Nahum 2:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. ”

Nahum 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

She is empty and void and waste - The completeness of her judgment is declared first under that solemn number, Three, and the three words in Hebrew are nearly the same , with the same meaning, on...
Nahum 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(i) She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain [is] in all loins, and the faces (k) of them all gather blackness. (i) That is, Nineveh, and...
Nahum 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 1:11 ; Nahum 1:14 ; Nahum 2:1 ; Nahum 2:3-13 . The Fall of Nineveh. Nahum 1:11-14 . In days gone by there went out of Nineveh one that planned villainous devices against Yahweh and His...
Nahum 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

empty... void... waste. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), for emphasis. Hebrew. bukah umbukah umebullakah. the faces of them all, &c . Only here, and in Joel 2:6 . The refer...
Nahum 2:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet here confirms what the last verse contains; for he shows why he had called the Chaldeans to take away the spoil, — because it was to be so. He did not indeed (as I have already said...
Nahum 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. She is empty, and void, and waste...
Nahum 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. She is empty, and void, and...
Nahum 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Attack and Conquest of Nineveh 1. Description of the attack begins, and Nineveh is called upon to face the invader. 'He that breaketh in pieces is come up against thee; Guard the watch, look out...
Nahum 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the faces of them all gather blackness. — Better, perhaps, and all faces withdraw their brightness. (See Note on Joel 2:6 , where the same expression occurs.)
Nahum 2:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE SIEGE AND FALL OF NINEVEH Nahum 2:1-13 ; Nahum 3:1-19 THE scene now changes from the presence and awful arsenal of the Almighty to the historical consummation of His vengeance. Nahum fores...
Nahum 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Cruel City to be Overthrown Nahum 2:1-13 This is a prophetic foreview of the overthrow of Nineveh by the Medo-Babylonians. God had used her for the chastisement of His people; now, in turn, s...
Nahum 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus announced the verdict, the prophet described the process of vengeance. He declared that the "hammer" had come up against Nineveh, and ironically advised her to prepare. He then detailed t...
Nahum 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

After the observations I ventured to make on the preceding verses, I do not think it needful to dissect the several parts of the subject contained in this whole paragraph. If I mistake not, the Lord...
Nahum 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

She is empty, and void, and waste ,.... The city of Nineveh, empty of inhabitants, being killed, or having fled; and stripped of all its treasures and riches by the enemies; its walls and houses dem...
Nahum 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain [is] in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. Ver. 10. She is empty, and void...
Nahum 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Take ye the spoil of silver, of gold Here the Babylonians are addressed as if they had just entered the city; and are bid to take the spoil of it, there being none to make any resistance. We read i...
Nahum 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Nineveh. B. C. 710. 1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy fa...
Nahum 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

She, Nineveh, taken, and under the proud insultings of the barbarous soldiers, is empty though once full of all store, yet now she is empty enough, many hands have been employed to spoil her, and...
Nahum 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . Nahum 2:8 . Old] From antiquity hath been like a pool of water; the confluence of people from all parts, like countless drops; an unbroken empire for 600 years. Stand] Stand...
Nahum 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 2:2 . The excellency of Jacob. The Vulgate reads as the Hebrew, the pride of Jacob, and the pride of Israel, which the Lord punished by the Assyrians. Now the same just God comes to punish t...
Nahum 2:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

The shield of His mighty men is made red. The downfall of Nineveh, as illustrative of the Divine and the human dements in revelation There are two elements in the Bible, the Divine and the huma...
Nahum 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Nahum 2:1-34 Part II . THE EXECUTION OF THE DECREE ; THE DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH DESCRIBED . Nahum 2:1-34 § 1. Nineveh shall be besieged, because God is...
Nahum 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nahum Chapter 2 (Chapter 1:15-2:13.). The Conquest, Plundering, and Destruction of Nineveh. The conquerors of Nineveh would be Jehovah's instruments, who would effect the destruction of the cit...
Nahum 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 5:6 ; Genesis 1:2 ; Isaiah 13:19-22 ; Isaiah 13:7 ; Isaiah 13:8 ; Isaiah 14:23 ; Isaiah 21:3 ; Isaiah 24:1 ; Isaiah 34:10-15 ; Jeremiah 30:6 ; Jeremiah 4:23-26 ; Jeremiah 51:62 ;...

Nahum 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nahum 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nahum 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nahum 2:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nahum 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nahum 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nahum 2:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nahum 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nahum 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nahum 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nahum 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nahum 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nahum 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nahum 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nahum 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nahum 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 2:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nahum 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nahum 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nahum 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge