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Verse Nahum 3:18. _THY SHEPHERDS SLUMBER_] That is, the rulers and
tributary princes, who, as _Herodotus_ informs us, deserted Nineveh in
the day of her distress, and came not forward to her succour....
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THY SHEPHERDS - that is, they who should counsel for the people’s
good and feed it, and “keep watch over their flocks by night,” but
are now like their master, the “King of Assyria,” are his
shepherds...
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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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SHEPHERDS. leaders, or rulers. Here. generals.
DWELL. lie down: i.e. in death.
NO MAN GATHERETH THEM. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 30:4).
App-92....
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_NINEVEH'S LEADERS ARE WEAK -- NAHUM 3:16-19:_ These verses describe
the utter defeat of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. There is neither
the possibility that the nation might be spared or restored....
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THEIR PLACE IS NOT KNOWN— What probability was there, that the
capital city of a great kingdom, a city which was sixty miles in
compass, a city which contained so many thousand inhabitants, a city
whi...
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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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Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in
the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man
gathereth them.
THY SHEPHERDS - i:e., thy leaders.
SLUMBER -...
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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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THY SHEPHERDS SLUMBER] Thy great rulers have passed away. Thy nobles,
etc.] RV 'thy worthies are at rest.'...
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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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SHEPHERDS — _i.e._, chief officers, as in Micah 5:2 and _passim._
Their sheep are “scattered upon the mountains and none attempts to
gather them.” So Micaiah announces to Ahab, “I saw all Israel
scatt...
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נָמ֤וּ רֹעֶ֨יךָ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר
יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ אַדִּירֶ֑יךָ...
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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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Thy (f) shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell
[in the dust]: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man
gathereth [them].
(f) Your princes and counsellors....
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_Slumbered. They have not guarded the flock. (Calmet)_...
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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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He confirms the preceding verse, and says that there would be no
counsel nor wisdom in the leading men: for the_shepherds _of the king
of Assyria were his counselors, in whose wisdom he trusted, as we...
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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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THY SHEPHERDS SLUMBER, O KING OF ASSYRIA,.... Who this king of Assyria
was is not easy to say; some think Esarhaddon, who is the last of the
kings of Assyria the Scriptures speak of; according to Diod...
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Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell [in
the dust]: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man
gathereth [them].
Ver. 18. _Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Ass...
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_Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria_ Thy rulers and counsellors
are remiss, heartless, or dead. _Thy nobles_ Or valiant ones, _shall
dwell in the dust_ These words are not in the Hebrew, but are...
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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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Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria, that is, the mighty ones,
the leaders of the people, were resting in a false security; THY
NOBLES SHALL DWELL IN THE DUST, rather, "thy powerful ones are lyin...
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NOBLES:
Or, valiant ones...
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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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THY SHEPHERDS, subordinate magistrates, rulers, and counsellors, or
officers set over the kingdom, slumber; are remiss, or mistake, or are
heartless or dead, they cannot or will not mind the public co...
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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 3:18 KING OF ASSYRIA. See Nahum 1:11. Nahum,
looking at Nineveh’s wreckage, addresses its monarchy with sarcastic
language. Many of Nineveh’s...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
NAHUM 3:14. DRAW] for a long-continued siege, improve fortifications,
put the kiln in order for burning bricks.
NAHUM 3:15. MAKE] Multiply thyself, like the largest and most
formida...
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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 Kings 22:17; Exodus 15:16; Ezekiel 31:3; Ezekiel 32:22; Ezekie
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Thy shepherds — Thy rulers and counsellors. Slumber — Are remiss,
heartless, or dead. No man gathereth — No one will concern himself
to preserve thy dispersed ones....