Nahum 3:18

1 Kings 22:17; Exodus 15:16; Ezekiel 31:3-18; Ezekiel 32:22; Ezekiel 32:23; Isaiah 13:14; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 56:10; Isaiah 56:9; Jeremiah 50:18; Jeremiah 51:39; Jeremiah 51:57; Nahum 2:6; Psalms 76:5; Psalms 76:6; Revelation 6:15

Related Commentaries of Nahum 3:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy shepherds - that is, they who should counsel for the people’s good and feed it, and “keep watch over their flocks by night,” but are now like...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thy (f) shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell [in the dust]: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Even so Nineveh shall be made drunk with the cup of God's wrath, and faint and staggering shall seek refuge from the enemy. Her outer fortresses shal...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

shepherds . leaders, or rulers. Here. generals. dwell . lie down: i.e. in death. no man gathereth them . Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 3...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He confirms the preceding verse, and says that there would be no counsel nor wisdom in the leading men: for the shepherds of the king of Assy...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust : thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth the...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Their place is not known— What probability was there, that the capital city of a great kingdom, a city which was sixty miles in compass, a city whi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth th...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Thy shepherds slumber ] Thy great rulers have passed away. Thy nobles, etc.] RV 'thy worthies are at rest.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shepherds — i.e. , chief officers, as in Micah 5:2 and passim. Their sheep are “scattered upon the mountains and none attempts to gather them....
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

Deserved Doom Nahum 3:1-19 This terrible chapter pictures the doom of Nineveh. She had used infamous methods in bringing surrounding nations un...
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...
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 desig...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria ,.... Who this king of Assyria was is not easy to say; some think Esarhaddon, who is the last of the kings...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell [in the dust]: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth [the...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria Thy rulers and counsellors are remiss, heartless, or dead. Thy nobles Or valiant ones, shall dwell in t...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

Thy shepherds, subordinate magistrates, rulers, and counsellors, or officers set over the kingdom, slumber; are remiss, or mistake, or are heartles...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Nahum 3:14 . Draw] for a long-continued siege, improve fortifications, put the kiln in order for burning bricks. Nahum 3:...
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, f...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Nahum 3:1-34 Part III . THE CAUSE OF THE JUDGMENT — SINS OF THE CITY , WHICH BRING INEVITABLE PUNISHMENT...
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 b...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria, that is, the mighty ones, the leaders of the people, were resting in a false security; thy nobles shall dw...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thy shepherds — Thy rulers and counsellors. Slumber — Are remiss, heartless, or dead. No man gathereth — No one will concern himself to preserve th...

¹⁸ Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy noblesf shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

Related Commentaries of Nahum 3:18

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

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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nahum 3:18