He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. HE THAT DASHETH IN PIECES - God's "battleax" wherewith He "breaks in pieces" His enemies. Jeremiah 51:20 ("thou art my battle-ax") applies a similar Hebrew te... [ Continue Reading ]
For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. FOR THE LORD HATH TURNED AWAY THE EXCELLENCY OF JACOB - i:e., the time for Nineveh's overthrow is ripe, because Jacob (Judah) and Israel (the... [ Continue Reading ]
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. THE... [ Continue Reading ]
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. THE CHARIOTS SHALL RAGE IN THE STREETS - shall be driven in furious haste (, "Come up, ye horses, and rage, ye chariots"). THEY SHA... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. The Assyrian preparations for defense. HE - the Assyrian king. SHALL RECOUNT HIS WORTHIES - (Nahum 3:18, "Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; th... [ Continue Reading ]
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. THE GATES OF THE RIVERS SHALL BE OPENED. The river wall on the Tigris (the west defense of Nineveh) was 4,530 yards long. On the north, south, and east sides there were large moats, capable of being easily filled with water... [ Continue Reading ]
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. HUZZAB - the name of the Queen of Nineveh, from a Hebrew root [hutsab, from naatsab (H5324), to settle or fix], implying that she stood by the king... [ Continue Reading ]
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 days that she hath been, from the earliest period of her existence. Alluding to Nineveh's antiquity ()... [ Continue Reading ]
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. TAKE YE THE SPOIL OF SILVER, TAKE THE SPOIL OF GOLD. The conquerors are summoned to plunder the city. Nineveh's riches arose from the annual tribute paid by so many... [ Continue Reading ]
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. SHE IS EMPTY, AND VOID, AND WASTE - literally, emptiness, and emptiedness, and devastation. The accumulation of substantives without a... [ Continue Reading ]
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? WHERE IS THE DWELLING OF THE LIONS, AND THE FEEDING PLACE OF THE YOUNG LIONS, WHERE THE LION, EVEN THE OLD LION, WALKED, AND THE... [ Continue Reading ]
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 WITH RAVIN - different kinds of prey. Compare , "the stay and the staff," etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. BEHOLD ... I WILL BURN HER CHARIOTS IN THE SMOKE - or, (s... [ Continue Reading ]