John Trapp on Nahum 3:7

Ver. 7. And it ſhall come to paſs that all they [illegible: 1 letter]hat look upon thee ſhall flee from thee] Thou ſhalt be a very Magor-miſſabib a terrour to all that are round about thee: ſo that they ſhall decline thee and ſtand a loof off. Reſilient à te, they ſhall leape back from thee (faith the Vulgar tranſlation) as if they had trod upon a ſnake. Vbi ſimul hominum mores exprimit ſaith Gualther. This is the manner of moſt people: they meaſure friendſhip by profit, and ſhamefully forſake thoſe in adverſity, whom they were wont to follow and fawne upon in proſperity. David complaines of ſuch dealing, and Ovid, and many others.

And ſay, Niniveh is laid waſt] which moſt men held impoſſible,Tempera fuerint nubila ſolus eris. Cum fortuna per[illegible: 1 letter]t nulius amicus erit. and never looked to have ſeen ſuch a day. So Rome was called Aurea, and AEterna and the Romans once thought (as it is ſaid Dionyſius did) that the monarchy of the world had been tied unto them with chaines of adamant. But God confuted their golden dreames by breaking their Empire, and giving up their city ſix ſeverall times in one hundred thirty nine yeares, into the hands of the Barbarians: who exerciſed therein all kind of cruelty. Beſides that, it is obſerved that Rome ſince it became Papall was never beſieged by any enemy, but it was taken. The finall ruine of it is daily expected, according to that prophecy of St. John, Rev. 18.2. Lib. 8. Babylon is fallen, is fallen: and that other of Sibylla afore recited, Tota eris in cineres; quaſi nunquam Roma fuiſſes.

Who will bemoane her?] Heb. Who will move (his lips) for her. Some perhaps will ſhake his head, or ſhoot his bolt at her: but none open his mouth to bemone her. It was the juſt hand of God to ſet off all hearts, and ſhut up all mouthes from her, that had been ſo unreaſonably mercileſſe and hard-hearted. Iam. 2.13.

Whence ſhall I ſeek comforters for thee] q.d. So odious thou art, that none will do thee that good office: or if they would, ſo calamitous thou art that no comſort will faſten; For as to ſore eyes the gentleft medicine is troubleſome: ſo is comſort miniſtred to ſuch as are in an hopeleſſe condition. The care that taſteth words, as the mouth doth meat, is at ſuch a time imbittred, and out of taſt.