_The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite._ Ver. 1. _The burden of Nineveh_] _i.e._ The burdenous prophecy, _See Trapp on "_ Mal 1:1 _"_ It is a burden to wicked men to be told of their sins and foretold of their punishments, to whom we may not unfitly apply that of the... [ Continue Reading ]
God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and [is] furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies. Ver. 2. _God is jealous_] _See Trapp on "_ Zec 1:14 _"_ And the Lord revengeth, the Lord revengeth] As he is _Pater miserationu... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD [is] slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds [are] the dust of his feet. Ver. 3. _The Lord is slow to anger_] "Slack he is not, as some men count slackness," saith St Peter, "but lon... [ Continue Reading ]
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. Ver. 4. _He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry_] He had showed what wonders God can do in the air; now he telleth what he doeth in the water and in the earth... [ Continue Reading ]
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Ver. 5. _The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt_] Though valleys and low places are also liable to earthquakes, as Antioch often, Ferrara in Italy, A.D. 1516... [ Continue Reading ]
Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. Ver. 6. _Who can stand before his indignation?_] A glass bottle may as well stand before a cannon shot. There is no standing before a lion,... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD [is] good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. Ver. 7. _The Lord is good_] To Israel (though terrible to the Assyrians, as hath been plainly and plentifully set forth), to the pure in heart, Psalms 73:1, and he doth good, Psalms 119:68, to those that... [ Continue Reading ]
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. Ver. 8. _But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof_] _i.e._ Of Nineveh, that great but bloody city, Nahum 3:1. Her state shall be utterly ruined, a... [ Continue Reading ]
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. Ver. 9. _What do ye imagine against the Lord?_] Because against his people. So Psalms 62:3, "How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall... [ Continue Reading ]
For while [they be] folden together [as] thorns, and while they are drunken [as] drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. Ver. 10. _For while they be folden together as thorns_] And so can hardly be handled without hurt, God will burn them together in the same place, 2 Samuel 23:7, a... [ Continue Reading ]
There is [one] come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor. Ver. 11. _There is one come out of thee that imagineth evil against the Lord_] Many there are, but one among and above the rest; _sc._ Sennacherib, that bold Briareus, that lifteth up his hundred hands at on... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; Though [they be] quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. Ver. 12. _Thus saith the Lord_] To thee, O Jerusalem, and for thy comfort. The Lord will speak peace to his people;... [ Continue Reading ]
For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. Ver. 13. _For now will I break his yoke from off thee_] Lest the promised deliverance should be any whit doubted, the time when and the misery whence they should be delivered is here laid open. God hath set the time of... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, [that] no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. Ver. 14. _And the Lord hath given a commandment_] _sc._ To his upper and lower forc... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. Ver. 15. _Behold upon the mountains the feet of him, &c._] This "behold" is as the s... [ Continue Reading ]