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 water ports shall be opened, and the king's palace shall fall.

Let fear and dread fall upon them through the greatness of thine arm, and let them be as still as a stone, while thy people pass through, O LORD; while the people pass through, which thou hast gotten.

The proud shall be robbed and sleep their sleep, and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.

All the beasts of the field, and all the beasts of the wood, shall come to devour him.

In their heat I shall set drink before them, and they shall be drunken for joy: Then shall they sleep an everlasting sleep, and never wake, sayeth the LORD.

O king

Therefore thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: Behold, I will visit the king of Babylon and his kingdom, as I have visited the king of the Assyrians.

Behold, Assyria was like a Cedar tree upon the mount of Lebanon, with fair branches: so thick, that he gave shadows, and shot out very high. His top reached into the clouds.

Assyria is there also with his company, and their graves round about, which were slain and fell all with the sword,

Nobles

But as for thee O daughter, thou virgin Babylon, thou shalt sit in the dust. Thou shalt sit upon the ground, and not in a throne, O thou maiden of Chaldea. Thou shalt no more be called tender and pleasant.

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and in rocks of the hills,

Thy people

Then he said, "I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have no shepherds. And the LORD said, 'Those have no master; let them return, every man to his house in peace.'"

And Babylon shall be as a hunted or chased doe, and as a flock without a shepherd. Every man shall turn to his own people, and flee each one into his own land.