The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear,.... Or, "the flame of the sword and the glittering spear" ; he rides with a drawn sword, which, being brandished to and fro, looks like a flame of fire; or with a spear made of polished iron, or steel, which, when vibrated and moved to and fro, glitters like lightning; a large number of which entering the city must be terrible to the inhabitants of it:and [there is] a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses; of dead men lying in the streets, pierced and slain with the bright sword and glittering spear of the Medes and Chaldeans:and [there is] none end of [their] corpses; the number of them could not be told; they lay so thick in all parts of the city, that there was no telling them:they stumble upon their corpses; the Ninevites in fleeing, and endeavouring to make their escape, and the Medes and Chaldeans pursuing them.
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Nahum 3:3
Nahum 3:3
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Nahum 3 — OverviewNahum 3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter goes on with the burden of Nineveh, and concludes it. I.
The sins of that great city are charged upon it, murder (ver. 1),
whoredom and witchcraft (ver. 4), and a general extent of wickedness,
ver.…Nahum 3 — OverviewNahum 3 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeNahum 3:1, The miserable ruin of Nineveh.Nahum 3 — OverviewNahum 3 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter is contained the prophecy of the destruction of Nineveh, and with it the whole Assyrian empire; the causes of which, besides those before mentioned, were the murders, lies, and robberies it was full of,…Nahum 3:1-7Nahum 3:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, I. Nineveh arraigned and indicted. It is a high charge that is
here drawn up against that great city, and neither her numbers nor her
grandeur shall secure her from prosecution. 1. It is a city of blood,…Nahum 3:1-7Nahum 3:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe guilt and ruin of Nineveh.
We have here—
I. A MOURNFUL REVELATION OF NATIONAL GUILT AND DEPRAVITY. (Nahum 3:1, Nahum 3:4.) The Assyrians are here charged with:
1. Unrighteous war. (Nahum 3:1.) There may be times…Nahum 3:3Nahum 3:3 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgebright sword and the glittering spear: Heb. flame of the sword, and lightning of the spear, Nahum 2:4; Genesis 3:24; Habakkuk 3:11
and there: Isaiah 37:36; Ezekiel 31:3-13, Ezekiel 39:4