Nahum 3:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. ”

Nahum 3:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee - Alb.: “like a weight, that what thou wouldest not take heed to as sin, thou mayest feel in punishment.” “Abominable things had God seen” Jeremiah 13:...
Nahum 3:6 - 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 3:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

make thee vile . disgrace thee.
Nahum 3:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He afterwards adds, I will besprinkle thee with filth, or defilements. The Prophet still alludes to the similitude of a harlot, who is well and sumptuously adorned, and by her charms captiva...
Nahum 3:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. I will cast abominable filth upon thee - I will set thee as a gazing-stock. This was a punishment p...
Nahum 3:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. And I will cast abominable filth upon thee - as infamous harlots used to be treated. And...
Nahum 3:6 - 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 3:6 - 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 3:6 - 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 3:6 - 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 3:6 - 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 3:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I include the whole of this passage in one view for the sake of shortness, having already extended the Commentary very much beyond the original design. The whole of Nahum's prophecy, if taken literal...
Nahum 3:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee ,.... As dirt and dung, or any or everything that is abominable and filthy; and which is thrown at harlots publicly disgraced, and as used to be at persons...
Nahum 3:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. Ver. 6. And I will cast abominable filth upon thee ] As they do chamber pots and worse upon harl...
Nahum 3:6 - 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 3:6 - 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 3:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will cast, by the Chaldean and Medish army, which God will stir up against the Assyrian monarchy, abominable filth upon thee; as is done to lewd women. Make thee vile: Nineveh had made hersel...
Nahum 3:6 - 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 3:6 - 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 3:6 - 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 3:6 - 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 3:6 - 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 3:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:13 ; 1 Corinthians 4:9 ; 1 Kings 9:7 ; 1 Kings 9:8 ; Hebrews 10:33 ; Isaiah 14:16-19 ; Jeremiah 51:37 ; Job 30:19 ; Job 30:8 ; Job 9:31 ; Jude 1:7 ; Lamentations 3:16 ; M...

Nahum 3:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nahum 3:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 3:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nahum 3:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 3:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nahum 3:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nahum 3:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 3:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nahum 3:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nahum 3:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nahum 3:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nahum 3:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nahum 3:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nahum 3:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nahum 3:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 3:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nahum 3:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nahum 3:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nahum 3:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Nahum 3:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 3:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nahum 3:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nahum 3:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge