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Nahum 2:13

Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, the ruler of the heavenly armies, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, so that all her war material goes up in smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions, the mighty men of the city; and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard, as they boasted of the might and prowess of Assyria and Nineveh. God has ways of subduing even the mightiest enemies, no matter how mightily they rise up in their own conceit.

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See also Nahum 2:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Nahum 2:13. _BEHOLD, I_ AM _AGAINST THEE_] Assyria, and Nineveh its capital. I will deal with you as you have dealt with others. _THE VOICE OF THY MESSENGERS_] Announcing thy splendid victories...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BEHOLD I, MYSELF, AM AGAINST THEE - (Literally, “toward thee”). God, in His long-suffering, had, as it were, looked away from him; now He looked toward (as in Psalms 37:20) him, and in His sight what...

  • 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

    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 th...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I WILL BURN HER CHARIOTS— _I will burn thy habitation,_ &c. The simile taken from _lions_ is continued; and therefore _chariots_ is extremely improper. The word refers to the den or habitation of the...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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

    (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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Nahum 2:14]_ הִנְנִ֣י אֵלַ֗יִךְ נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות...

  • 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

    Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the (m) smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voi...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Chariots. Septuagint, "multitude." Some wild beasts were thus suffocated in their dens. (Theodoret) --- More, like that of the impious Rabsaces, 4 Kings xviii. 17. (Calmet)_...

  • 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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS I HAVE often thought that if the ungodly and carnal world could but consider, that all the opposition which they are making against the Church is overruled to the Lord's glory and his peop...

  • 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

    To give more effect to what he says, the Prophet introduces God here as the speaker. _Behold, _he says, _I am against thee _He has been hitherto, as it were, the herald of God, and in this character g...

  • 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

    BEHOLD, I [AM] AGAINST THEE, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS,.... Against Nineveh, and the whole Assyrian empire, for such rapine, violence, and oppression, their kings had been guilty of; and if he, who is t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 o...

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

    _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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BEHOLD: this calls for our attention. I, the God of Israel, whom thou hast despised and blasphemed, am against thee, Assyrian kingdom, and Nineveh, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, whose command all must obey...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Nahum 2:13 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 burn H1197 (H8689) chariots H7393 smoke H6227 sword...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    _Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts _ MAN INCURRING THE DIVINE DISPLEASURE This attitude of God towards man-- I. Implies wrong-doing on man’s part. God is not thus adverse to man fo...

  • 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 2:13 Nineveh will fall because this is the will of the Lord. In vv. Nahum 2:1 and Nahum 2:13 Nineveh is addressed (“you

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    2 Chronicles 32:19; 2 Chronicles 32:9; 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 18:19;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I will burn her — Nineveh. In the smoke — The city being first plundered, then burnt; these chariots were burnt in that smoke. Thy prey — Cause thee to cease from making a prey any more. Thy messenger...

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