John Trapp on Nahum 3:5

Verſe 5. Behold I am againſt thee ſaith the Lord] And I need ſay no more; wert thou but ſenſible of thy miſery herein. Be not thou a terrour to me O Lord, ſaith Jeremiah, and then let what will elſe befall me: I ſhall the better beare it. Doe not you fall upon me your ſelves, ſaid Sampſon to his country men,Judg. 15.12. that came to bind him: and then for the Philiſtines I ſhall order them well enough: ſo faith the good ſoul, Let not God ſet againſt me &c. Tyrants and Oppreſſours ſhal be ſure to have him thei enemy: and this he telles them here againe and againe: to beat downe their vaine conſidence in their greatneſſe: whereby they think to beare down all before them.

And I will diſcover thy ſkirts upon thy face] i.e. I will turne up thy clothes about thy eares: and ſo ſhew all to, thine utter diſgrace; a fit puniſhment for ſo filthy a harlot. Eſa. 47.3. Ier. 13, 22. Eze. 16.37.

And I will ſhew the nations thy nakedneſſe] which nature teacheth to cover:therefore when a man hath committed a ſinne, he bluſheth:Acts & Mon. Honos ſit auri-bus. the bloud as it were would cover the ſinne, that mother of ſhame Rev. 3.18. that the ſhame of thy nakedneſſe may not appeare. The whore of Babylon is, and more and more ſhall be ſerved on this ſort: Rev. 17.16. Aſore God, ye are all bare-toul'd ſaid Mr. Philpot Martyr to the Popiſh Synod, before whom he was convented. The kings of the earth ſhall make Rome deſolate and naked. Luther and many other Proteſtant writers have done it already, by laying her open in her colours to the world: taking the the ſame boldneſſe and liberty to diſcover her lewdneſſe, that ſhe did to commit it.

And the kingdoms, thy ſhamo] who ſhall therehence ſlight thee and hate thee, together with all thy policies and ſuperſtitions, wherby thou haſt enſlaved them.