HE THAT DASHETH, &C.: i.e. Cyaxares and Nabopolassar (_Herod,_ i. 106).. reference or type of the future destruction of Antichrist. DASHETH, &C.: or, the breaker (Hebrew. _mephiz_. battle-axe, or hammer (Proverbs 25:18)). Compare Jeremiah 23:29; Jeremiah 51:20; Ezekiel 9:2, margin Micah 2:13. KEEP... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. The verse not "misplaced", as alleged. See the Structure above. HATH TURNED AWAY. restoreth, or is on the way to bring back. THE EXCELLENCY. pre-eminence. Used in good, or bad sense according to the context. JACOB. Put here for the natural seed, and Judah in co... [ Continue Reading ]
MIGHTY MEN. mighty ones, or warriors. Compare 2 Samuel 23:8; 1 Kings 1:8; 1 Kings 1:10. MADE RED. reddened [with blood]. ARE IN SCARLET. [are clad] in scarlet, as were the armies of the Persians. THE CHARIOTS SHALL BE... TORCHES: or, with the flashing of steel the chariots [glitter]. FIR TREES.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAGE. rave [as though mad]. Hebrew. _halal_. JUSTLE. From Old French _jouster,_ to tilt; from Low Latin. _juxtare,_ to approach (as in tilting). JOSTLE. to push against,. frequentative form; but the Hebrew (_shakak_) means to run to and fro, as in Isaiah 33:4.Joel 2:9. THEY SHALL SEEM. their appe... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. The king of Assyria (Nahum 3:18). RECOUNT. bethink himself of. WORTHIES. nobles, who may assemble their troops; as in Nahum 3:18. Jdg 5:13. 2 Chronicles 23:20. IN THEIR WALK. as they march. THE WALL THEREOF. her wall: i.e. the wall of Nineveh. AND. yet. THE DEFENCE. the mantelet, or portab... [ Continue Reading ]
GATES. flood-gates, or sluices. THE RIVERS. Nineveh lay on the east (or left) bank of the Tigris. The Khusur (a perennial stream) ran through it; also. canal from it to the Tigris ran through the city. OPENED: i.e. by the enemy. BE DISSOLVED. melt away [in fear], or was in dismay.... [ Continue Reading ]
HUZZAB. The words which follow show that the queen or queen-mother is meant: or, _Huzzab_ may be taken as. verb (dual of _nazah)_, and the "and" as. though (like "but" in Nahum 2:8). In that case read: "though firmly established, she shall be dishonoured and taken captive"; the city being thus perso... [ Continue Reading ]
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 besiegers. THEY: i.e. the captains.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE THE SPOIL. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis. NONE END, &C. = [there are] treasures without end, [and] stores of all covetable vessels.... [ Continue Reading ]
EMPTY... VOID... WASTE. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), for emphasis. Hebrew. _bukah umbukah umebullakah._ THE FACES OF THEM ALL, &C. Only here, and in Joel 2:6. The reference is to Joel 2:6 (as Nahum 1:15 is to Isaiah 52:7); not vice versa.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHERE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6), for emphasis. LIONS. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_ (App-6), for emphasis. This is Jehovah's answer to Sennacherib's taunt in 2 Kings 18:34, looking back after the fulfillment of this prophecy. OLD LION. lioness.... [ Continue Reading ]
DID TEAR. was tearing. Nineveh again personified in verses: Nahum 2:11; Nahum 2:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. [is] the oracle of Jehovah Sabaioth. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ as in Nahum 2:2. The full expression, "Jehovah of hosts", occurs only here in Nahum ("Nahum 2:13 ") and in the corresponding member ("Nahum 3:5 "). See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. IN THE SMOKE. into smoke. MESSENG... [ Continue Reading ]