Nahum 2:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none endf of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. ”

Nahum 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold - Nineveh had not hearkened of old to the voice of the prophet, but had turned back to sin; it cannot hearken now, for fear. He turns to the sp...
Nahum 2:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(h) Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for [there is] none end of the store [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture. (h) God commands the enemies to spoil Nineveh, and promis...
Nahum 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

take the spoil . Note the Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6), for emphasis. none end, &c . = [there are] treasures without end, [and] stores of all covetable vessels.
Nahum 2:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here the Prophet, as it were, by the command and authority of God, gives up Nineveh to the will of its enemies, that they might spoil and plunder it. Some think that this address is made in the...
Nahum 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. Take ye the spoil - Though the king burnt his treasures, vestm...
Nahum 2:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Take ye, &c.— They have plundered the silver, they have plundered the gold: the weight of them is immense: it is more than all the precious furniture. We are told by Diodorus, that the conque...
Nahum 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold. The c...
Nahum 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And glory. — Better, there is abundance of all precious vessels.
Nahum 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold ,.... Of which there was a great quantity in this rich and populous city: these are the words of the prophet, or of the Lord by the prophet, to th...
Nahum 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for [there is] none end of the store [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture. Ver. 9. Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold...
Nahum 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Take: God speaks by his prophet, commanding that it be done, and foretelling that it certainly shall be done; and Scythians, Medes, and Chaldeans, or whoever else did associate in the war, and sack...
Nahum 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 36:10 ; Daniel 11:8 ; Ezekiel 26:12 ; Isaiah 33:1 ; Isaiah 33:4 ; Jeremiah 25:34 ; Jeremiah 51:56 ; Nahum 2:12 ; Nahum 2:13
Nahum 2:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Take — Thus the Chaldeans encourage one another in the plundering of the city.

Nahum 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nahum 2:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nahum 2:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 2:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nahum 2:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nahum 2:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Nahum 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nahum 2:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 2:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nahum 2:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nahum 2:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nahum 2:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nahum 2:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nahum 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nahum 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nahum 2:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 2:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nahum 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nahum 2:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nahum 2:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 2:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nahum 2:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nahum 2:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nahum 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nahum 2:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes