Nahum 1:12

Filipino Cebuano Bible

12 Mao kini ang giingon ni Jehova: Bisan sila mga sangkap sa kusog, ug ingon man ang daghanan, bisan pa niana sila pagaputlon ug siya mahanaw. Bisan ikaw gisakit ko, dili ko na pagasakiton ikaw pag-usab.

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cut down: Heb. shorn, Isaiah 7:20

pass: Nahum 1:15, Exodus 12:12, Isaiah 8:8, Daniel 11:10

Through: etc. or, If they would have been at peace, so should they have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and he should have passed away. yet. 2 Kings 19:35, 2 Kings 19:37, Isaiah 10:32-34, Isaiah 14:24-27, Isaiah 17:14, Isaiah 30:28-33, Isaiah 31:8, Isaiah 37:36

I will: Isaiah 30:19, Isaiah 51:22, Isaiah 60:18-20, Joel 2:19, Revelation 7:16

Reciprocal: Isaiah 10:34 - cut down Jeremiah 49:31 - that Amos 5:17 - I will

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord, though [they be] quiet, and likewise many,.... The Assyrian army under Sennacherib before Jerusalem, though they were quiet and secure and thought themselves out of all danger; not at all fearing that the besieged would sally out against them they being so numerous, and therefore betook themselves to sleep and rest:

yet thus shall they be cut down; or "shorn" l; as the wool is shorn off the back of a sheep with sheers; or grass or corn is mowed with a scythe; or else as the hair of a man's head and beard are shaved with a razor; which sometimes was done, not only in a way of ignominy and contempt, as David's servants were served by Hanun, 2 Samuel 10:4; but as a token of servitude; hence those words of the poet m,

"after thou art a servant, dost thou let thy hair grow?''

upon which it is observed n, that it belongs to freemen to let the hair grow; and so the philosopher says o, to let the hair grow, or to nourish it, is commendable with a Lacedemonian, for it is a sign of liberty; for it is not for him who lets his hair grow to do any servile work; and it was usual with conquerors to shave the conquered, and such as were carried captives p, which some think is referred to in

Deuteronomy 32:42; and render the latter clause of that verse,

"and there shall be captivity, by reason of the head of nakedness of the enemy;''

that is, there should be captives whose heads should be made bare, or shaved by the enemy the conqueror q; hence the king of Assyria, when a conqueror, is compared to a sharp razor, that should shave the head, and feet, and beard, even all sorts of people, Isaiah 7:20; but now he and his army should be shaved themselves; that is, conquered, slain, or taken captives, and become slaves, and treated with contempt; all which may be taken into the sense of this phrase, and serve to illustrate it:

when he shall pass through; when the angel should pass through the camp of the Assyrians, then were they cut down by him in great numbers, a hundred and fourscore and five thousand slain at once, 2 Kings 19:35;

though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more: or "any longer" r; though the Lord had afflicted the people of the Jews by the Assyrian king, the rod of his anger, again and again, yet after this he would afflict them no more by him; for otherwise they were afflicted afterwards, yet not by the Assyrians, but by the Babylonians, Syrians, and Romans, Some understand this, as before, of the Ninevites and Assyrians, that should be utterly destroyed at once, and their affliction should not be a second time; see Nahum 1:9; so Abarbinel: or, "I will not hear thee any more" s; as he did formerly, when they repented at the preaching of Jonah.

l נגוזו "tonsi", Junius Tremellius, Piscator. m επειτα δητα δουλος ων κομην εχεις Aristophanes in Avibus, p. 584. n Scholia Graec. in ib. o Aristotel. Rhetor. l. 1. c. 9. p "Tonsa comas imo Barathri claudere recessu", Claudian in Ruffin. l. 1. prope finem. Vid. Barthium in ib. q Lydius de Re Militari, l. 6. c. 6. p. 237. r לא עוד "non ultra", Pagninus, Montanus "non amplius", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius. s לא אענך עוד "non exaudiam te amplius", Burkius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though they be quiet and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down - Literally, “If they be entire,” i. e., sound unharmed, unimpaired in their numbers, unbroken in their strength, undiminished, perfect in all which belongs to war; “and thus many even thus shall they be mown down (or shorn), and he passeth away” . With might outwardly unscathed, “without hand” Daniel 2:34, and “thus many,” i. e., many, accordingly, as being unweakened; as many as they shall be, “so shall they be mown down, and he,” their head and king, “shall pass away and perish” (compare Psalms 48:4). Their numbers shall be, as their condition before, perfect; their destruction as their numbers, complete. It is wonderful how much God says in few words; and how it is here foretold that, with no previous loss, a mighty host secure and at ease, in consequence of their prosperity, all are at one blow mown down, like the dry grass before the scythe, are cut off and perish; and one, their king, “passeth away,” first by flight, and then by destruction. As they had shorn the glory of others Isaiah 7:20, so should they be shorn and cut down themselves.

Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more - ^o. Unless by new guilt thou compel Me. God always relieves us from trouble, as it were with the words, “sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee” John 5:14. In the end, afflictions shall be turned into joy, and “God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be anymore paid” Revelation 21:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nahum 1:12. Though they be - many — Sennacherib invaded Judea with an army of nearly two hundred thousand men.

Thus shall they be cut down — The angel of the Lord (a suffocating wind) slew of them in one night one hundred and eighty-five thousand, 2 Kings 19:35.