Nahum 3:8-10

8 Are you better than ¹No-amon *, Which was situated by the ²waters of the Nile, With water surrounding her, Whose rampart was the sea, Whose wall consisted of the sea?

9 ³Ethiopia was her might, And Egypt too, without limits. ⁴Put and ⁵Lubim were among her helpers.

10 Yet she ⁶became an exile, She went into captivity; Also her ⁷small children were dashed to pieces ⁸At the head of every street; They ⁹cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with fetters.

Nahum 3:8-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NAHUM 3

In this chapter is contained the prophecy of the destruction of Nineveh, and with it the whole Assyrian empire; the causes of which, besides those before mentioned, were the murders, lies, and robberies it was full of, Na 3:1 for which it should be swiftly and cruelly destroyed, Na 3:2,3 as also its whoredoms and witchcrafts, or idolatry, by which nations and families were seduced, Na 3:4 and hence she should be treated as a harlot, her nakedness exposed, and she cast out with contempt, and mocked at by all, Na 3:5-7 and all those things she placed her confidence in are shown to be of no avail; as her situation and fortresses, as she might learn from the case of No Amon, Na 3:8-12 nor the number of her inhabitants, which were weak as women; nor even her merchants, captains, nobles, and king himself, Na 3:13-18 nor the people she was in alliance with, who would now mock at her, her case being irrecoverable and incurable, Na 3:19.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 46:25; Ezekiel 30:14-16
• 2. Isaiah 19:6-8
• 3. Isaiah 20:5
• 4. Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 27:10; Ezekiel 30:5; Ezekiel 38:5
• 5. 2 Chronicles 12:3; 2 Chronicles 16:8
• 6. Isaiah 19:4; Isaiah 20:4
• 7. Psalms 137:9; Isaiah 13:16; Hosea 13:16
• 8. Lamentations 2:19
• 9. Joel 3:3; Obadiah 11

Footnotes

• [a] I.e. the city of Amon: Thebes
• [b] I.e. the Nile
• [c] I.e. the Nile
• [d] Lit "your"