Nahum 3:17

Thy commanders are as the swarming locusts, 1 and thy officials as the great grasshoppers, 1 which camp in the hedges on a cold day, 1 but when the shemesh ariseth they flee away, 1 and their place is whereabouts unknown. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thy 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.

In Context

16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the kokhavim of HaShomayim; 1 but, like the locust, they strip the land, then fly away. 1

18Thy ro'im (shepherds) slumber, O melech of Ashur (Assyria); 1 thy nobles sleep; 1 thy people are scattered upon the mountains, 1 and no man gathereth them. 1

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Cross References

Jeremiah 51:27Lift ye up a nes (banner) in ha'aretz, 1 blow the shofar among the Goyim, 1 prepare the Goyim against her, 1 call together against her the mamlechot 1 of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; 1 appoint a commander against her; 1 cause the sus to come up like the swarming locusts. 1

Revelation 9:7And the appearances of the arbeh (locusts) were like susim (horses) having been prepared for milchamah (war), and on the heads of them what looked like atarot (diadems) of zahav (gold) and the faces were like the faces of Bnei Adam. + 9:7 Yoel 2:4; Dan 7:8

Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:9-19

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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