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Selected Verse: Nahum 3:7 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Na 3:7 |
King James |
And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee? |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
all . . . that look upon thee--when thou hast been made "a gazing stock" (Nah 3:6).
shall flee from thee--as a thing horrible to look upon. Compare "standing afar off," Rev 18:10.
whence shall I seek comforters for thee?--Compare Isa 51:19, which Nahum had before his mind. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| All they that look upon thee shall flee from thee - through terror, lest they should share her plagues, as Israel did, when the earth swallowed up Korah, Dathan and Abiram; and they who "had been made rich by Babylon, stand ajar off, for the fear of her torment. All they who look on thee" Rev 18:15. She was set as a thing to be "gazed at." He tells the effect on the gazers. "Each one who so gazed" at her should flee; one by one, they should gaze, be scared, flee (compare Psa 31:11; Psa 64:8). Not one should remain. "Who will bemoan her?" Not one should pay her the passing tribute of sympathy at human calamity, the shaking of the head at her woe (compare Job 16:4-5). Whoever had no compassion shall find none. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Shall flee - With loathing and abhorrence. Will bemoan - Whose bowels will be moved for her that had no bowels for any one. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Who will bemoan her? - In such cases, who pities the delinquent? She has been the occasion of ruin to multitudes, and now she is deservedly exposed and punished. And so it should be thought concerning Nineveh. |
19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,