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Nahum 1:11

Nahum 1:11
There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

There is one come out of thee - that is, Nineveh, “that imagineth” deviseth, , “evil, Lord, Sennacherib, against the the rod of God’s anger” Isa 10:5-7, yet who “meant not so,” as God meant. “And this…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Imagineth evil against the Lord - Such were Pul, Kg2 15:10, Tiglath-pileser, Kg2 15:29; Shalmaneser, Kg2 17:6; and Sennacherib, Kg2 18:17; Kg2 19:23.

A wicked counsellor - Sennacherib and Rabshakeh.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Nahum 1:9-15

These verses seem to point at the destruction of the army of the Assyrians under Sennacherib, which may well be reckoned a part of the burden of Nineveh, the head city of the Assyrian empire, and a…