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Nahum 3:18 KJV
Nahum · chapter 3 · verse 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.Nahum 3:18 · King James Version
Nahum 3:18 in context
16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.
17Thy 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.
18Thy 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.
19There 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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- shepherdsrâʻâhto tend a flockH7462 →
- scatteredpûwshto spreadH6335 →
- mountainshara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- slumbernûwmto slumberH5123 →
- AssyriaʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of ShemH804 →
- noblesʼaddîyrwide or largeH117 →
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Nineveh has been told that God is against her, and then none can be for her, to stand her in any stead; yet she sets God himself at defiance, and his power and justice, and says, I shall have peace. Threatened folks live long;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-19