Nahum 2:8-9

8 Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Now they are fleeing; "Stop, stop," But ¹no one turns back.

9 Plunder the silver! Plunder the ²gold! For there is no limit to the treasure - Wealth from every kind of desirable object.

Nahum 2:8-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NAHUM 2

This chapter gives an account of the destruction of the city of Nineveh; describes the instruments of it as very terrible and powerful, and not to be resisted, Na 2:1-4. The manner of taking it, the flight of its inhabitants, and the spoil of its riches and treasures, Na 2:5-10 and the king and the princes thereof, compared to a lion, and a lion's whelp, are insulted as being without a den or dwelling place, because of their cruelty and ravening, for which the Lord was against them, and threatened them with utter ruin, which he brought upon them, Na 2:11-13.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 46:5; Jeremiah 47:3
• 2. Revelation 18:12, 16