| Geneva Study Bible {h} Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. (h) God commands the enemies to spoil Nineveh, and promises them infinite riches and treasures. Wesley's Notes 2:9 Take - Thus the Chaldeans encourage one another in the plundering of the city. King James Translators' Notes for...: or, and their infinite store, etc pleasant...: Heb. vessels of desire Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 9. silver . gold-The conquerors are summoned to plunder the city. Nineveh's riches arose from the annual tribute paid by so many subject states, as well as from its extensive merchandise (Na 3:16; Eze 27:23, 24). store-accumulated by the plunder of subject nations. It is remarkable, that while small articles of value (bronze inlaid with gold, gems, seals, and alabaster vases) are found in the ruins of Nineveh, there are is none of gold and silver. These, as here foretold, were "taken for spoil" before the palaces were set on fire. glory out of all the pleasant furniture-or, "there is abundance of precious vessels of every kind" [Maurer]. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 2:1-10 Nineveh shall not put aside this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. Particular account is given of the terrors wherein the invading enemy shall appear against Nineveh. The empire of Assyria is represented as a queen, about to be led captive to Babylon. Guilt in the conscience fills men with terror in an evil day; and what will treasures or glory do for us in times of distress, or in the day of wrath? Yet for such things how many lose their souls! | 
