Matthew Poole and continuators on Nahum 2:8
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Nahum2:8
8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water, , yet they shall flee away, Stand, stand , shall they cry; but none shall look back h.
A very antient City, of great renown and strength,
Very populous, like a Pool of Water which hath been long breeding of fish, and is full of them.
Yet these multitudes shall not be a safety, or protection to Nineveh, they shall flee away discomfited and terrified;
As Officers call to flying Souldiers, and 'tis doubled to shew the earnestness of the Commanders desiring the Souldier to stand and fight.
The Chieftains, and most valiant among the Ninevites:
A Panick fear shall so possess them, that non[illegible: 1 letter] of them shall dare to turn again, nor to look back upon the Enemy.
Marginal references: Or, from the [illegible: 1 word] that she [illegible: 1 letter]ath been.; Or, caus[illegible: 1 letter] them [illegible: 1 span].
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