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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Nahum 2:8

Nineveh is of old; a very ancient city, of great renown and strength. Like a pool of water; very populous, like a pool of water which hath been long breeding of fish, and is full of them. Yet they, yet these multitudes, shall not be a safety or protection to Nineveh, they shall flee away discomfited and terrified. Stand, stand; as officers call to fleeing soldiers, and it is doubled to show the earnestness of the commanders desiring the soldier to stand and fight. Shall they cry; the chieftains, and most valiant among the Ninevites. But none shall look back; a panic fear shall so possess them, that none of them shall dare to turn again, nor to look back upon the enemy.

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See also Nahum 2:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 8. _BUT NINEVEH_ IS _OF OLD LIKE A POOL OF WATER_] מימי _mimey_, from days. Bp. _Newcome_ translates the line thus: "And the waters of Nineveh are a pool of waters." There may be reference here...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT NINEVEH IS OF OLD LIKE A POOL OF WATER - that is, of many peoples Revelation 17:1, gathered from all quarters and settled there, her multitudes being like the countless drops, full, untroubled, wi...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    NAHUM 1:11; NAHUM 1:14; NAHUM 2:1; NAHUM 2:3. THE FALL OF NINEVEH. Nahum 1:11.

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BUT. Though, to answer to the "yet" of the next line. IS OF OLD, &C. Read "hath been from of old [filled with men] as. pool [is full] of water". THEY: i.e. the defenders. FLEE AWAY. Before their be...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _NINEVEH WAS PLUNDERED -- NAHUM 2:8-10:_ Nineveh is pictured as a large pool of water. This was true because of the many people that were there. The cry for the people was "Stand, Stand!" Instead the...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT NINEVEH IS OF OLD, &C.— _Nineveh is become as a pool of water. Its waters subvert it: they who fled stand still; they stand still, and know not whither to fly._ See Houbigant, and the note on Nahu...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. BUT - rather, 'though' (G.V. Smith). IS OF OLD - rather, from the da...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    We prefer to adopt the slight change of reading favoured by the LXX. (_mêymeyhâ_ for _mîmêy hî,_ and to render, _And Nineveh, like a pool of water are her waters, and they_ [her inhabitants] _are flee...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Nahum 2:9]_ וְ נִינְוֵ֥ה כִ בְרֵֽכַת ־מַ֖יִם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But Nineveh [is] of (g) old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back. (g) The Assyrians will flatter themselves and say that Nineveh is...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Waters: multitudes, (Apocalypse xvii. 15.) and riches; (Calmet) or the flood bursting upon them makes them flee. (Haydock) --- The citizens run away when the enemy had made a breach, as water does wh...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The prophet here anticipates a doubt which might have weakened confidence in his words; for Nineveh not only flourished in power, but it had also confirmed its strength during a long course of time; a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT NINEVEH [IS] OF OLD LIKE A POOL OF WATER,.... This was a very ancient city, built by Nimrod, as some say; or rather by Ashur, as appears from Genesis 10:10 and it was like fish pool, full of peopl...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But Nineveh [is] of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back. Ver. 8. _But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water_] Like a fish poo...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water_ “Id est, supra modum populosa, nam aquæ populi.” That is, above measure populous, for waters signify people. Grotius. _Yet they shall flee away_ But they s...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    NAHUM CHAPTER 2 (Chapter 1:15-2:13.). The Conquest, Plundering, and Destruction of Nineveh. The conquerors of Nineveh would be Jehovah's instruments, who would effect the destruction of the city wi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water, a term expressing her great population and prosperity; YET THEY SHALL FLEE AWAY, her great population leaving her to her fate. STAND, STAND! SHALL THEY CRY,...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    OF OLD: Or, from the days that she hath been LOOK BACK: Or, cause to turn...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 Nineveh shall not put aside this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. Particular account is given of the terrors wherein...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Nahum 2:8 Nineveh H5210 old H3117 pool H1295 water H4325 away H5127 (H8801) Halt H5975 (H8798) Halt

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 2:8 LIKE A POOL. See note on v. 6. HALT... THEY CRY. Nahum places the reader in Nineveh as the city is attacked by enemy forces. The reader “sees” the fleeing inhabitants and

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES. NAHUM 2:8. OLD] From antiquity hath been like a pool of water; the confluence of people from all parts, like countless drops; an unbroken empire for 600 years. STAND] Stand is the cry...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION NAHUM 2:1 Part II. THE EXECUTION OF THE DECREE; THE DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH DESCRIBED....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Genesis 10:11; Isaiah 13:14; Isaiah 47:13; Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Like a pool — Very populous, like a pool which hath been long breeding fish, and is full of them. Yet — Yet these multitudes shall flee discomfited and terrified. They — The chieftains, and most valia...

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