Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Nahum Chapter 3
Overview
Nah 3:1, The miserable ruin of Nineveh.
to: Isa 24:9; Eze 22:2, Eze 22:3, Eze 24:6-9; Hab 2:12; Zep 3:1-3
bloody city: Heb. city of bloods
full: Nah 2:12; Isa 17:14, Isa 42:24; Hos 4:2
noise: Nah 2:3, Nah 2:4; Jdg 5:22; Job 39:22-25; Isa 9:5; Jer 47:3
bright sword and the glittering spear: Heb. flame of the sword, and lightning of the spear, Nah 2:4; Gen 3:24; Hab 3:11
and there: Isa 37:36; Eze 31:3-13, Eze 39:4
the mistress: Isa 23:15-17, Isa 47:9, Isa 47:12, Isa 47:13; Rev 17:1-5, Rev 18:2, Rev 18:3, Rev 18:9, Rev 18:23
I am: See note on Nah 2:13, and see note on Eze 23:25.
I will discover: Isa 47:2, Isa 47:3; Jer 13:22, Jer 13:26; Eze 16:37, Eze 23:29; Mic 1:11; Hab 2:16
I will cast: Job 9:31, Job 30:19; Psa 38:5-7; Lam 3:16; Mal 2:2; Co1 4:13
make: Nah 1:14; Job 30:8; Mal 2:9
will set: Kg1 9:7, Kg1 9:8; Isa 14:16-19; Jer 51:37; Zep 2:15; Co1 4:9; Heb 10:33; Jde 1:7
that all: Num 16:34; Jer 51:9; Rev 18:10
Nineveh: Nah 2:9, Nah 2:10; Jer 51:41-43; Rev 18:16-19
who: Isa 51:19; Jer 15:5; Lam 2:13
thou: Eze 31:2, Eze 31:3; Amo 6:2
populous No: or, nourishing No, Heb. No-amon, Jer 46:25, Jer 46:26; Eze 30:14-16
that had: Isa 19:5-10
Put: Gen 10:6; Ch1 1:8; Eze 27:10, Eze 30:5, Eze 38:5
thy helpers: Heb. in thy help
she carried: Psa 33:16, Psa 33:17; Isa 20:4
her young: Kg2 8:12; Psa 137:8; Isa 13:6; Hos 13:16; Amo 1:13
Thou also: Diodorus relates, that while the Assyrian army were feasting for their former victories, those about Arbaces being informed of their negligence and drunkenness, fell upon them unexpectedly, slew many, and drove the rest into the city.
shalt be drunken: Nah 1:10; Psa 75:8; Isa 29:9, Isa 49:26, Isa 63:6; Jer 25:15-27, Jer 51:57
thou shalt be hid: Sa1 13:6, Sa1 14:11; Isa 2:10,Isa 2:19; Hos 10:8; Amo 9:3; Mic 7:17; Luk 23:30; Rev 6:15-17
thou also: Nah 2:1; Jer 4:5, Jer 8:14
thy people: Isa 19:16; Jer 50:37, Jer 51:30
the gates: Nah 2:6; Psa 107:16; Isa 45:1, Isa 45:2
thy bars: Psa 147:13; Jer 51:30
Draw: Ch2 32:3, Ch2 32:4, Ch2 32:11; Isa 22:9-11, Isa 37:25
fortify: Nah 2:1; Isa 8:9; Jer 46:3, Jer 46:4, Jer 46:9; Joe 3:9-11
shall the: Nah 3:13, Nah 2:13; Zep 2:13
make thyself many as the locusts: Exo 10:13-15
above: Gen 15:5, Gen 22:17; Neh 9:23; Jer 33:22
spoileth: or, spreadeth himself
Thy shepherds: That is, the rulers and tributary princes, who, as Herodotus informs us, deserted Nineveh in the day of her distress, and came not to her succour. Diodorus also says, that when the enemy shut up the king in the city, many nations revolted; each going over to the besiegers for the sake of their liberty; that the king despatched messengers to all his subjects, requiring power from them to succour him, and that he thought himself able to endure the siege, and remained in expectation of armies which were to be raised throughout his empire, relying on the oracle, that the city would not be taken till the river became its enemy. Nah 2:6; Exo 15:16; Psa 76:5, Psa 76:6; Isa 56:9, Isa 56:10; Jer 51:39, Jer 51:57
O King: Jer 50:18; Ezek. 31:3-18, Eze 32:22, Eze 32:23
nobles: or, valiant ones, Isa 47:1; Rev 6:15
thy people: Kg1 22:17; Isa 13:14
no: Jer 30:13-15, Jer 46:11; Eze 30:21, Eze 30:22; Mic 1:9; Zep 2:13-15
healing: Heb. wrinkling
the bruit: Jer 10:22
shall: Job 27:23; Isa 14:8-21; Lam 2:15; Eze 25:6; Rev 18:20
upon: Nah 2:11, Nah 2:12; Isa 10:6-14, Isa 37:18; Rev 13:7, Rev 17:2, Rev 18:2, Rev 18:3