Nahum 2:1

CONTENTS

We have in this Chapter a very awful account of the Lord's judgments. The excellency of Jacob and Israel is said to be turned away; and the Chapter is one continued account of solemn dispensations.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He that dasheth in pieces - Rather, “the Disperser,” the instrument of God, whereby he should “break her in pieces like a potter’s vessel, or sho...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(a) He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make [thy] loins strong, fortify [thy] power mightily. (...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

He that dasheth, &c.: i.e. Cyaxares and Nabopolassar ( Herod, i. 106).. reference or type of the future destruction of Antichrist. dasheth,...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The waster spoken of here by the Prophet, some consider him to have been Sennacherib, and others, Nebuchodonosor. The verb עלה, ole, is als...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. He tha...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Before thy face— There can be no doubt that this should be read before his face; namely, of that Belial spoken of in the last verse, and whose...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. He...
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 i...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Keep the munition. — Better, guard the for. tress. These four sententious directions to Nineveh are, of course, ironical, like Elijah’s instructi...
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 his...
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 f...
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 iro...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face ,.... O Nineveh, or land of Assyria; for this is not to be understood of Sennacherib's coming u...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make [thy] loins strong, fortify [thy] power mightily. Ver....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face This is addressed to the city of Nineveh, and explains more fully how the change, described in...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Nineveh. B. C. 710. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

NAHUM CHAPTER 2 The fearful and victorious armies of God against Nineveh. He: some by mistake refer this to Sennacherib; it is more rightly refer...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . Dasheth] Lit. disperser. Keep] in Judah peace, in Nineveh tumult. Watch] for the enemy. Loins] Prepare for conflict ( Job 4...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face God the Vindicator of the oppressed I. The oppression of the chosen people by the Assyria...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He that dasheth in pieces, the Babylonian invader, is come up before thy face, appearing before the walls of Nineveh. Keep the munition, rather,...
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 instru...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 25:8 ; Isaiah 14:6 ; Jeremiah 25:9 ; Jeremiah 46:3-10 ; Jeremiah 50:23 ; Jeremiah 51:11 ; Jeremiah 51:12 ; Jeremiah 51:20-23 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He — The Medes or Chaldeans, that dash Nineveh in pieces. The munition — The forts. Make thy loins strong — Strengthen thyself.

¹ He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

Related Commentaries of Nahum 2:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nahum 2:1