a The Lord confirms the prediQion, by drclaring how it thould be done. b E'rc lonz, and in few years after this was done, tho! we cannot preciſely determine how ſoon it was. c As that whici: is bro- ken intopieces. d Senacherib's, or rather the tyranny and oppreffin of the. Aſſrian Kinzdom. e O Iſrael and Feruſalem. f Thoſe unjuſt Impofitions and Edits,which as ſtrong bonds faſtyed his heavy voke upon thy neck. They are the bonds of A4ſhriz as laid upon 1/rae!, they are Iſrael's bonds as born by Iſrael.
14 And the LORD & hath given a commandment h concerning thee 7, zhat no more of thy name be fown # : out of the houſe / of thy gods m7 will I cut oit 22 tne graven image o, and the molten image p - I will make thy grave g, for thou art vile 7. be;
2 God of Iſrael, againſt whom thou imagineſt Evil. h Determin'd
with himſelf, and given charge to the Aedes, which in due Seaſon they willobſerve, and with affiſtance of the Chaleans will tully ex- ccute. 7 Or agiintt thee Senacherib, thy royal Family, and the whole Kingdom of A(ſjziz. þ Tho? Eſarhaddon ſon to this Senachertb did ſucceed his Father, yet may it be rather ſaid he was never ſown, he never took root, but like ſecd that falling on the ſurface of the Earth, there withers and dics : or elſe none ſhall bear rhy Name ard Title ; but hercafter thy kingdom ſhall be ſwallowed up by the pawer,and filenced in the name of Babylonian or Chaldean Monar- chy./ Temples built for their Heatlieniſh Worſhip. mIdols incimating the number of them, and the chiefeſt of them. n Deſtroy and aboliſh, ſo idolatrous conquerors were God's Servants to cut off 1dolatrous Worſhip, and idols of the conquered Nations 3 ſo did this Senache- rib, 2 Kings 18. 33, 34+ Iz. 37. 15. deftroy the Idols of the Conque- red, ſo ſhould they do againit the 4ſſrian Idols who were appointed of God to waſte Nineveh, o Either it reſpe@&cth- the univerſal deſtru- dion of the Idols all cut off, notone left : or rather ſome one more noted, dependedon, worſhipp'd, call'd Iſa. 37. 33. Niſroch, by ſome thought to be the Sun, but nothing in particular 1s elſewhere recor- ded of this Ido! or its worfhip. p Added either to intimate that all idols ſhould fall in the future ruine of the Kingdom, or to ler us know that the worth of the Metal of which the Image was made, and the curiofity of the Work, nor yct the pretext ot Sacred as a Gcd, ſhuuld be any Safeguard to it. q L hou ſhalt nor have a royal magnificent Tomb made by thy Succeifor,or ſuch as honor thee; but thou ſhalt be cither buried in obſcurity, or el'c thy tomb ſhall relate thy vileneſs, as 'tis reported it did by this Inſcription under Senache- ribs ſtatue in an Ezyptian Temple , "Fig 44s Tis ogy *evTeGns £50, learn to fearGed who lookelt on me.rDeſpiſed ſince thy defeat before Zeruſalem, orrather haſt been a vile prophane deſpiſer of God, whom thou kafſt blaſphemed avd reproached, and an oppreflor of Men, whom thou haft lain or enſlaved, unworthy of Lite, and unworthy of 2 Grave when dead.
15 * Behold s upon the mountains 7 the feet of him tzar brinzern good ridings #, that publiſheth x peace y - Q Tudah, t keep thy 1olemn feaits 5, perform thy vows a : fort the wicked b ſhall no more pals through
c tlice, he is utterly cut off .
s As this ſpeaks ſome unexpeRed thing, ſo it calls for our heed- ing and minding of it, Over whichhe muſt needs come that either came from the Aſſ»+7an Camp where the miraculous {laughter was madce,cr from Xineveh, where the fugitive defeated tyrant was ſlain
mary mountains invironing Feruſalem, and lying diſperſed in Fudea, |
over which the meſſengers came, who brought news of Senachertb's. Ecirh, or downfal cf the Aſſyrian Kingdom. # Good news indeed to an oppreiſed and weakned people, at which they might well rejoyce 1- deed, 1f it be coufidered what this tyrant intended,vid. T/a. io. from v. 5-to the end of the chap. Now he is dead who defigned the Miſ- chieit. x Proclaimeth and tells to every one he meets. y Not by Ieague or triendſhip with the Aſſyrian, but as the conſequent of his death, and overthrow of his Kingdom. x Be carctul to ſerve God, and worſhiphim ye that are his people. a Made in thy deep diftrcſs whenall ſeemed loft and folorn,
c Neither as a conqueror who beareth all down betorc him, nor as a triumpherglorying in his Acquiſts, which in progreſs he takes view ot. Yes arifing on the {ſlaughter of his Army,and an Anarchy, or Interreg- num, whilft the rwo brethren parricides warr'd with the third for tie Crown, and ell three were in that jundure as in an opportune ſeaſon. invaded, ſubdued and deſtroyed by Merodach Balandan King of Babylin, vid. If4. ic. tot.
C.HIJA P. II.
Toe fearful and vidtorious armies of God agninſt the Ninevites, becauſe of their tyranny againſt the people of God, 1 = 13.
1 || E a that datheth in picccs þ is come up be-
tore thy face c : keep the munition C, watch
the way &, make rh loins ftrong /, tortifie zby power g mightily.
a Some by miſtilc refer this to Senxchertb ; *tis more rightly re-
ferred to the Medes or Srythiarns. or to the Chaldeans, all which did
N A H U M.
b That wicked Counſellor, |
wer. 11. the violent oppreifor, proud Senacherib, who ſhall fall by | -_ Light of flaming Torchescarried in them, the Chariots an che ſword,orrather is fallen by it, in his own land, when this Meſſen- ; like ſo many great Flambeaus,very dangerous and terrible. hBoth to
ger of glad ridings camc, Iſz. 37. 7. with 37th and 38th verſes. |
a Murdered by his ſons, his kingdom ſhaken by inteſtine rrou- |
lomewhat againſt che Affyrians. b Thar as a heavy and trons Ham. mer breaks into pieces, and thea with his Arm ſcattcreth the bra- ken pieces, ſo ſnall the deftrover of Nineveh do, as a Maul) fo the
Word Pro.25.18.) or azthe wind ſcatters ſmoak, ſo the word Þ/;. 68. 2. c Azainſt thee. and 1s within fight; from thy Watch-Tow- crs on thy Frontiers thou mayeſt deſcry his Avant Guards.d The Pro- phet derides Nin-veb, and foretels ail will be to no purpoſe: ſhe ſhat{ never be able to withſtand, ſo as to conquer, re-enferce thy Gari- ſons, yet they ſhall fall. e Know which way he comes, that thoy mavett barocado the way, or ſet Ambuſhes. f Encourage thy So]- dicrs, and make them valiant as thou canft, chooſe out che ableſt and moſt undaunted. g Gather up all thou canft for the war.cncreafe thy Armies,fill up thy Companies, engage Afffiſtarce from abroad,nothing ſhall avail thee.