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Verse Nahum 2:10. _SHE IS EMPTY, AND VOID, AND WASTE_] The original is
strongly emphatic; the words are of the _same sound_; and increase in
their _length_ as they point out _great, greater_, and _gre...
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SHE IS EMPTY AND VOID AND WASTE - The completeness of her judgment is
declared first under that solemn number, Three, and the three words in
Hebrew are nearly the same , with the same meaning, only ea...
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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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EMPTY... VOID... WASTE. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_
(App-6), for emphasis. Hebrew. _bukah umbukah umebullakah._
THE FACES OF THEM ALL, &C. Only here, and in Joel 2:6. The reference
is to J...
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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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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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She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the
knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of
them all gather blackness.
SHE IS EMPTY, AND VOID, AND WASTE...
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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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_[Nahum 2:11]_ בּוּקָ֥ה וּ מְבוּקָ֖ה וּ
מְבֻלָּקָ֑ה...
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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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(i) She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the
knees smite together, and much pain [is] in all loins, and the faces
(k) of them all gather blackness.
(i) That is, Nineveh, and...
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_Kettle. In mourning they blacken their face. (Tav. Perse.)_...
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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 confirms what the last verse contains; for he shows
why he had called the Chaldeans to take away the spoil, — because it
was to be so. He did not indeed (as I have already said) comma...
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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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SHE IS EMPTY, AND VOID, AND WASTE,.... The city of Nineveh, empty of
inhabitants, being killed, or having fled; and stripped of all its
treasures and riches by the enemies; its walls and houses demoli...
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She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the
knees smite together, and much pain [is] in all loins, and the faces
of them all gather blackness.
Ver. 10. _She is empty, and void,...
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_Take ye the spoil of silver, of gold_ Here the Babylonians are
addressed as if they had just entered the city; and are bid to take
the spoil of it, there being none to make any resistance. We read in...
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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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She is empty and void and waste, literally, "emptiness and being
emptied out and desolation!". AND THE HEART MELTETH, in utter
discouragement, AND THE KNEES SMITE TOGETHER, in the terror which
cannot...
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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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SHE, Nineveh, taken, and under the proud insultings of the barbarous
soldiers, IS EMPTY though once full of all store, yet now she is empty
enough, many hands have been employed to spoil her, and void...
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Nahum 2:10 empty H950 desolate H4003 waste H1110 (H8794) heart H3820
melts H4549 (H8738) knees H1290 shake...
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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 2:10 DESOLATE... RUIN is a description of
Nineveh emptied of inhabitants and destroyed by the victorious
invaders. HEARTS MELT... PALE. The Assyrians previously had been proud
of...
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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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Daniel 5:6; Genesis 1:2; Isaiah 13:19; Isaiah 13:7; Isaiah 13:8;...