John Trapp on Nahum 1:10

Ver. 10. For while they be folden together as thornes] And ſo can hardly be handled without hurt: God will burn them together in the ſame place 2 Sam. 23.7. as a man puts thorns folden, and that cannot eaſily be ſundred all together into the fire, where they make a ſudden blaze and are extinct. So will God deale with the Ninivites, not withſtanding their carnall combinations and confederacies.Junius Crocius.

and while they are drunken as drunkard[illegible: 1 letter] ] who are very quarrelſome, bragging and braving: but may be eaſily dealt with, and puſht down with one finger.

as ſtubble ſully dry] that hath long laine a ſunning, and ſo is very combuſtible. The wicked are oft compared to ſtubble, becauſe good for nothing but the fire: and when fully dry, when ripe for ruine, they ſhall be fully devoured, as ſome read the words. Ecq[illegible: 1 letter]em vero mihi dabis Rhetorem &c. as One ſaith of another text. But what gallant Rhetorick is here? well might God ſay Hoſ. 12.10. I have ſpoken alſo by the Prophets and uſed ſimilitudes &c. (See the Note there) here we have three in a breath; and all little enough to work on the hearts of the wicked, who are loth to beleeve the truth and certainty of Gods threats: but rather bleſſe themſelves when God curſeth Deut. 29.19.