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 gates of the rivers, have been opened, - and, the palace, doth quake.

There falleth upon them a terror and dread, With the greatness of thine arm, are they struck dumb as a stone, - Till thy people pass over O Yahweh, Till the people pass over, which thou hast made thine own: -

The valiant of heart have become a spoil, They have slumbered their sleep, And none of the men of might have found their hands.

All ye beasts of the field! come ye to devour, All ye beasts in the forest.

When they are heated, I will spread their banquets, And let them drink that they may become uproarious, So shall they sleep an age-abiding sleep and not wake, - Declareth Yahweh.

O king

Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Behold me! bringing punishment against the king of Babylon, and against his land, - Just as I brought punishment against the king of Assyria.

Lo! Assyria, was a cedar in Lebanon, Beautiful in bough and Dense in foliage and Lofty in stature, - and Among the clouds, came to be his top:

There, is Assyria with all her gathered host, Round about him, are his graves, All of them thrust through, The fallen by the sword:

Nobles

Down - and sit in the dust, O virgin Daughter of Babylon, Sit on the ground - throneless, Daughter of the Chaldeans; For thou shalt no more be called Tender and Dainty.

And, the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rulers of thousands, and the rich, and the mighty, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves within the caves and within the rocks of the mountains;

Thy people

And he said - I saw all Israel, scattered among the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd, - so Yahweh said, These have, no masters, let them return every man unto his own house, in peace.

And it shall be - Like a gazelle that is chased, And like a sheep with none to lift it up, - Each, to his own people, will they turn, And, each, to his own land, will they flee: