Nahum 3:1
BLOODY CITY. city of great bloodshed (Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 22:3; Ezekiel 24:6; Ezekiel 24:9; Habakkuk 2:12). DEPARTETH NOT. will not be lacking. Captive princes were exposed to public contumely in cages, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLOODY CITY. city of great bloodshed (Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 22:3; Ezekiel 24:6; Ezekiel 24:9; Habakkuk 2:12). DEPARTETH NOT. will not be lacking. Captive princes were exposed to public contumely in cages, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NOISE, &C. Between verses: Nahum 3:1 supply the logical _Ellipsis_ (App-6), thus: "is not released. [Hark! the enemy is within thy gates!] The noise of. whip... chariot". JUMPING. bumping, or sounding.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRIGHT. gleaming. GLITTERING. flashing. THEY: i.e. the slayers. Hebrew text margin, with some codices, and four early printed editions, reads "so that they stumble", &c. UPON. over.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE, &C. Note the Structure, which shows that here, in the member "4-7", we have the _cause,_ corresponding with "Nahum 2:13 ". WHOREDOMS. idolatries. THE MISTRESS OF WITCHCRAFTS. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:18; Deuteronomy 18:10). WITCHCRAFTS. sorceries. Compare Isaiah 47:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. (Isaiah 47:2; Isaiah 47:3.Jeremiah 13:22; Jeremiah 13:26; Ezekiel 16:37).... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE THEE VILE. disgrace thee.... [ Continue Reading ]
HER. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "thee"; but the Codex "Mugah", quoted in the _Massorah_ (App-30), reads "her".... [ Continue Reading ]
BETTER. situated better. POPULOUS NO. _N'o-'Amon. 'Amon_ is not. Hebrew word meaning "multitude", but an Egyptian word meaning the Egyptian god "Amon". _No =_ the Egyptian _net_, meaning the city; now known as "Thebes". (Compare Jeremiah 46:25.Ezekiel 30:14; Ezekiel 30:15; Ezekiel 30:16). THE RIVER... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Some codices, cited in the _Massorah_ (App-30), omit this word "and"; in which case we should render the clause: "Ethiopia strengthened her; Egypt [defended her with countless hosts (or hosts without end)]". INFINITE. Hebrew. and there is no end. See the above note; and Compare Nahum 2:9; Nahu... [ Continue Reading ]
YET WAS SHE, &C. The cuneiform monuments tell us that Thebes, the old capital of Egypt, was destroyed by Assyria about 663 B.C. Assurbanipal has recorded his conquest. Nahum, writing about 603 B. C, refers to this as. well-known event, and likely to be remembered. Nineveh fell later, just as Nahum h... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU: i.e. Nineveh. BE DRUNKEN: i.e. drink of the cup [of judgment]; or, be stupefied by thy calamity. BE HID. hide thyself. STRENGTH. strength [for defence]; hence. "thou shalt seek. stronghold, or refuge [in vain]".... [ Continue Reading ]
DRAW THEE. Draw for thyself. GO... TREAD, &C. : i.e. make plenty of bricks [for the strongholds]. THE BRICKKILN. the brick-work. = fortifications, or walls] built with bricks. Hebrew. _malben._ See notes on 2 Samuel 12:31.Jeremiah 43:9. and App-87.... [ Continue Reading ]
CANKERWORM. the young locust. Hebrew. _yelek._ See note on Joel 1:4. MAKE THYSELF MANY. [though thou be] numerous. Figure of speech _Irony_ (App-6). LOCUSTS. the young locust. Hebrew. _arbeh_. See note on Joel 1:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU. [Though] thou, &c. SPOILETH. stript itself, or cast off the skin.... [ Continue Reading ]
CROWNED. mercenary crowds. Hebrew. _minzarim._ Occurs only here. See Fuerst, _Lex.,_ p. 832. CAPTAINS. muster-masters, or marshals. Hebrew. _tiphsar._ Occurs only here, and Jeremiah 51:27. Like the Assyrian _dupsarru_. a tablet-writer. HEDGES. loose stone walls. FLEE AWAY. are in flight.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEALING. alleviation. BRUISE. breaking, or breach: i.e. ruin. BRUITS. report, tidings. Hebrew. _shema'._ The English "bruit". rumour; from the French _bruire,_ to make. noise. UPON. over. Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. WICKEDNESS. cruelty. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]