John Trapp on Nahum 3:17

Verſe 17. Thy crowned are as the locuſts] i. e. thy Barons (ſaith Diodate) and great Lords, wearing diadems and wreaths, in token of dignity: ſuch a Nazarite (that's the Hebrew word here) was Joſeph, Gen. 49.26. becauſe ſeparate and exempt from other men, as a Chieſtain. Calvin likewiſe rendreth it, thy Princes: the Vulgar Latin, thy Keepers. Some others, thy Nazarites, or, thy religious perſons, ſet apart from the common ſort, to pray for the cities ſafety. Such were thoſe Chemarims, or Chimney-chaplains among the Jews, Hoſ. 10.5. Zeph. 1.4. Such are the Mailers among the Turks, who call them, the religious brothers of love; and the ſhaveling-Mendicants among the Papiſts. Theſe locuſts are, Rev. 9.7. ſaid to have on their heads, Turk hiſt. 477. as it were crowns like gold.

and thy Captains as the great graſhoppers] Heb. as the graſhoppers of graſhoppers, by an Hebraiſme, like that, King of kings, ſong of ſongs, &c. The word rendred Captains, is foraigne; R. David and others render it, Imperator, Dux, Princeps. It ſeemeth to be a name of dignity among the Aſſyrians, as Zaphnath-paaneah was among the Egyptians, Gen. 41.45. Theſe are called graſhoppers, and locuſts, for their uſeleſneſſe, and fearfulneſſe.

which camp in the hedges] ſc. Of the gardens or vineyards, And they are ſaid to camp, in regard of their multitudes, as if they were an army of them. See Joel 2. The Prophet taxeth here Nineveh's vain confidence in her confederates, and ſuch other hanger-on, as might truly ſay, Nos numeri ſumus, fruges conſumere nati. We are men of no great moment, ſuch as Ariſtophanes in Plutarch prettily played upon, when he ſaid, [non-Latin text not transcribed], i. e. Quaeſtoraes, bubones.

but when the Sun ariſeth, they flee away] So theſe trencher-flies, when they have ſerved their own turns upon thee, and now ſee the tempeſt of warre growing on amain, they worſhip the riſing Sun, keep themſelves on the warm ſide of the hedge, leave thee to ſhift as thou canſt, and ſeek out for themſelves a better fortune.