Isaiah 37:36-38
messenger <04397> [the angel.]
got up early <07925> [and when.]
Sennacherib <05576> [Sennacherib.]
Nineveh <05210> [Nineveh.]
god <0430> [his god.]
Ararat <0780> [Armenia. Heb. Ararat.]
Esarhaddon <0634> [Esar-haddon.]
Esar-haddon, called Asar-addinus in the Canon of Ptolemy, was the third son of Sennacherib; and having reigned twenty-nine years over the Assyrians, he took advantage of the anarchy and confusion which followed the death of Mesessimordacus, and seized upon Babylon; which he added to his former empire, and reigned over both for thirteen years; when he was succeeded by his son Saosduchinus, A.M. 3336, B.C. 668.
Ezekiel 31:3-17
Assyria <0804> [the Assyrian.]
cedar <0730> [a cedar.]
[with fair branches. Heb. fair of branches. of an high.]
water <04325> [waters.]
grow <01431> [made him great. or, nourished him. set. or, brought. little rivers. or, conduits.]
taller <06967> [his height.]
The Assyrian king, to whom Pharaoh is compared, from his great power, extensive dominion, and the protection he afforded, resembled the spreading branches, thick shade, and high stature of a flourishing cedar on mount Lebanon. The fruitful lands of Assyria; the immense revenues he drew from vast multitudes in his extensive territories; his lucrative commerce, by the river Tigris, with the countries on the Indian ocean; and all the various sources of his wealth and prosperity, resembled the rivers and streams which cause the trees planted by them to grow and flourish exceedingly; and hence the empire and its head were exalted above all the kingdoms of the earth.
shoots <07971> [he shot forth. or, it sent them forth.]
cedars <0730> [cedars.]
tree <06086> [nor any.]
made <06213> [made.]
trees <06086> [all the trees.]
envied <07065> [envied.]
says <0559> [Therefore.]
The allegory and its interpretation are here combined; and the Assyrian monarch, though already destroyed, is poetically addressed.
tall <01361> [Because.]
proud <03824> [and his.]
gave <05414> [delivered.]
leader <0410> [the mighty.]
Nebuchadnezzar, the subverter of the Assyrian empire.
has <06213> [he shall surely deal with him. Heb. in doing he shall do unto him.]
out <01644> [I have driven.]
Foreigners <02114> [strangers.]
mountains <02022> [upon.]
down <03381> [gone.]
trees <06086> [the end.]
high ........ appointed <05975 01363> [stand up in their height. or, stand upon themselves for their height. delivered.]
lower parts <08482> [the nether.]
lament <056> [I caused a.]
The deep and all the mighty rivers which cherished this fair tree are here described as mourning at his downfall: they stop their usual courses to bewail his fate, and Lebanon with all its stately trees, (his confederates and allies,) sympathise with him in his misfortunes.
black <06937> [mourn. Heb. be black.]
nations <01471> [made.]
down ........ descend <03381> [When I.]
trees <06086> [and all.]
comforted <05162> [shall be comforted.]
went down <03381> [went.]
allies <02220> [that were.]
lived <03427> [dwelt.]
Nahum 1:1--3:19
oracle <04853> [burden.]
Nineveh <05210> [Nineveh.]
Lord .... zealous ... avenging ...... avenging ........ vengeance <0410 07072 03068 05358> [God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth. or, The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger.]
avenging ...... avenging ........ vengeance <05358> [revengeth.]
[is furious. Heb. that hath fury.]
sustains ... rage <05201> [reserveth.]
slow <0750> [slow.]
great ... power <01419> [great.]
will certainly ........ unpunished <05352> [and will.]
billow <01870> [his way.]
shouts <01605> [rebuketh.]
dry up <03001> [and drieth.]
Bashan <01316> [Bashan.]
mountains <02022> [mountains.]
hills <01389> [the hills.]
earth <0776> [the earth.]
resist <05975> [can stand.]
<06965> [abide. Heb. stand up. his fury.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
fortress <04581> [strong hold. or, strength.]
time <03117> [in the.]
protects <03045> [and he.]
refuge <02620> [that.]
overwhelming <05674> [with.]
Nineveh <04725> [the place.]
darkness <02822> [darkness.]
plot <02803> [do.]
<06213> [he.]
entangled <05440> [while they be.]
drunkards <05433> [drunken.]
consumed <0398> [they shall.]
forth <03318> [one.]
wicked military <03289 01100> [wicked counsellor. Heb. counsellor of Belial.]
trickle away <05674> [Through, etc. or, If they would have been at peace, so should they have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and]
he should have passed away. yet.
destroyed <01494> [cut down. Heb. shorn.]
trickle away <05674> [pass.]
afflicted ..... afflict <06031> [I will.]
break <07665> [will I.]
tear apart <05423> [will burst.]
issued a decree <06680> [given.]
dynasty <08034> [that.]
temples <01004> [out.]
desecrate <07760> [I will make.]
accursed <07043> [for.]
mountains <02022> [upon.]
Celebrate <02287> [keep. Heb. feast. perform.]
wicked <01100> [the wicked. Heb. Belial.]
again <03254> [no.]
destroyed <03772> [he.]
scatter <06327> [He that dasheth in pieces. or, The disperser, or, hammer.]
