Nahum 3:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Jeremiah 51:39

O king

Jeremiah 50:18

Ezekiel 31:3

Ezekiel 32:22

Nobles

Isaiah 47:1

Revelation 6:15

Thy people

1 Kings 22:17

Isaiah 13:14

Bible References

Thy shepherds

The river doorways are forced open, and the king's house is flowing away.

Fear and grief came on them; by the strength of your arm they were turned to stone; till your people went over, O Lord, till the people went over whom you have made yours.

Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.

All you beasts of the field, come together for your meat, even all you beasts of the wood.

When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.

O king

So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on the king of Babylon and on his land, as I have given punishment to the king of Assyria.

See, a pine-tree with beautiful branches and thick growth, giving shade and very tall; and its top was among the clouds.

There is Asshur and all her army, round about her last resting-place: all of them put to death by the sword:

Nobles

Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.

And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;

Thy people

Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.

And it will be that, like a roe in flight, and like wandering sheep, they will go every man to his people and to his land.