Nineveh will be Made Desolate - Assyria and Bible Prophecy
Index to Assyria and Bible Prophecy
"Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water, Now they flee away. 'Halt! Halt!" they cry; But no one turns back. Take spoil of silver! Take spoil of gold! There is no end of treasure, Or wealth of every desirable prize. She is empty, desolate, and waste! The heart melts, and the knees shake; Much pain is in every side, And all their faces are drained of color." Nahum 2:8-10
COMMENTARY - NAHUM 2:8-10
8. But--rather, "Though"
of old--rather, "from the days that she hath been"; from the earliest period of
her existence. Alluding to Nineveh's antiquity (Ge 10:11). "Though Nineveh has
been of old defended by water surrounding her, yet her inhabitants shall flee
away.", less probably (compare Na 3:8-12), interprets, the "waters" of her
numerous population (Isa 8:7; Jer 51:13; Re 17:15).
Stand, stand, shall they cry--that is, the few patriotic citizens shall cry to
their fleeing countrymen; "but none looketh back," much less stops in flight, so
panic-stricken are they.
9. silver . . . gold--The conquerors are summoned to plunder the city. Nineveh's
riches arose from the annual tribute paid by so many subject states, as well as
from its extensive merchandise (Na 3:16; Eze 27:23, 24).
store--accumulated by the plunder of subject nations. It is remarkable, that
while small articles of value (bronze inlaid with gold, gems, seals, and
alabaster vases) are found in the ruins of Nineveh, there are is none of gold
and silver. These, as here foretold, were "taken for spoil" before the palaces
were set on fire.
glory out of all the pleasant furniture--or, "there is abundance of precious
vessels of every kind".
10. Literally, "emptiness, and emptiedness, and devastation." The accumulation
of substantives without a verb (as in Na 3:2), the two first of the three being
derivatives of the same root, and like in sound, and the number of syllables in
them increasing in a kind of climax, intensify the gloomy effectiveness of the
expression. Hebrew, Bukah, Mebukah, Mebullakah (compare Isa 24:1, 3, 4; Zep
1:15).
faces of all gather blackness--(See on Joe 2:6). CALVIN translates, "withdraw
(literally, 'gather up') their glow," or flush, that is, grow pale. This is
probably the better rendering. JFB
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- Woe Unto Nineveh
- God will Summon Assyria to Destroy Israel
- God will Call the Assyrians to Conquer Judah
- Assyria will Plunder Damascus and Samaria
- Israel will be Taken Captive to Assyria
- Assyria will Take Egypt and Ethiopia as Prisoners
- God will Punish Assyria's Arrogance
- God will Break Assyria in Judah
- God will Destroy Assyria with His Voice
- God's Sword will Devour Assyria
- God will Defend Jerusalem from Assyria
- Forty Days and Nineveh will be Overthrown
- Nineveh will be Ultimately Cut Down
- Nineveh will be Made Desolate
- Nineveh will be Made Naked
- God will make Assyria a Desolation
- The Pride of Assyria will be Brought Down
- Assyrians will Accept Jesus
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