Bible Commentary

For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. For now will I break his yoke from off thee – God, lest His own should despair, does not put them off altogether to a distant day, but saith, now. Historically, the beginning of the fall is the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nahum 1:13”

Thus saith the LORD; Though [they be] quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. 12. The verse is very obscure. Sept. partly read differently and partly divided the letters otherwise, and did not find the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nahum 1:12”

There is [one] come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counselor. 11. There is one come out ] Rather: out of thee came he (or, one) forth who imagined who counselled mischief. The reference is probably to Sennacherib. The words are addressed to Nineveh. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nahum 1:11”

For while [they be] folded together [as] thorns, and while they are drunken [as] drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 10. Nah 1:10 can hardly have been handed down in its original state. It may be rendered much as R.V.: for though (they be like) thorns tangled together and drenched as with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nahum 1:10”

What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 9. What do ye imagine against the Lord ] Compare Nah 1:11: “out of thee came forth one that imagined evil against the Lord.” This sense, though the natural one, does not connect well … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nahum 1:9”

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. 8. an overrunning flood ] Isa 8:8; Isa 28:15. an utter end of the place thereof ] lit. make her place (Nineveh’s) an utter end, i.e. completely destroy it. It must be confessed that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nahum 1:8”

The LORD [is] good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. 7. is good, a strong hold ] More naturally: is good for (as) a stronghold, construction as Gen 3:6. Sept. renders: is good to those who wait on him, which gives a better parallelism to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nahum 1:7”

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. 6. Nah 1:6 draws the general conclusion from the preceding. The description, Nah 1:2-5, is one of the manifestation of the Lord on the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nahum 1:6”

The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 5. Nah 1:5 returns to describe the Theophany in the tempest, and its effects. mountains quake at him ] lit., from Him, the effect comes from Him. It is not … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nahum 1:5”

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 4. He rebuketh the sea ] with His voice of thunder; or perhaps the effect of the tempest on the sea in rolling it back and uncovering its bed may be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nahum 1:4”