Matthew Poole and continuators on Nahum 3:11

11 Thou also shalt be drunken , thou shalt be hid ; thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

O Nineveh,

not only taste, but drink deep, yea, be drunk with the bitter Cup of Gods displeasure, and thine Enemies rage, Isa. 29.9. Obad 16.

Either hide thy self, or be so weakned, and diminisht, that thou shalt no more appear, or else be as contemptible, laid by in some obscure place, fear and shame shall cover thee.

O Nineveh as well as Alexandria,

shalt sue for, and intreat assistance,

or from the Enemy, i. e. Either thus in thy distress thou shalt seek for strength from such as are really thine Enemies, though they make a league with thee; or thus, thou shalt beg protection from thy Enemy that hath captivated thee, and rely on the mercy of him against the rage of others.

Marginal references: Psal. 75.8. [illegible: 1 letter]er. 25.17.