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Verse 8. _BUT NINEVEH_ IS _OF OLD LIKE A POOL OF WATER_] מימי
_mimey_, from days. Bp. _Newcome_ translates the line thus: "And the
waters of Nineveh are a pool of waters." There may be reference here...
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BUT NINEVEH IS OF OLD LIKE A POOL OF WATER - that is, of many peoples
Revelation 17:1, gathered from all quarters and settled there, her
multitudes being like the countless drops, full, untroubled, wi...
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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...
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NAHUM 1:11; NAHUM 1:14; NAHUM 2:1; NAHUM 2:3. THE FALL OF NINEVEH.
Nahum 1:11.
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BUT. Though, to answer to the "yet" of the next line.
IS OF OLD, &C. Read "hath been from of old [filled with men] as. pool
[is full] of water".
THEY: i.e. the defenders.
FLEE AWAY. Before their be...
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_NINEVEH WAS PLUNDERED -- NAHUM 2:8-10:_ Nineveh is pictured as a
large pool of water. This was true because of the many people that
were there. The cry for the people was "Stand, Stand!" Instead the...
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BUT NINEVEH IS OF OLD, &C.— _Nineveh is become as a pool of water.
Its waters subvert it: they who fled stand still; they stand still,
and know not whither to fly._ See Houbigant, and the note on Nahu...
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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...
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But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away.
Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
BUT - rather, 'though' (G.V. Smith).
IS OF OLD - rather, from the da...
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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...
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We prefer to adopt the slight change of reading favoured by the LXX.
(_mêymeyhâ_ for _mîmêy hî,_ and to render, _And Nineveh, like a
pool of water are her waters, and they_ [her inhabitants] _are flee...
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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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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...
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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...
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But Nineveh [is] of (g) old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee
away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back.
(g) The Assyrians will flatter themselves and say that Nineveh is...
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_Waters: multitudes, (Apocalypse xvii. 15.) and riches; (Calmet) or
the flood bursting upon them makes them flee. (Haydock) --- The
citizens run away when the enemy had made a breach, as water does wh...
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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...
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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 here anticipates a doubt which might have weakened
confidence in his words; for Nineveh not only flourished in power, but
it had also confirmed its strength during a long course of time; a...
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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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BUT NINEVEH [IS] OF OLD LIKE A POOL OF WATER,.... This was a very
ancient city, built by Nimrod, as some say; or rather by Ashur, as
appears from Genesis 10:10 and it was like fish pool, full of peopl...
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But Nineveh [is] of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee
away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back.
Ver. 8. _But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water_] Like a fish
poo...
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_But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water_ “Id est, supra modum
populosa, nam aquæ populi.” That is, above measure populous, for
waters signify people. Grotius. _Yet they shall flee away_ But they
s...
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NAHUM CHAPTER 2
(Chapter 1:15-2:13.).
The Conquest, Plundering, and Destruction of Nineveh.
The conquerors of Nineveh would be Jehovah's instruments, who would
effect the destruction of the city wi...
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But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water, a term expressing her
great population and prosperity; YET THEY SHALL FLEE AWAY, her great
population leaving her to her fate. STAND, STAND! SHALL THEY CRY,...
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OF OLD:
Or, from the days that she hath been
LOOK BACK:
Or, cause to turn...
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1-10 Nineveh shall not put aside this judgment; there is no counsel
or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings
them down. Particular account is given of the terrors wherein...
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NINEVEH IS OF OLD; a very ancient city, of great renown and strength.
LIKE A POOL OF WATER; very populous, like a pool of water which hath
been long breeding of fish, and is full of them. YET THEY, ye...
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Nahum 2:8 Nineveh H5210 old H3117 pool H1295 water H4325 away H5127
(H8801) Halt H5975 (H8798) Halt
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 2:8 LIKE A POOL. See note on v. 6. HALT... THEY
CRY. Nahum places the reader in Nineveh as the city is attacked by
enemy forces. The reader “sees” the fleeing inhabitants and
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CRITICAL NOTES.
NAHUM 2:8. OLD] From antiquity hath been like a pool of water; the
confluence of people from all parts, like countless drops; an unbroken
empire for 600 years. STAND] Stand is the cry...
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EXPOSITION
NAHUM 2:1
Part II. THE EXECUTION OF THE DECREE; THE DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH
DESCRIBED....
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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...
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Genesis 10:11; Isaiah 13:14; Isaiah 47:13; Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah
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Like a pool — Very populous, like a pool which hath been long
breeding fish, and is full of them. Yet — Yet these multitudes shall
flee discomfited and terrified. They — The chieftains, and most
valia...