Thus saith the Lord. — Better, Thus saith Jehovah, Though they be of unimpaired strength and ever so numerous, yet just in that state shall they be cut down, and he [viz., the evil counsellor of Nahum 1:11] shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee [Jerusalem], I will afflict thee no more. Destruction comes upon the Assyrian army in the very hour of prosperity, while unscathed and complete in numbers (2 Kings 19:32). Pass away: so in Psalms 48 (a composition generally thought to refer to this very catastrophe), “For lo, the kings were assembled: they passed away together.”

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