Nahum 3:8

Art thou better than No Amon (Thebes), 1 that was situated on the Nile, that had the mayim round about it, 1 whose rampart was the yam, and her waters were her chomah? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee 1 shall flee from thee, and say: 1 Nineveh is in ruins; who will bemoan her? 1 From where shall I seek menachamim (comforters) for thee? 1

9Ethiopia and Mitzrayim were her strength, and it was boundless; 1 Put and Luvim (Libya) were her allies. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 19:5And the mayim shall roll back from the yam, 1 and the Nile shall be parched and dried up. 1

Ezekiel 30:14And I will make Patros desolate, 1 and will kindle eish, setting fire to Tzoan, 1 and will execute shefatim (judgments, punishments) in No. 1

Amos 6:2Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; 1 and from thence go ye to great Chamat; 1 then go down to Gat of the Pelishtim (Philistines); 1 be they better than these mamlachot? 1 Or their territory more vast than your territory? 1

Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:2-8

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. 3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: 4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the… Read the whole commentary →

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