hath: Isaiah 10:5-12; Jeremiah 25:29
excellency of Jacob as the excellency: or, the pride of Jacob as the pride, Zephaniah 3:11
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Nahum 2:2
Nahum 2:2
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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 2:1-8Nahum 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…