Guard <05341> [keep.]
restore <07725> [hath.]
majesty ... Jacob ...... majesty <01347 03290> [excellency of Jacob as the excellency. or, the pride of Jacob as the pride.]
Lord ................... plundered <03068 01238> [for.]
dyed red <0119> [made.]
dressed in scarlet garments <08529> [in scarlet. or, dyed scarlet. flaming. or, fiery. the fir tree.]
chariots <07393> [chariots.]
look like <04758> [they shall seem. Heb. their show.]
orders <02142> [recount.]
officers <0117> [worthies. or, gallants. they shall stumble.]
covered siege tower <05526> [defence. or, covering, or, coverer.]
gates <08179> [gates.]
dissolves <04127> [dissolved. or, molten.]
<05324> [Huzzab. or, that which was established; or, there was a stand made. led away captive. or, discovered. doves.]
days <03117> [of old. or, from the days that she hath been.]
pool <01295> [like.]
Stop Stop <05975> [Stand.]
turns <06437> [look back. or, cause them to turn.]
Plunder .... Plunder <0962> [ye.]
end .... treasure <07097 08498> [for there is none end of the store. or, and their infinite store, etc.]
precious thing <03627 02532> [pleasant furniture. Heb. vessels of desire.]
Destruction <0950> [She is.]
Nineveh was taken and utterly ruined by Assuerus, or Cyaxares, king of Media, and Nabuchodonosor, or Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, B.C. 606, or 612. Diodorus, who with others ascribes the taking of it to Arbaces the Mede and Belesis the Babylonian, says that he "dispersed the citizens in the villages, levelled the city with the ground, transferred the gold and silver, of which there were many talents, to Ecbatana the metropolis of the Medes, and this subverted the empire of the Assyrians."
Destruction <0950> [empty.]
hearts <03820> [the heart.]
knees <01290> [the knees.]
churns <02479> [and much.]
face <06440> [and the faces.]
den <04583> [the dwelling.]
disturbed <02729> [none.]
filled <04390> [and filled.]
declares <05002> [I am.]
burn <01197> [I will burn.]
sword <02719> [and the sword.]
no longer <03772> [I will cut.]
voices <06963> [the voice.]
bloodshed <01818> [to.]
city .... bloodshed <05892 01818> [bloody city. Heb. city of bloods. full.]
chariot ........ chariot <06963> [noise.]
swords ... flash .... spears ... glimmer <02719 01300 02595 03851> [bright sword and the glittering spear. Heb. flame of the sword, and lightning of the spear.]
many people ........... countless <07230 07097> [and there.]
mistress who practices <01172> [the mistress.]
declares <05002> [I am. See on ch.]
strip off <01540> [I will discover.]
pelt <07993> [I will cast.]
contempt <05034> [make.]
make <07760> [will set.]
sees <07200> [that all.]
Nineveh <05210> [Nineveh.]
lament <05110> [who.]
more secure <03190> [thou.]
Thebes <04996 0527> [populous No. or, nourishing No. Heb. No-amon.]
waters <04325> [that had.]
Cush <03568> [Ethiopia.]
Put <06316> [Put.]
allies <05833> [thy helpers. Heb. in thy help.]
exile <01473> [she carried.]
infants <05768> [her young.]
head <07218> [at.]
cast <03032> [cast.]
drunkards .......... seek <07937 01245> [Thou also.]
Diodorus relates, that while the Assyrian army were feasting for their former victories, those about Arbaces being informed of their negligence and drunkenness, fell upon them unexpectedly, slew many, and drove the rest into the city.
drunkards <07937> [shalt be drunken.]
hiding <05956> [thou shalt be hid.]
drunkards .......... seek <07937 01245> [thou also.]
warriors <05971> [thy people.]
gates <08179> [the gates.]
bars <01280> [thy bars.]
Draw <07579> [Draw.]
Strengthen ............... strengthen <02388> [fortify.]
fire <0784> [shall the.]
consume ........... devour <0398> [it.]
Multiply ....... multiply ...... locust <03513 0697> [make thyself many as the locusts.]
stars <03556> [above.]
sheds ... skin <06584> [spoileth. or, spreadeth himself.]
shepherds <07462> [Thy shepherds.]
That is, the rulers and tributary princes, who, as Herodotus informs us, deserted Nineveh in the day of her distress, and came not to her succour. Diodorus also says, that when the enemy shut up the king in the city, many nations revolted; each going over to the besiegers for the sake of their liberty; that the king despatched messengers to all his subjects, requiring power from them to succour him, and that he thought himself able to endure the siege, and remained in expectation of armies which were to be raised throughout his empire, relying on the oracle, that the city would not be taken till the river became its enemy.
king <04428> [O King.]
officers <0117> [nobles. or, valiant ones.]
people <05971> [thy people.]
incurable <03545> [no.]
incurable <03545> [healing. Heb. wrinkling. the bruit.]
clap <08628> [shall.]
cruelty <07451> [upon.]
Zephaniah 2:13-15
attack <05186> [he will.]
make <07760> [will make.]
Flocks and herds <05739> [flocks.]
[commorant. or, pelican. upper lintels. or, knops, or chapiters.]
be exposed <06168> [for he shall uncover. or, when he hath uncovered. the cedar.]
once-proud <05947> [the rejoicing.]
No one <0657> [I am.]
heap of ruins <08047> [how is.]
passes <05674> [every.]
