Nahum 3:1

Verse 1. Blood. Nemrod established his power by shedding blood. Genesis 10. Ninus, who built Ninive, and his successors were also bloody. After 1200 years the empire decayed under Sardanapalus, as historians agree. Yet it continued longer, according to the Scriptures and Ribera, till the Chaldees destroyed it, when it had subsisted about 1440 years. It was even possessed of great power after the return of the Jews from Babylon, as Eus. Saint Augustine V. Bede, and so forth write. Worthington.—Depart. Septuagint “be touched.” Bible.—He continues the metaphor of the lion seizing its prey. Here the last chapter should end.