Nahum 2:1, The fearful and victorious armies of God against Nineveh.
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Nahum 2
Nahum 2 — Overview
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Nahum 2 — OverviewNahum 2 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe now come closer to Nineveh, that great city; she took, not warning
by the destruction of her armies and the fall of her king, and
therefore may expect, since she persists in her enmity to God, that he
will…Nahum 2 — OverviewNahum 2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of the destruction of the city of Nineveh; describes the instruments of it as very terrible and powerful, and not to be resisted, Na 2:1. The manner of taking it, the flight of its…Nahum 2:1-10Nahum 2:1-10 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, I. An alarm of war sent to Nineveh, v. 1. The prophet speaks
of it as just at hand, for it is neither doubtful nor far distant:
"Look about thee, and see, he that dashes in pieces has come up before…Nahum 2:1Nahum 2:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryNahum addresses Nineveh, and forewarns her of the siege she was about to undergo (see Introduction, § I.). He that dasheth in pieces; the disperser; qui dispergat (Vulgate); ἐμφυσῶν, "panting". The mixed army that…Nahum 2:1-8Nahum 2:1-8 · The Pulpit Commentary§ 1. Nineveh shall be besieged, because God is about to exalt his people by taking vengeance on the enemy, whose defence, howsoever formidable, is of no avail.Nahum 2:1-10Nahum 2:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryA predicted invasion.
I. THE ENEMY DESCRIBED.
1. His violence. Nahum calls him "a dasher in pieces" (verse 1), and represents his warriors as "mighty" and "valiant" (verse 3)—epithets which apply with fitness and…