2 Peter 3:10; 2 Peter 3:11; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 45:2
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be disolved - All gives way in an instant at the will of God; the strife is hushed;...
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...
gates . flood-gates, or sluices. the rivers. Nineveh lay on the east (or left) bank of the Tigris. The Khusur (a perennial stream) ran through it...
By the gates of the rivers the Prophet means that part of the city which was most fortified by the river Tigris; for the Tigris flowed close by...
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. The gates of the rivers shall be opened - I have already referred to this...
The gates of the river shall be opened— Diodorus informs us, that there was an old prophesy, that Nineveh should not be taken till the river became...
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. The gates of the rivers shall be opened. The river wall on the Tig...
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...
The gates of the rivers. — This verse is one of great importance. The account of Ctesias, preserved by Diodorus Siculus, tells us that for over two...
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...
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...
Having thus announced the verdict, the prophet described the process of vengeance. He declared that the "hammer" had come up against Nineveh, and iro...
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...
The gates of the rivers shall be opened ,.... Of Diava and Adiava, or Lycus and Caprus, between which, according to some writers i, Nineveh was situ...
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. Ver. 6. The gates of the rivers shall be opened ] Notwithstanding all...
He The enemy that attacks Nineveh, namely, the king of Babylon; shall recount his worthies Shall select some of his choicest troops for the siege...
The Judgment of Nineveh. B. C. 710. 1...
The gates of the rivers; of the city toward the river. Rivers, for river, or because of the greatness of Tigris, upon which Nineveh stood. Shall b...
CRITICAL NOTES . Nahum 2:2 .] The Lord hath chastised Judah and Israel, and permitted the enemy to triumph; now the excellency of Israel, the...
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 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...
EXPOSITION Nahum 2:1-34 Part II . THE EXECUTION OF THE DECREE ; THE DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH DESCRIBED . Nahum 2:1-34...
Nahum Chapter 2 (Chapter 1:15-2:13.). The Conquest, Plundering, and Destruction of Nineveh. The conquerors of Nineveh would be Jehovah's instru...
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, the reference being to some natural or artificial inundation of the city which helped in its destruction, a...
The gates — Of the city toward the river. The rivers — Of the Tigris, upon which Nineveh stood. Dissolved — While the Chaldeans besieged Nineveh, a...
6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.c