Nahum 3:8

Art thou better than No-amon, who sat among the Nile-streams, waters round about her,—whose fortress was the sea, from the sea, her wall.

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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 who see thee, shall flee from thee, and shall say, Destroyed is Nineveh! Who will bemoan her?—Whence shall I seek any to comfort thee?

9Ethiopia, was her strength, and Egypt—Yea, without end,—Put and Lubim, were among thy helpers.

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Cross References

Isaiah 19:5And the waters shall be dried up from the great stream,—And the River, shall waste and be dry;

Ezekiel 30:14Then will I bring desolation upon Pathros, and Set a fire in Zoan, and Execute judgments upon No: and

Amos 6:2Pass ye over to Calneh, and see, and go on from thence to Hamath the great,—and go down to Gath of the Philistines, are they better than these kingdoms? or their boundary larger than your boundary?

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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