1 The fearful and victorious armies of God against Nineveh.

He that dasheth in pieces. or, The disperser, or, hammer. Isa 14:6 Jer 25:9 50:23 51:20-23

keep. 3:14,15 2Ch 25:8 Jer 46:3-10 51:11,12 Joe 3:9-11

2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

hath. Isa 10:5-12 Jer 25:29

excellency of Jacob as the excellency. or, the pride of Jacob as the pride. Zep 3:11

for. Ge 49:22,23 Ps 80:12,13 Jer 49:9 Ho 10:1

3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

made. Isa 63:1-3 Zec 1:8 6:2 Re 6:4 12:3

in scarlet. or, dyed scarlet. flaming. or, fiery. the fir tree. Isa 14:8 Zec 11:2

4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

chariots. 3:2,3 Isa 37:24 66:15 Jer 4:13 Eze 26:10 Da 11:40

they shall seem. Heb. their show.

5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

recount. Isa 21:5 Jer 50:29 51:27,28

worthies. or, gallants. they shall stumble. 3:3 Isa 5:27 Jer 46:12

defence. or, covering, or, coverer.

6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

gates. Isa 45:1,2

dissolved. or, molten. 2Pe 3:10,11

7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

Huzzab. or, that which was established; or, there was a stand made. led away captive. or, discovered. doves. Isa 38:14 59:11 Lu 23:27,48

8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

of old. or, from the days that she hath been. Ge 10:11

like. Jer 51:13 Re 17:1,15

Stand. 3:17 Isa 13:14 47:13 48:20 Jer 50:16 51:30

look back. or, cause them to turn.

9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

ye. Isa 33:1,4 Jer 51:56

for there is none end of the store. or, and their infinite store, etc. 12,13

pleasant furniture. Heb. vessels of desire. 2Ch 36:10 Jer 25:34 Eze 26:12 Da 11:8*margins

10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

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.

empty. 3:7 Ge 1:2 Isa 13:19-22 14:23 24:1 34:10-15 Jer 4:23-26 Jer 51:62 Zep 2:13-15 3:6 Re 18:21-23

the heart. Jos 2:11 Ps 22:14 Isa 13:7,8

the knees. Da 5:6

and much. Isa 21:3 Jer 30:6

and the faces. Joe 2:6

11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

the dwelling. 3:1 Job 4:10,11 Isa 5:29 Jer 2:15 4:7 50:17,44 Eze 19:2-8 Zep 3:3

none. Ge 49:9 Isa 31:4

12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

and filled. Ps 17:12 Isa 10:6-14 Jer 51:34

13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

I am. 3:5 Jer 21:13 50:31 51:25 Eze 5:8 26:3 28:22 29:3,10 Eze 35:3 38:3 39:1

I will burn. Jos 11:9 2Ki 19:23 Ps 46:9

and the sword. Isa 31:8,9 37:36-38

I will cut. 3:1,12 Isa 33:1-4 49:24,25

the voice. 2Ki 18:17,19,27-35 19:9,23 2Ch 32:9-16,19