Nahum 3:9

Nahum 3:9

7 It shall come to pass that all who look upon you
^aWill flee from you, and say,
^b‘Nineveh is laid waste!
^cWho will bemoan her?’
Where shall I seek comforters for you?”

8 ^aAre you better than ^bNo Amon
That was situated by the¹ River,
That had the waters around her,
Whose rampart was the sea,
Whose wall was the sea?

9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength,
And it was boundless;
^aPut and Lubim were your helpers.

10 Yet she was carried away,
She went into captivity;
^aHer young children also were dashed to pieces
^bAt the head of every street;
They ^ccast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound in chains.

11 You also will be ^adrunk;
You will be hidden;
You also will seek refuge from the enemy.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Ethiopia—Hebrew, Cush. Ethiopia is thought at this time to have been mistress of Upper Egypt.

Egypt—Lower Egypt.

her strength—her safeguard as an ally.

it was infinite—The resources of these, her allies, were endless.

Put—or Phut (Genesis 10:6); descended from Ham (Ezekiel 27:10). From a root meaning a bow; as they were famed as archers [GESENIUS]. Probably west of Lower Egypt. JOSEPHUS [Antiquities, 1:6.2] identifies it with Mauritania (compare Jeremiah 46:9, Margin; Ezekiel 38:5).

Lubim—the Libyans, whose capital was Cyrene; extending along the Mediterranean west of Egypt (II Chronicles 12:3; II Chronicles 16:8; Acts 2:10). As, however, the Lubim are always connected with the Egyptians and Ethiopians, they are perhaps distinct from the Libyans. The Lubim were probably at first wandering tribes, who afterwards were settled under Carthage in the region of Cyrene, under the name Libyans.

thy—No's.

helpers—literally, "in thy help," that is, among thy auxiliaries.

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