Name: Commentary on Nahum
Author: Jefeth bin Ali

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Jefeth bin Ali, Commentary on Nahum

“ Thou hast produced many merchants who brought thee many goods. Dost thou imagine that they will last all the time ? Nay, they will be like the fly which descends to the ground, fills it, but after a time disappears so completely that not one remains. Thus all those merchants who visit thee will depart each one to his city.
17. Thy saints are as the locusts and thy patriarchs are like grasshoppers that alight on the walls in the cold day ; but when the sun rises they fly away, and their place is not known, where they are.
Nineveh's nobles and wealthy citizens will fly away like these locusts. ”

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Jefeth bin Ali, Commentary on Nahum

“ Behold thy people are like women in the midst of thee ; the gates of thy land have been conquered by thine enemies, fire has devoured thy bolts.
Thy people have neither courage nor discernment nor fighting power. ”

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Jefeth bin Ali, Commentary on Nahum

“ The chariots rage in the streets, they overflow in the roads [or they clatter] , their appearance is like torches, like lightnings do they run.
Having conquered the city the enemy fills the streets, roaring like mad men, not caring whom they slaughter.
6. He remembereth his grandees, they stumble in their march ; they rush to the walls of the city, and the bulwark is made secure.
This verse can be referred to the enemy as well as to the people of Nineveh. ”

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Jefeth bin Ali, Commentary on Nahum

“ A lion tears enough for his whelps, and strangles for his lionesses, he fills his caves with prey and his dens with rape.
The kings of Nineveh are compared to savage beasts. If applied to Babel, the words refer to Nebuchadnezzar, and to certain Persian and Arab rulers. Feeding-place for the lions means that they absorb, in form of tribute, the substance of other countries.
14. Behold I am (coming) against thee with revenge, says the Eternal God, I will burn their chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young loins ”

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Jefeth bin Ali, Commentary on Nahum

“ The women and old men have been spared, but all the young men are dead.
11. Thou also, Nineveh, shalt be drunken, thou shalt be hid ; thou also shalt seek the stronghold because of the enemy.
Thou shalt be drunken with misfortunes, and not remain in men's mind, as was the lot of other nations. Thou shalt live in protection (dimma) just as Israel, [dimma is the conditiou of protection under which Jews and Christians live in Moslem lands by paying the poll-tax.] ”

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Jefeth bin Ali, Commentary on Nahum

“ Thus far the prophet speaks of the world as a whole, but all the following verses of the book relate to Nineveh. Should Babel be meant, then ' the torrent ' refers to the ' Kings of the North ' (see Dan. xi. 40, 44; Margoliouth, p. 41) .
9. What do ye devise next to the Lord ? he is making a full end ; disaster will not stand against ye twice.
The people of Nineveh must not believe that God will only destroy one part of the city and save the other ; he will destroy all with one blow. ”

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Jefeth bin Ali, Commentary on Nahum

“ The people of Nineveh, after having reached the limit of oppress- ing Israel, will be destroyed like thorns by fire. The words drenched in their drink mean : As they measured out drink to other nations, so will God mete out to them the cup of intoxica- tion. The last four words of the verse should be connected with the first four (see Introduction, p. 11) .
11. Out of thee goeth forth one who devise th evil against the Lord, one that counsels iniquity.
The kings of Assyria went forth to destroy Israel. If referred to Babel, the Little Horn is meant. ”

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