1 The miserable ruin of Nineveh.

to. Isa 24:9 Eze 22:2,3 24:6-9 Hab 2:12 Zep 3:1-3

bloody city. Heb. city of bloods. full. 2:12 Isa 17:14 42:24 Ho 4:2

2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

noise. 2:3,4 Jud 5:22 Job 39:22-25 Isa 9:5 Jer 47:3

3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

bright sword and the glittering spear. Heb. flame of the sword, and lightning of the spear. 2:4 Ge 3:24 Hab 3:11

and there. Isa 37:36 Eze 31:3-13 39:4

4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

the mistress. Isa 23:15-17 47:9,12,13 Re 17:1-5 18:2,3,9,23

5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

I am. See on ch. 2:13 Eze 23:25

I will discover. Isa 47:2,3 Jer 13:22,26 Eze 16:37 23:29 Mic 1:11 Hab 2:16

6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.

I will cast. Job 9:31 30:19 Ps 38:5-7 La 3:16 Mal 2:2 1Co 4:13

make. 1:14 Job 30:8 Mal 2:9

will set. 1Ki 9:7,8 Isa 14:16-19 Jer 51:37 Zep 2:15 1Co 4:9 Heb 10:33 Jude 7

7 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?

that all. Nu 16:34 Jer 51:9 Re 18:10

Nineveh. 2:9,10 Jer 51:41-43 Re 18:16-19

who. Isa 51:19 Jer 15:5 La 2:13

8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

thou. Eze 31:2,3 Am 6:2

populous No. or, nourishing No. Heb. No-amon. Jer 46:25,26 Eze 30:14-16

that had. Isa 19:5-10

9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

Ethiopia. Isa 20:5 Jer 46:9

Put. Ge 10:6 1Ch 1:8 Eze 27:10 30:5 38:5

thy helpers. Heb. in thy help.

10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

she carried. Ps 33:16,17 Isa 20:4

her young. 2Ki 8:12 Ps 137:8 Isa 13:6 Ho 13:16 Am 1:13

at. La 2:19 4:1

cast. Joe 3:3 Ob 11

11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

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.

shalt be drunken. 1:10 Ps 75:8 Isa 29:9 49:26 63:6 Jer 25:15-27 51:57

thou shalt be hid. 1Sa 13:6 14:11 Isa 2:10,19 Ho 10:8 Am 9:3 Mic 7:17 Lu 23:30 Re 6:15-17

thou also. 2:1 Jer 4:5 8:14

12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

Hab 1:10 Re 6:13

13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

thy people. Isa 19:16 Jer 50:37 51:30

the gates. 2:6 Ps 107:16 Isa 45:1,2

thy bars. Ps 147:13 Jer 51:30

14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

Draw. 2Ch 32:3,4,11 Isa 22:9-11 37:25

fortify. 2:1 Isa 8:9 Jer 46:3,4,9 Joe 3:9-11

15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

shall the. 13 2:13 Zep 2:13

it. Joe 1:4 2:25

make thyself many as the locusts. Ex 10:13-15

16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.

above. Ge 15:5 22:17 Ne 9:23 Jer 33:22

spoileth. or, spreadeth himself.

17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

Re 9:7

18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

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. See on ch.

2:6 Ex 15:16 Ps 76:5,6 Isa 56:9,10 Jer 51:39,57

O King. Jer 50:18 Eze 31:3-18 32:22,23

nobles. or, valiant ones. Isa 47:1 Re 6:15

thy people. 1Ki 22:17 Isa 13:14

19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

no. Jer 30:13-15 46:11 Eze 30:21,22 Mic 1:9 Zep 2:13-15

healing. Heb. wrinkling. the bruit. Jer 10:22

shall. Job 27:23 Isa 14:8-21 La 2:15 Eze 25:6 Re 18:20

upon. 2:11,12 Isa 10:6-14 37:18 Re 13:7 17:2 18:2,3