The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, as much as his young ones desired, and strangled for his lionesses and filled his holes, the dens occupied by him, with prey and his dens with ravin, his lurking-places with spoil. Even so the kings of Assyria heaped up treasures taken from every part of the world for the use of the inhabitants of Nineveh.
Verse Nahum 2:12. _THE LION DID TEAR_] This verse gives us a striking picture of the manner in which the Assyrian conquests and depredations were carried on. How many people were spoiled to enrich hi...
CHAPTER 2 The Overthrow, Plundering and Destruction Of Nineveh _ 1. The capture of Nineveh announced and described (Nahum 2:1) _ 2. The completeness of the judgment (Nahum 2:11) Nahum 2:1. This gre...
NAHUM 1:11; NAHUM 1:14; NAHUM 2:1; NAHUM 2:3. THE FALL OF NINEVEH. Nahum 1:11.
DID TEAR. was tearing. Nineveh again personified in verses: Nahum 2:11; Nahum 2:12....
_THE DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH WILL BE COMPLETE -- NAHUM 2:11-13:_ The leaders of Nineveh are compared to lions. They had been very savage in their treatment of others. Many people had fallen prey to the...
WHERE IS THE DWELLING, &C.— _Where is the dwelling of the lioness? And the same was the nursery of the young lions:_ that is, "What has become of the stately palaces of the king and princes of Nineveh...
THE RUINS OF WAR. Nahum 2:8-13 RV. But Nineveh hath been from old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back. Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil o...
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. THE LION ... FILLED HIS HOLES WITH PREY, AND HIS DENS W...
ATTACK AND CONQUEST OF NINEVEH 1. Description of the attack begins, and Nineveh is called upon to face the invader. 'He that breaketh in pieces is come up against thee; Guard the watch, look out upon...
(11-13) The figure of the lion appears so frequently on the Assyrian monuments that we may perhaps suppose it to have been a national scutcheon. The metaphor of the ravening beast is well illustrated...
_[Nahum 2:13]_ אַרְיֵ֤ה טֹרֵף֙ בְּ דֵ֣י גֹֽרֹותָ֔יו...
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...
A CRUEL CITY TO BE OVERTHROWN Nahum 2:1-13 This is a prophetic foreview of the overthrow of Nineveh by the Medo-Babylonians. God had used her for the chastisement of His people; now, in turn, she mus...
Having thus announced the verdict, the prophet described the process of vengeance. He declared that the "hammer" had come up against Nineveh, and ironically advised her to prepare. He then detailed th...
After the observations I ventured to make on the preceding verses, I do not think it needful to dissect the several parts of the subject contained in this whole paragraph. If I mistake not, the Lord i...
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...
_And filled has he with prey his dens and his recesses with ravin; _it is the same word with a different termination, טרף, _thereph_, and טרפה, _therephe _ Now the repetition, made here by the Prophet...
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...
THE LION DID TEAR IN PIECES ENOUGH FOR HIS WHELPS,.... The metaphor is still continued; and the kings of Assyria are compared to lions that hunt for their prey, and, having found it, tear it in pieces...
_The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin._ Ver. 12. _The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whe...
_Where is the dwelling of the lions_ Where is the lion-like courage and strength, which formerly characterized the king of Nineveh and his people? What is become of the stately palaces of the king and...
11-13 The kings of Assyria had long been terrible and cruel to their neighbours, but the Lord would destroy their power. Many plead as an excuse for rapine and fraud, that they have families to provi...
The prophet continues the metaphor; this lion is the king of Assyria. DID TEAR IN PIECES; formerly did fall upon his neighbour nations, broke their strength, and robbed their treasuries and store-hous...
Nahum 2:12 lion H738 pieces H2963 (H8802) enough H1767 cubs H1484 Killed H2614 (H8764) lionesses H3833 Filled...
This is a prophecy of the destruction of Nineveh. Remember that Assyria had been one of the great powers that swayed the world, a cruel, tyrannical empire; and God at last determined to destroy Nineve...
CONTENTS: The battle in the streets of Nineveh. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God has a quarrel with those who have done violence to His people, and when the measure of their iniquity is filled up, H...
Nahum 2:2. _The excellency of Jacob._ The Vulgate reads as the Hebrew, the pride of Jacob, and the pride of Israel, which the Lord punished by the Assyrians. Now the same just God comes to punish the...
_The shield of His mighty men is made red._ THE DOWNFALL OF NINEVEH, AS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE DIVINE AND THE HUMAN DEMENTS IN REVELATION There are two elements in the Bible, the Divine and the human. G...
NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 2:1 Focus on Nineveh: The Lord’s Coming Judgment. Nahum’s prediction reads like an eyewitness account of Nineveh being attacked, overrun by the enemy, and plundered....
NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 2:11 LIONS. Members of the Assyrian royal house. The lion was a symbol for kingship (compare Genesis 49:9). The Assyrian kings exhibited great power i
CRITICAL NOTES. NAHUM 2:11. WHERE] is the site on which the mighty city once stood? Its warriors crushed the nations like _lions_ in their lust and power. “To fill up the picture, the epithets applie...
EXPOSITION NAHUM 2:1 Part II. THE EXECUTION OF THE DECREE; THE DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH DESCRIBED....
Now he is describing the siege of Assyria by the Babylonian and Mede confederacy, referring to these men as those that dash in pieces. He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the mu...
Isaiah 10:6; Jeremiah 51:34; Psalms 17:12...
Did tear — Formerly fell upon his neighbour nations. His lionesses — Queens, concubines, or ladies in the Assyrian court....