Nahum 3:1, The miserable ruin of Nineveh.
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Nahum 3
Nahum 3 — Overview
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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 · 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 3:1Nahum 3:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeto: Isaiah 24:9; Ezekiel 22:2-3, Ezekiel 24:6-9; Habakkuk 2:12; Zephaniah 3:1-3
bloody city: Heb. city of bloods
full: Nahum 2:12; Isaiah 17:14, Isaiah 42:24; Hosea 4:2Nahum 3:2Nahum 3:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgenoise: Nahum 2:3-4; Judges 5:22; Job 39:22-25; Isaiah 9:5; Jeremiah 47:3