The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible Nahum 1:11
There is [one] come out of thee…
That is, out of Nineveh,
as the Targum explains it; meaning Sennacherib, who had his royal seat
and palace there; or Rabshakeh that was sent from hence by him with a
railing and blaspheming letter to the king of Judah, and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem. This is said to be at the present time of
writing this prophecy, though it was after it, because of the certainty
of it, as is usual in prophetic language; unless it can be thought that
this prophecy was delivered out exactly at the time when Sennacherib
had entered Judea, and was before the walls of Jerusalem; but not yet
discomfited, as after predicted:
that imagineth evil against the Lord;
against the people of the Lord,
as the Targum; formed a scheme to invade the land of Judea, take the
fenced cities thereof, and seize upon Jerusalem the metropolis of the
nation, and carry the king, princes, and all the people captive as
Shalmaneser his father had carried away the ten tribes:
a wicked counsellor;
or "a counsellor of Belial" F11; who, by
Rabshakeh, advised Israel not to regard their king, nor trust in their
God but surrender themselves up to him, (2 Kings 18:29-31) .
FOOTNOTES:
F11 (leylb Uewy) "consulens", Belijahai, Montanus; "consiliarius
Belijaal", Burkius.
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