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Verse 5. _I WILL DISCOVER THY SKIRTS UPON THY FACE_] It was an
ancient, though not a laudable custom, to strip prostitutes naked, or
throw their clothes over their heads, and expose them to public vie...
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BEHOLD I AM AGAINST THEE, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS - Jerome: “I will
not send an Angel, nor give thy destruction to others; I Myself will
come to destroy thee.” Cyril: “She has not to do with man, or w...
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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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NAHUM 3. A FRESH PICTURE OF THE END OF NINEVEH.
Nahum 3:1. Woe to that city of blood, full of lies and rapine, where
the prey never ceased, nor was any end to the booty! Now nothing is
heard in her bu...
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SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. [is] the oracle of Jehovah Sabaioth. See note
on Nahum 2:13.
I WILL DISCOVER. Carrying out the symbol of whoredom for idolatry.
Compare Nahum 2:13; Nahum 3:5.
I WILL SHEW, &C...
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_NINEVEH'S TERRIBLE UNGODLINESS -- NAHUM 3:1-7:_ Nineveh was the
capital of crime and evil. It was a city of murder and treachery. It
was doomed because of its wickedness. Their practice of preying up...
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CAUSE OF THE CARNAGE. Nahum 3:4-7
RV. because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored
harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her
whoredoms, and families throug...
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Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will
discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy
nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
I WILL DISCOVER THY SKIRTS U...
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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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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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(4-6) Because of the multitude. — In the idolatry and superstition
of Nineveh the prophet finds the cause of her destruction. Perversion
of religious instinct is frequently denounced under the same fi...
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הִנְנִ֣י אֵלַ֗יִךְ נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה
צְבָאֹ֔ות וְ...
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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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The last verse in this passage serves to throw a light upon the whole;
and proves that it is the cause of the Church which the Lord is
contending for. And if the Reader attends to the whole prophecy o...
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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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The Prophet confirms here what he has said of the fall of Nineveh;
but, as it was stated yesterday, he introduces God as the speaker,
that his address might be more powerful. God then testifies here t...
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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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BEHOLD, I [AM] AGAINST THEE, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS,.... Because her
doings were against him; Nahum 2:13:
AND I WILL DISCOVER THY SKIRTS UPON THY FACE; turn up the skirts of
her garments over her he...
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_Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will
discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy
nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame._
Ver. 5. _Behold, I am agai...
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_Behold, I will discover thy skirts, &c., upon thy face_ Nineveh, as a
harlot, had been proud, and appeared beautiful and gay in the gifts of
her lovers, but now God would deal with her according to h...
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Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will
discover thy skirts upon thy face, uncover them and throw them up so
high that they would reach over her face, AND I WILL SHOW THE NATION...
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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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1-7 When proud sinners are brought down, others should learn not to
lift themselves up. The fall of this great city should be a lesson to
private persons, who increase wealth by fraud and oppression....
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Nahum 3:5 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 lift H1540 (H8765)
skirts H7757 face H6440 show...
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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 3:5 BEHOLD, I AM AGAINST YOU. Compare Nahum
2:13; the repetition emphasizes the certainty of Nineveh’s doom....
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
NAHUM 3:5. DISCOVER] Language suggested by preceding metaphor of an
harlot; referring to the custom of stripping captives, male and
female, and exposing them to nakedness and insult....
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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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Ezekiel 16:37; Ezekiel 23:25; Ezekiel 23:29; Habakkuk 2:16; Isaiah
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Discover — l will strip thee naked, and deal with thee as inhuman
soldiers deal with captive women....