Nahum 3:18

Asleep are thy shepherds, O king of Assyria, thy nobles, must needs rest. Scattered are thy people upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17Thy mercenary crowds, are like the swarming locust, and, thy mixed multitudes, like locusts—swarms of locusts,—which settle in the hedges on a cold day, the sun, hath broken forth, and they are in flight, and unknown is the place where they are!

19No lessening of thine injury, grievous is thy wound,—all who have heard the report of thee, have clapped their hands over thee, for, upon whom, hath not thy cruelty passed without ceasing?

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:17And he said—I saw all Israel, scattered among the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd,—so Yahweh said, These have, no masters, let them return every man unto his own house, in peace.

Isaiah 13:14And it shall be—Like a gazelle that is chased, And like a sheep with none to lift it up,—Each, to his own people, will they turn, And, each, to his own land, will they flee:

Isaiah 56:9All ye beasts of the field! come ye to devour, All ye beasts in the forest.

Jeremiah 51:39When they are heated, I will spread their banquets, And let them drink that they may become uproarious, So shall they sleep an age-abiding sleep and not wake,—Declareth Yahweh.

Ezekiel 31:3Lo! Assyria, was a cedar in Lebanon, Beautiful in bough and Dense in foliage and Lofty in stature,— and Among the clouds, came to be his top:

Ezekiel 32:22There, is Assyria with all her gathered host, Round about him, are his graves, All of them thrust through, The fallen by the sword:

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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