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THOU ALSO - As thou hast done, so shall it be done unto thee. The
cruelties on No, in the cycle of God’s judgments, draw on the like
upon Nineveh who inflicted them. “Thou also shalt be drunken” with...
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CHAPTER 3
Nineveh's Guilt and Well-Deserved Judgment
_ 1. The great wickedness of Nineveh (Nahum 3:1) _
2. Her fate to be like the fate of No-Amon (Nahum 3:8)
3. Her well-deserved and complete jud...
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Even so Nineveh shall be made drunk with the cup of God's wrath, and
faint and staggering shall seek refuge from the enemy. Her outer
fortresses shall fall like first-ripe figs (Isaiah 28:4 *) into th...
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THOU: i.e. Nineveh.
BE DRUNKEN: i.e. drink of the cup [of judgment]; or, be stupefied by
thy calamity.
BE HID. hide thyself.
STRENGTH. strength [for defence]; hence. "thou shalt seek. stronghold,
o...
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_NINEVEH COMPARED TO OTHERS -- NAHUM 3:8-11:_ "Art thou better than
populous No?" (Nahum 3:8) No is another name for Thebes. Thebes was a
notable city in Egypt. The Nile River was its wall of defense....
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THOU ALSO SHALT BE DRUNKEN— _Therefore thou also_ [_like No-ammon_]
_shalt be bought for a price, and shalt be stigmatized with a mark_
[_as purchased slaves were usually served_], _and shalt seek sub...
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NINEVEH IS NO BETTER. Nahum 3:8-19
RV. Art thou better than No-amon, that was situated among the rivers,
that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and
her wall was of the sea? Et...
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Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek
strength because of the enemy.
THOU ALSO SHALT BE DRUNKEN - made to drink of the cup of Yahweh's
wrath (Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 51:2...
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3:11 hid; (f-9) Or 'shalt hide thyself.'...
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THE DOOM OF NINEVEH
1-7. Another threat against Nineveh, showing that disaster has come
upon her on account of her sins. The keynote of the whole chapter is
the fierce cry, WOE TO THE BLOODY CITY! IT...
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STRENGTH] RV 'a stronghold.'
12-15. The outer defences have fallen; it is the beginning of the end.
14. Go into clay, etc.] make bricks to strengthen the walls....
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NAHUM, *PROPHET OF COMFORT
NAHUM
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 3
V1 Trouble will come to you, city of blood! You are full of lies. You
are full of things that your people stole! There were always p...
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THOU ALSO SHALT BE DRUNKEN. — Nineveh also shall be _drunken_ with
the cup of God’s wrath (see Habakkuk 2:16), yea, _hid_ from
recollection, so that men shall ask, “Where is Nineveh?” (Comp.
Nahum 2:1...
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גַּם ־אַ֣תְּ תִּשְׁכְּרִ֔י תְּהִ֖י
נַֽעֲלָמָ֑ה גַּם...
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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...
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DESERVED DOOM
Nahum 3:1-19
This terrible chapter pictures the doom of Nineveh. She had used
infamous methods in bringing surrounding nations under her power, and
now her shame was to be discovered an...
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The last part of the prophecy is devoted wholly to the vindication of
Jehovah's action against Nineveh, and is a fitting defense of the
introductory declarations concerning His character.
In the firs...
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_Drunk, and be chastised by God, Ezechiel xxiii. 32. --- From, to
escape._...
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I include the whole of this passage in one view for the sake of
shortness, having already extended the Commentary very much beyond the
original design. The whole of Nahum's prophecy, if taken literall...
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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...
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Nahum, after having adduced the example of Alexandria, now shows that
nothing would be able to resist God, so that he should not deal with
Nineveh in the same manner; and he declares that this would b...
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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...
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THOU ALSO SHALT BE DRUNKEN,.... This is said to Nineveh, whose turn
would be next to drink of the cup of the wrath of God, and be
inebriated with it, so that they should not know where they were, or
w...
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_Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek
strength because of the enemy._
Ver. 11. _Thou also shalt be drunken_] _sc._ with the cup of the wine
of God's wrath; Jer 25:27 th...
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_Thou also shalt be drunken_ Thou shalt drink deep of the bitter cup
of God's displeasure. _Thou shalt be hid_, &c. Thou shalt not dare to
appear in the open field. _Thou shalt seek strength because o...
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THE MISERABLE RUIN OF NINEVEH.
Jehovah now shows that the cause of Nineveh's destruction is its
wickedness, and that for this reason the city is bound to submit to
the sentence which has been pronoun...
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Thou also, namely, Nineveh, SHALT BE DRUNKEN, upon receiving the cup
of God's fury in judgment; THOU SHALL BE HID, covered over, as though
she had never existed; THOU ALSO SHALT SEEK STRENGTH BECAUSE...
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8-19 Strong-holds, even the strongest, are no defence against the
judgments of God. They shall be unable to do any thing for themselves.
The Chaldeans and Medes would devour the land like canker-worm...
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Nahum 3:11 drunk H7937 (H8799) hidden H5956 (H8737) seek H1245 (H8762)
refuge H4581 enemy H341 ...
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Nahum 3:1. _Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and
robbery; the prey departeth not;_
Assyria became a great empire through violence, falsehood, and
robbery. The soldiery had no respect fo...
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CONTENTS: Nineveh reaps what it has sown destruction and violence.
CHARACTERS: God, King of Assyria.
CONCLUSION: The people that have with their cruelties been a terror
and destruction to others, wi...
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Nahum 3:1. _Woe to the bloody city._ Nineveh was drunk with blood. She
was burdened with the wealth of plundered nations; her feasts and
idolatries filled up the measure of her iniquity. Oh how sublim...
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NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 3:1 Again, Focus on Nineveh: More concerning the
Lord’s Coming Judgment. This last major section of the book repeats
most of the themes of the previous section (Nahum
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NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 3:8 To those who think it is impossible that
Nineveh would fall, Nahum reminds them of what had recently happened
to the mighty city of Thebes, in Egypt (see Introduction: Author a...
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NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 3:11 This verse directly applies the lesson of
vv. Nahum 3:8: “Nineveh, you can expect the same!” Just as a
DRUNKEN man cannot defend himself against an attacker, so
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
NAHUM 3:11. DRUNKEN] with the cup of Divine anger. A refuge from the
enemy sought and not found in other nations.
NAHUM 3:12. STRONGHOLDS] All the fortifications will be easily taken...
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EXPOSITION
NAHUM 3:1
Part III. THE CAUSE OF THE JUDGMENT—SINS OF THE CITY, WHICH BRING
INEVITABLE PUNISHMENT....
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Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey
departeth not; The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of
the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping cha...
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1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Samuel 14:11; Amos 9:3; Hosea 10:8; Isaiah 2:10;...
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Thou also — Thou shalt drink deep of the bitter cup of God's
displeasure. Hid — Thou shalt hide thyself. O Nineveh, as well as
Alexandria. Shalt seek — Shalt sue for, and intreat assistance....