John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots," — Nahum 3:2 (ASV)
The noise of a whip
Of a horseman or chariot driver whipping his horses to make speed to Nineveh, and enter into it, so near as to be heard by the inhabitants of it; and is thus represented in order to strike terror into them:
and the noise of the rattling of the wheels ;
that is, of the chariots upon the stones, whose drivers drove Jehu like, making the utmost haste they could to get in first, and seize the prey:
and of the pransing horses ;
or bounding steeds, upon a full gallop; either with horsemen on them riding full speed to partake of the booty; or in chariots, in which they caper and prance, and shake the ground as they go; hence it follows:
and of the jumping chariots ;
which, through the swiftness of the motion, seem to leap and dance as they run along.