Nahum 3:1-19
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.]
