Nahum 3:9

Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

10Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 1:8The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Isaiah 20:5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

Ezekiel 27:10Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.

Ezekiel 30:5Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt 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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