Nah 3:18 | TNotes | STEP | 3:18 shepherds: With the leaders gone, Nineveh’s people would be scattered like sheep. • lie dead (literally sleep ; see John 11:11-14 ): Assyria’s leaders, asleep during Nineveh’s crisis, would sleep in death. By contrast, Israel’s Shepherd does not slumber (Ps 121:3 ), and he will gather Israel’s lost sheep (Jer 23:3 ; Ezek 36:35 ).

bJohn 11:11-14►

cPs 121:3►

dJer 23:3►

eEzek 36:35►

‏ Nahum 3:18

3:18 ^a shepherds: With the leaders gone, Nineveh’s people would be scattered like sheep.

• lie dead (literally sleep; see John 11:11-14 ^b): Assyria’s leaders, asleep during Nineveh’s crisis, would sleep in death. By contrast, Israel’s Shepherd does not slumber (Ps 121:3 ^c), and he will gather Israel’s lost sheep (Jer 23:3 ^d; Ezek 36:35 ^e).