Nahum 3:9

Ethiopia and Egypt were the strength thereof, and there is no end: Africa and the Libyans were thy helpers.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

In Context

8Art thou better than the populous Alexandria, that dwelleth among the rivers? waters are round about it: the sea is its riches, the waters are its walls.

10Yet she also was removed and carried into captivity: her young children were dashed in pieces at the top of every street, and they cast lots upon her nobles, and all her great men were bound in fetters.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 1:8The sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesrai, and Phut, and Chaanan.

Isaiah 20:5And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.

Ezekiel 27:10The Persians, and Lydians, and the Libyans were thy soldiers in thy army: they hung up the buckler and the helmet in thee for thy ornament.

Ezekiel 30:5Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the rest of the crowd, and Chub, and the children of the land of the covenant, shall fall with them by the sword.

Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:9-19

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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