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**He that dasheth, &c.:** i.e. Cyaxares and Nabopolassar ( *Herod,* i. 106). A reference or type of the future destruction of Antichrist.
**dasheth, &c.:** or, the breaker (Hebrew. *mephiz* = battle-axe, or hammer ([Proverbs 25:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/25/18) )). Compare [Jeremiah 23:29](../../../kjv/jeremiah/23/29) ; [Jeremiah 51:20](../../../kjv/jeremiah/51/20) . [Ezekiel 9:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/9/2) , margin [Micah 2:13](../../../kjv/micah/2/13) .
**keep the munition** . Figure of speech *Homoeopropheron* ( App-6 ), in the Hebrew In English, keep the keeps, or fortify the fortress, or fence the defences.
**make thy loins strong:** i.e. be courageous. Compare [Job 40:7](../../../kjv/job/40/7) . [Jeremiah 1:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/1/17) .
**fortify, &c** . = strengthen [thee] with power mightily. Compare [Proverbs 24:5](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/5) .

**the LORD** . Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . The verse not "misplaced", as alleged. See the Structure above.
**hath turned away** = restoreth, or is on the way to bring back.
**the excellency** = pre-eminence. Used in good, or bad sense according to the context.
**Jacob** . Put here for the natural seed, and Judah in contrast with Israel; compare [Genesis 32:28](../../../kjv/genesis/32/28) ; [Genesis 43:6](../../../kjv/genesis/43/6) ; [Genesis 45:26](../../../kjv/genesis/45/26) , [Genesis 45:28](../../../kjv/genesis/45/28) .
**as** = as [He will restore] the excellency, &c.

**mighty men** = mighty ones, or warriors. Compare [2 Samuel 23:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/23/8) . [1 Kings 1:8](../../../kjv/1-kings/1/8) , [1 Kings 1:10](../../../kjv/1-kings/1/10) .
**made red** = reddened [with blood].
**are in scarlet** = [are clad] in scarlet, as were the armies of the Persians.
**the chariots shall be . . . torches:** or, with the flashing of steel the chariots [glitter].
**fir trees** . Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for the spears or lances made from them.

**rage** = rave [as though mad]. Hebrew. *halal* .
**justle** . From Old French *jouster,* to tilt; from Low Latin. *juxtare,* to approach (as in tilting).
**Jostle** = to push against, a frequentative form; but the Hebrew ( *shakak* ) means to run to and fro, as in [Isaiah 33:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/33/4) .[Joel 2:9](../../../kjv/joel/2/9) .
**they shall seem** = their appearance is.
**run** = rush, or flash. Hebrew. *ruz.*

**He.** The king of Assyria ([Nahum 3:18](../../../kjv/nahum/3/18) ).
**recount** = bethink himself of.
**worthies** = nobles, who may assemble their troops; as in [Nahum 3:18](../../../kjv/nahum/3/18) . Jdg 5:13 . [2 Chronicles 23:20](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/23/20) .
**in their walk** = as they march.
**the wall thereof** = her wall: i.e. the wall of Nineveh.
**and** = yet.
**the defence** = the mantelet, or portable storming cover [of the besiegers].

**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; also a canal from it to the Tigris ran through the city.
**opened:** i.e. by the enemy.
**be dissolved** = melt away [in fear], or was in dismay.

**Huzzab** . The words which follow show that the queen or queen-mother is meant: or, *Huzzab* may be taken as a verb (dual of *nazah)* , and the "and" as = though (like "but" in [Nahum 2:8](../../../kjv/nahum/2/8) ). In that case read: "though firmly established, she shall be dishonoured and taken captive"; the city being thus personified.
**lead her** = mourn for, or bemoaning.
**tabering** = drumming [with their fingers] incessantly. Hebrew. *taphaph* , from *toph* = a drum. See note on Exo 15:20 . [1 Samuel 10:6](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/6) .
**breasts** = hearts. Some codices read "heart" (singular); but others, with eight early printed editions, read "hearts" (plural)

**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 a pool [is full] of water".
**they:** i.e. the defenders.
**flee away** . Before their besiegers.
**they:** i.e. the captains.

**take the spoil** . Note the Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* ( App-6 ), for emphasis.
**none end, &c** . = [there are] treasures without end, [and] stores of all covetable vessels.

**empty . . . void . . . waste.** Note the Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ), for emphasis. Hebrew. *bukah umbukah umebullakah.*
**the faces of them all, &c** . Only here, and in [Joel 2:6](../../../kjv/joel/2/6) . The reference is to [Joel 2:6](../../../kjv/joel/2/6) (as [Nahum 1:15](../../../kjv/nahum/1/15) is to [Isaiah 52:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/52/7) ); not vice versa.

**Where . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis* ( App-6 ), for emphasis.
**lions** . Note the Figure of speech *Synonymia* ( App-6 ), for emphasis. This is Jehovah's answer to Sennacherib's taunt in [2 Kings 18:34](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/34) , looking back after the fulfillment of this prophecy.
**old lion** = lioness.

**did tear** = was tearing. Nineveh again personified in verses: [Nahum 2:11](../../../kjv/nahum/2/11) , [Nahum 2:12](../../../kjv/nahum/2/12) .

**saith the LORD of Hosts** = [is] the oracle of Jehovah Sabaioth.
**the LORD** . Hebrew. *Jehovah.* as in [Nahum 2:2](../../../kjv/nahum/2/2) . The full expression, "Jehovah of hosts", occurs only here in Nahum ("[Nahum 2:13](../../../kjv/nahum/2/13) ") and in the corresponding member ("[Nahum 3:5](../../../kjv/nahum/3/5) "). See note on [1 Samuel 1:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/3) .
**in the smoke** = into smoke.
**messengers** = ambassadors. Compare [2 Kings 18:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/17) , 2Ki 18:19 ; [2 Kings 19:9](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/9) , [2 Kings 19:23](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/23) .

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