Nahum 3:9

Ethiopia the numerous, and Egypt that was without end, Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

Leeser Tanakh

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 No-amon, that was situated on the rivers, that had water round about her, the rampart of which was the sea, and the walls of which rose out of the sea?

10Yet also she was exiled, was carried away into captivity; also her young children were dashed in pieces at the corners of all streets: and for her honorable men they cast lots, and all her great ones were bound with chains.

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Cross References

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

Isaiah 20:5And they shall be terrified, and ashamed of Cush their trust, and of Egypt their vaunt.

Ezekiel 27:10They of Persia and of Lud and of Put were in thy army, thy men of war: the shield and the helmet did they hang up in thee; these gave thee thy elegance.

Ezekiel 30:5Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the confederates, and Cub, and all the men of the leagued land, 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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