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But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back.
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The Deceptive Pool
Commentators explain that Nineveh being "like a pool of water" symbolized its apparent strengths: a vast, stable population and immense wealth. However, this image also implies stagnation and corruption. The prophecy shows how this perceived strength would become its weakness, as the people would flee in chaos, like water bursting from a broken dam.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But Nineveh has long been like a pool of water—that is, of many peoples (Revelation 17:1), gathered from all quarters and settle…
19th Century
Anglican
We prefer to adopt the slight change of reading favoured by the Septuagint (mêymeyhâ for mîmêy hî) and to render it as follows: <…
16th Century
Protestant
The prophet here anticipates a doubt that might have weakened confidence in his words. Nineveh not only flourished in power, but it had also confir…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But Nineveh [is] of old like a pool of water This was a very ancient city, built by Nimrod, as some say; or rather by Ash…
Nineveh shall not avert this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. A parti…