Nahum 3:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars

Thou hast drawn more merchants to thee than there are stars in the heavens. This is a hyperbolical expression, to signify the great number of them. The canker-worm spoileth, and fleeth away As the locusts destroy the fruits of the earth, and then fly away to another place; so shall thy soldiers pillage all the wealth thou hast gained by traffic, and then leave thee. Thy crowded (or, thy princes) are as the locusts, &c. For as they fly away when the heat comes on, so thy princes and captains will fly away from the heat of battle, or danger.

Nahum 3:16-17

16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth,e and flieth away.

17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.