Nahum 3:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. ”

Nahum 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold I am against thee, saith the Lord of Hosts - Jerome: “I will not send an Angel, nor give thy destruction to others; I Myself will come to destroy thee.” Cyril: “She has not to do with man,...
Nahum 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 3. A fresh Picture of the End of Nineveh. Nahum 3:1-7 . Woe to that city of blood, full of lies and rapine, where the prey never ceased, nor was any end to the booty! Now nothing is heard i...
Nahum 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

saith the LORD of Hosts . [is] the oracle of Jehovah Sabaioth. See note on Nahum 2:13 . I will discover . Carrying out the symbol of whoredom for idolatry. Compare Nahum 2:13 ; Nahum 3:5 . I...
Nahum 3:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet confirms here what he has said of the fall of Nineveh; but, as it was stated yesterday, he introduces God as the speaker, that his address might be more powerful. God then testifies...
Nahum 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. I will discover thy skirts u...
Nahum 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. I will discover thy sk...
Nahum 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Doom of Nineveh 1-7. Another threat against Nineveh, showing that disaster has come upon her on account of her sins. The keynote of the whole chapter is the fierce cry, Woe to the bloody city...
Nahum 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(4-6) Because of the multitude. — In the idolatry and superstition of Nineveh the prophet finds the cause of her destruction. Perversion of religious instinct is frequently denounced under the same f...
Nahum 3:5 - 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 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deserved Doom Nahum 3:1-19 This terrible chapter pictures the doom of Nineveh. She had used infamous methods in bringing surrounding nations under her power, and now her shame was to be discove...
Nahum 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last part of the prophecy is devoted wholly to the vindication of Jehovah's action against Nineveh, and is a fitting defense of the introductory declarations concerning His character. In the fir...
Nahum 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The last verse in this passage serves to throw a light upon the whole; and proves that it is the cause of the Church which the Lord is contending for. And if the Reader attends to the whole prophecy...
Nahum 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the Lord of hosts ,.... Because her doings were against him; Nahum 2:13 : and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face ; turn up the skirts of her garments over...
Nahum 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. Ver. 5. Behold, I am ag...
Nahum 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, I will discover thy skirts, &c., upon thy face Nineveh, as a harlot, had been proud, and appeared beautiful and gay in the gifts of her lovers, but now God would deal with her according...
Nahum 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Nineveh. B. C. 710. 1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies...
Nahum 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts: see Nahum 2:13 . I will discover: Nineveh as a harlot had been proud, and appeared beautiful and gay in the gifts of her lovers; but now God...
Nahum 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Nahum 3:5 . Discover ] Language suggested by preceding metaphor of an harlot; referring to the custom of stripping captives, male and female, and exposing them to nakedness and...
Nahum 3:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Nahum 3:1 . Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; Assyria became a great empire through violence, falsehood, and robbery. The soldiery had no respect...
Nahum 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 3:1 . Woe to the bloody city. Nineveh was drunk with blood. She was burdened with the wealth of plundered nations; her feasts and idolatries filled up the measure of her iniquity. Oh how sub...
Nahum 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Nahum 3:1-34 Part III . THE CAUSE OF THE JUDGMENT — SINS OF THE CITY , WHICH BRING INEVITABLE PUNISHMENT . Nahum 3:1-34 § 1. The prophet specifies t...
Nahum 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Miserable Ruin of Nineveh. Jehovah now shows that the cause of Nineveh's destruction is its wickedness, and that for this reason the city is bound to submit to the sentence which has been pron...
Nahum 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 16:37 ; Ezekiel 23:25 ; Ezekiel 23:29 ; Habakkuk 2:16 ; Isaiah 47:2 ; Isaiah 47:3 ; Jeremiah 13:22 ; Jeremiah 13:26 ; Micah 1:11 ; Nahum 2:13
Nahum 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Discover — l will strip thee naked, and deal with thee as inhuman soldiers deal with captive women.

Nahum 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nahum 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nahum 3:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nahum 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nahum 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nahum 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nahum 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nahum 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nahum 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nahum 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nahum 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nahum 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nahum 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nahum 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nahum 3:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Nahum 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nahum 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nahum 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nahum 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes