh was drunk with blood. She was burdened with the wealth of plundered nations; her feasts and idolatries filled up the measure of her iniquity. Oh how sublim...
NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 3:1 Again, Focus on Nineveh: More concerning the Lord’s Coming Judgment. This last major section of the book repeats most of the themes of the previous section (Nahum
NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 3:4 This verse uses figurative language to explain the reasons for Nineveh’s destruction. GRACEFUL... DEADLY CHARMS. Nineveh, with its power and wealth, exerted a corrupting influe...
CRITICAL NOTES.] The prophet resumes his description of the siege. BLOOD] Drops of blood shed in murder [_Keil_]. LIES] Vain promises of help. DEPART.] Ceases not to plunder. NAHUM 3:2. NOISE] In the...
EXPOSITION NAHUM 3:1 Part III. THE CAUSE OF THE JUDGMENT—SINS OF THE CITY, WHICH BRING INEVITABLE PUNISHMENT....
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping cha...
Isaiah 23:15; Isaiah 47:12; Isaiah 47:13; Isaiah 47:9; Revelatio
The whoredom — The idolatries, which were multiplied by the many people that served the Assyrian idols. And whoredoms literally understood, did undoubtedly abound, where wealth, luxury, ease, and long...