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Verse Nahum 3:12. _THY STRONG HOLDS_] The effects of the consternation
into which the Ninevites were cast by the assault on their city are
here pointed out by a very expressive metaphor; the _first-ri...
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ALL THY STRONG-HOLDS SHALL BE LIKE FIG TREES, WITH THE FIRST RIPE FIGS
- Hanging from them; eagerly sought after , to be consumed. Being
ripe, they are ready to fall at once; “if they be shaken;” it
n...
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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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All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs:
if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
ALL THY STRONG HOLDS - on the borders of Assyria, protect...
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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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THOU ALSO SHALT BE DRUNKEN. — Nineveh also shall be _drunken_ with
the cup of God’s wrath (see Habakkuk 2:16), yea, _hid_ from
recollection, so that men shall ask, “Where is Nineveh?” (Comp.
Nahum 2:1...
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כָּ֨ל ־מִבְצָרַ֔יִךְ תְּאֵנִ֖ים עִם
־בִּכּוּרִ֑ים אִם ־יִנֹּ֕ועוּ וְ
נָפְל֖וּ עַל ־פִּ֥י אֹוכֵֽל׃...
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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 a...
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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...
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The Prophet here declares that the strongholds of the Assyrians would
avail them nothing; whether they trusted in the number of their men,
or in their walls, or in other defenses, they would be disapp...
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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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ALL THY STRONG HOLDS [SHALL BE LIKE] FIG TREES WITH THE FIRST RIPE
FIGS,.... Upon them, or like them: "and the first ripe figs"; which
are easily shook and gathered; and so easily should the fortresse...
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All thy strong holds [shall be like] fig trees with the firstripe
figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the
eater.
Ver. 12. _All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees_] _...
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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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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-worms...
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ALL THY STRONG HOLDS, castles and fortified places, not one or two,
but all of them, SHALL BE LIKE FIG TREES, easily shaken, WITH THE
FIRST-RIPE FIGS, whose weight and ripeness will bring them quickly...
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Nahum 3:12 strongholds H4013 trees H8384 figs H1061 shaken H5128
(H8735) fall H5307 (H8804) mouth H6310 eater H398 (H8802)
Habakkuk 1:10; Revelation 6:13...
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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 2:1). However...
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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 take...
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EXPOSITION
NAHUM 3:1
Part III. THE CAUSE OF THE JUDGMENT—SINS OF THE CITY, WHICH BRING
INEVITABLE PUNISHMENT.
NAHUM 3:1
§ 1. _The prophet specifies the crimes which have brought this ruin
upon Nin...
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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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Habakkuk 1:10; Revelation 6:13...
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Ripe figs — Whose weight and ripeness will bring them quickly to the
ground. Shaken — If but lightly touched....