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Verse Nahum 3:13. _THY PEOPLE _- ARE _WOMEN_] They lost all courage,
and made no resistance. O vere Phrygiae, neque enim Phryges: "Verily,
ye are Phrygian women, not Phrygian men." So said _Numanus_ t...
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BEHOLD, THY PEOPLE IN THE MIDST OF THEE ARE WOMEN - Fierce, fearless,
hard, iron men, such as their warriors still are portrayed by
themselves on their monuments, they whom no toll wearied, no peril
d...
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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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_NINEVEH'S STRONG HOLDS ARE WEAK -- NAHUM 3:12-15:_ The invading army
would take Nineveh with the greatest of ease. God said, "Your
fortresses are fig trees with ripe figs. Merely shake the trees, and...
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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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Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy
land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour
thy bars.
BEHOLD, THY PEOPLE - thy soldiers.
IN THE MIDST...
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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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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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הִנֵּ֨ה עַמֵּ֤ךְ נָשִׁים֙ בְּ
קִרְבֵּ֔ךְ לְ א
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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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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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The Prophet declares here, that the hearts of them all would become
soft and effeminate when God would proceed to destroy Nineveh. We have
said before that the hearts of men are so in the hand of God,...
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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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BEHOLD, THY PEOPLE IN THE MIDST OF THEE [ARE] WOMEN,.... Or like
women, weak and feeble, fearful and timorous; frightened at the first
approach of the enemy; run away, and run up and down in the utmos...
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Behold, thy people in the midst of thee [are] women: the gates of thy
land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour
thy bars.
Ver. 13. _Behold, thy people in the midst of thee...
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_Thou also shalt be drunken_ Thou shalt drink deep of the bitter cup
of God's displeasure. _Thou shalt be hid_, &c. Thou shalt not dare to
appear in the open field. _Thou shalt seek strength because o...
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Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women, without strength
and courage for the battle; THE GATES OF THY LAND SHALL BE SET WIDE
OPEN, the Lord making the land easy of access to the invaders, U...
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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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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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BEHOLD; this may seem strange, but attend diligently, thou shalt see
how this will be. THY PEOPLE; those thou hirest, and are thine for
pay; those that are born thine, all thy warriors. IN THE MIDST O...
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Nahum 3:13 people H5971 midst H7130 women H802 gates H8179 land H776
wide H6605 (H8800) open H6605 ...
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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 3:12 Nineveh’s surrounding FORTRESSES will be
the first to be taken by the advancing enemy army. The GATES of
Assyria will be WIDE OPEN to the...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
NAHUM 3:11. DRUNKEN] with the cup of Divine anger. A refuge from the
enemy sought and not found in other nations.
NAHUM 3:12. STRONGHOLDS] All the fortifications will be easily taken...
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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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Isaiah 19:16; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 45:2; Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 51:3
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Are women — Were very cowards. The gates — The strong frontiers.
Wide open — Either through fear or treachery. Thy bars — With
which the gates were shut and strengthened....