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John Trapp on Nahum 1:15

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Nahum1:15

Verſe 15. Behold upon the mountains the feet of him, &c.] This Behold is as the ſound of a trumpet before ſome Proclamation, to beſpeak attention. Jeruſalem is ſurrounded with mountains, Pſal. 125.2. and on the mountains a voice may bee heard afarre off.Pedes Evangelizantis. Vulg. The feet of him that bringeth good tidings,] Or, Of an Evangeliſt, that brings news of Sennacheribs ruine: but-eſpecially of Satan ſubdued by Chriſt, which is the ſumme of all the good news in theworld, Luke 2.10.

that publiſheth peace] Pacem omnimodam; externall, internall, eternall, peace of countrey, and of conſcience, by Chriſt who is our peace: It is uſuall with the Prophets to riſe from earthly things to heavenly, from corporalls to ſpiritualls. See Rom. 10.15. Eſay 52.7.

O Iudah keep thy ſolemn feaſts, &c.] which hitherto hindered by the enemy, thou haſt intermitted. Perform thy vows, (made in the day of thy diſtreſſe) bring preſents to him that ought to be feared. Pſal. 76.11. 2 Chro. 32.23

for the wicked] Heb. Belial, that ſtigmaticall Belialiſt Sennacherib, that lawleſſe, yokeleſſe, maſterleſſe monſter, that merum ſcelus, that is ſo portentouſly, ſo peerleſly vitious.

He is utterly cut off] His Army by the Angel, himſelf by his ſonnes, his Monarchy by the Babylonians. See Eſay 27.1, 2.

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