Nahum 3:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away. Thou hast multiplied thy merchants - Like Tyre, this city was a famous resort for merchants; but the multitudes which were there previously to the siege, like the locusts, took the alarm, and fled away.

Nahum 3:16

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