Nahum 2:13

“Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, etc.] Against Nineveh, and the whole Assyrian empire, for such rapine, violence, and oppression, their kings had been guilty of; and if he, who is the Lord of hosts, of all the armies of heaven and earth, was against them, nothing but ruin must inevitably ensue: or, “I come unto thee”f66; or will shortly come unto thee, and reckon with thee for all this; will visit thee in a way of wrath and vengeance. The Targum is, “behold, I will send my fury upon thee:” and I will burn her chariots in the smoke; either those in which the inhabitants of Nineveh rode in great splendour about the city; or those which were used in war with their enemies;…”

“Behold I, Myself, am against thee - (Literally, “toward thee”). God, in His long-suffering, had, as it were, looked away from him; now He looked toward (as in Psalms 37:20) him, and in His sight what wicked one should stand? “Saith the Lord of hosts,” whose power is infinite and He changes not, and all the armies of heaven, the truly angels and evil spirits and men are in His Hand, whereto He directs or overrules them. “And I will burn her chariots in the smoke.” The Assyrian sculptures attest how greatly their pride and strength lay in their chariots. They exhibit the minute embellishment of the chariots and horses . Almost inconceivably light for speed, they are pictured as whirled onward…”

“I will burn her - Nineveh. In the smoke - The city being first plundered, then burnt; these chariots were burnt in that smoke. Thy prey - Cause thee to cease from making a prey any more. Thy messengers - Embassadors or muster - masters. Probably this refers to Rabshaketh who had blasphemed the living God. Those are not worthy to be heard again, that have once spoken reproachfully against God. Next: Nahum Chapter 3”

“I am: Nah 3:5; Jer 21:13, Jer 50:31, Jer 51:25; Eze 5:8, Eze 26:3, Eze 28:22, Eze 29:3, Eze 29:10; Eze 35:3, Eze 38:3, Eze 39:1 I will burn: Jos 11:9; Kg2 19:23; Psa 46:9 and the sword: Isa 31:8, Isa 31:9, Isa 37:36-38 I will cut: Nah 3:1, Nah 3:12; Isa 33:1-4, Isa 49:24, Isa 49:25 the voice: Kg2 18:17, Kg2 18:19, Kg2 18:27-35, Kg2 19:9, Kg2 19:23; Ch2 32:9-16, Ch2 32:19 Next: Nahum Chapter 3”