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Nahum 1:14

NAHUM—NOTE ON Nahum 1:14 You is masculine singular in Hebrew. Nahum suddenly switches to directly addressing the Assyrian king(s) (see v. Nahum 1:11). The Assyrian monarchy would come to a decisive end. the house of your gods I will cut off. Complete defeat of the Assyrian ruler would also be marked by the defilement of his temple and the destruction or removal of his idols. These represented the gods who he believed gave him power. Archaeologists have confirmed the complete destruction of Nineveh’s temples.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Nahum 1:14. _NO MORE OF THY NAME BE SOWN_] No more of you shall be carried away into _captivity_. _I WILL MAKE THY GRAVE; FOR THOU ART VILE_] I think this is an address to the Assyrians, and e...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE LORD HATH GIVEN A COMMANDMENT CONCERNING THEE, O ASSYRIAN - In the word “I have afflicted thee,” the land of Israel is addressed, as usual in Hebrew, in the feminine; here, a change of gender...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS CHAPTER 1 The Purpose of God in Dealing with the Assyrian Oppressor _ 1. The superscription (Nahum 1:1) _ 2. Jehovah's majesty in judgment (Nahum 1:2) 3. His people comfo...

  • 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

    NO MORE OF THY NAME, &C.: i.e. the dynasty of Nineveh should end. MAKE. make [it]: i.e. "the house of thy gods". GRAVE. sepulchre. Hebrew. _keber_. See note on Genesis 23:4. App-35. VILE. despicable...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _GOD IS A GOD THAT EXPECTS US TO KEEP OUR PROMISES -- NAHUM 1:10-15:_ During the days of Jonah the people of Nineveh promised to leave sin and serve God. They did not keep their promises and the pay w...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE LORD HATH GIVEN, &C.— _And this is the decree of the Lord concerning thee: there shall hereafter be no seed of thy name. I will take away the graven image from the house of thy god, and I will...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    DESTRUCTION OF FALSE GODS AND VILE MEN. Nahum 1:14-15 RV. And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown; out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven i...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:14 thee, (f-7) i.e. the Assyrian, 'the wicked one,' ch. 1.15....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S VENGEANCE ON HIS PEOPLE'S ENEMIES. DELIVERANCE FOR JUDAH 1, 2. Superscription: 'Oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of prophesying of Nahum the Elkoshite.' A. theological introduct...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ צִוָּ֤ה עָלֶ֨יךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה לֹֽא ־יִזָּרַ֥ע...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE VENGEANCE OF THE LORD Nahum 1:1 THE prophet Nahum, as we have seen, arose probably in Judah, if not about the same time as Zephaniah and Jeremiah, then a few years later. Whether he prophesied be...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Commandment. That is, a decree concerning thee, O king of Ninive, thy seed shall fail, &c. (Challoner) --- His son Asarhaddon succeeded; but soon the line was extinct. (Worthington) --- No alarm shal...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It is very evident that the Prophet's whole discourse is directed to warn the Ninevites, who thought of destroying Israel, that they should thereby only hasten their own destruction. And the event in...

  • 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

    Nahum explains more clearly, and without a figure, what he had previously said of darkness, — that the kingdom of Nineveh would be so overturned, that it could never recruit its strength and return ag...

  • 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

    AND THE LORD HATH GIVEN A COMMANDMENT CONCERNING THEE,.... This is directed to Sennacherib king of Assyria, as the Targum expresses it; and so Jarchi and Kimchi; and signifies the decree of God concer...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _And the Lord hath given a commandment_ God hath determined, _concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown_ The meaning of this seems to be, God had decreed that Sennacherib's family should not l...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-15 There is a great deal plotted against the Lord by the gates of hell, and against his kingdom in the world; but it will prove in vain. With some sinners God makes quick despatch; and one way or o...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OLBGrk; THE LORD, God of Israel, against whom thou imaginest evil, hath given a commandment; determined with himself, and given charge to the Medes, which in due season they will observe, and, with as...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Nahum 1:14 LORD H3068 command H6680 (H8765) name H8034 perpetuated H2232 (H8735) house H1004 gods H430 off...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jehovah's holiness and power. Nineveh's destruction forecasted. CHARACTERS: God, Nahum. CONCLUSION: The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against His enemies, and His favor and mercy ar...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor._ CORRUPT KINGS These words suggest a few thoughts concerning human kings and kingdoms. I. Human kings are...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 3:13; 2 Chronicles 32:21; 2 Kings 19:37; Daniel 11:21;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thee — Thee, Sennacherib, and the whole kingdom of Assyria. Be sown — None shall bear thy name, and title; but thy kingdom shall be swallowed up....

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