Nahum 3:9

Cush and Egypt were her strength, and there was no end to it; 1 Put and Libya were allies to her. 1

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

In Context

8Nineveh, are you better than Thebes, that was built on the Nile River, that had water around her, 1 whose defense was the ocean, whose wall was the sea itself? 1

10Yet Thebes was carried away; she went into captivity; 1 her young children were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; 1 her enemies threw lots for her honorable men, 1 and all her great men were bound in chains. 1

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Cross References

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

Isaiah 20:5They will be dismayed and ashamed, because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their glory.

Ezekiel 27:10Persia, Lydia, and Libya were in your army, your men of war. 1 they hung shield and helmet within you; they showed your splendor. 1

Ezekiel 30:5Cush and Put, Lydia and all Arabia, and Libya, together with the people belonging to the covenant—they will all fall 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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