Nahum 2:8

Genesis 10:11; Isaiah 13:14; Isaiah 47:13; Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 50:16; Jeremiah 51:13; Jeremiah 51:30; Nahum 3:17; Revelation 17:1; Revelation 17:15

Related Commentaries of Nahum 2:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water - that is, of many peoples Revelation 17:1 , gathered from all quarters and settled there, her multit...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But Nineveh [is] of (g) old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back. (g) The Assyri...
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

But . Though, to answer to the "yet" of the next line. is of old, &c . Read "hath been from of old [filled with men] as. pool [is full] of wat...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The prophet here anticipates a doubt which might have weakened confidence in his words; for Nineveh not only flourished in power, but it had al...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry ; but none shall look back. But Nineveh is of o...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But Nineveh is of old, &c.— Nineveh is become as a pool of water. Its waters subvert it: they who fled stand still; they stand still, and know...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. But - rather, '...
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

We prefer to adopt the slight change of reading favoured by the LXX. ( mêymeyhâ for mîmêy hî, and to render, And Nineveh, like a pool of water ar...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But Nineveh [is] of old like a pool of water ,.... This was a very ancient city, built by Nimrod, as some say; or rather by Ashur, as appears from...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But Nineveh [is] of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back. Ver. 8. But Nine...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water “Id est, supra modum populosa, nam aquæ populi.” That is, above measure populous, for waters signify peo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

Nineveh is of old; a very ancient city, of great renown and strength. Like a pool of water; very populous, like a pool of water which hath been l...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . Nahum 2:8 . Old] From antiquity hath been like a pool of water; the confluence of people from all parts, like countless drops;...
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

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...
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

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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water, a term expressing her great population and prosperity; yet they shall flee away, her great population l...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Like a pool — Very populous, like a pool which hath been long breeding fish, and is full of them. Yet — Yet these multitudes shall flee discomfited...

⁸ But Nineveh is of olde like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

Related Commentaries of Nahum 2:8

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

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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