Nahum 3:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Nahum 3:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength - Literally, “Egypt was strength , and Ethiopia, and boundless.” He sets forth first the imperial might of No; then her strength from foreign, subdued power....

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• Nahum 3:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Nineveh boasted of her strength, but she was no better placed than No-Amon, with the Nile around her for rampart, the whole strength of Egypt and Ethiopia her defence, and Put and the Libyans as alli...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  and. Some codices, cited in the Massorah (App-30), omit this word "and"; in which case we should render the clause: "Ethiopia strengthened her; Egypt [defended her with countless hosts (or hosts...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength - The land of Cush, not far from Diospolis; for it was in Arabia, o...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ethiopia, &c.— Houbigant renders this passage, The Ethiopians and Egyptians, who are innumerable, were her strength: The Africans and Libyans were her helpers.

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• Nahum 3:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. Ethiopia - Hebrew, Cush. And Egypt - Lower Egypt. Ethiopia is thought at this time to have been...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Doom of Nineveh 1-7. Another threat against Nineveh, showing that disaster has come upon her on account of her sins. The keynote of the whole chapter is the fierce cry, Woe to the bloody city...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE SIEGE AND FALL OF NINEVEH Nahum 2:1-13 ; Nahum 3:1-19 THE scene now changes from the presence and awful arsenal of the Almighty to the historical consummation of His vengeance. Nahum fores...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Deserved Doom Nahum 3:1-19 This terrible chapter pictures the doom of Nineveh. She had used infamous methods in bringing surrounding nations under her power, and now her shame was to be discove...

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• Nahum 3:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The last part of the prophecy is devoted wholly to the vindication of Jehovah's action against Nineveh, and is a fitting defense of the introductory declarations concerning His character. In the fir...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I include the whole of this passage in one view for the sake of shortness, having already extended the Commentary very much beyond the original design. The whole of Nahum's prophecy, if taken literal...

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• Nahum 3:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Ethiopia and Egypt [were] her strength ,.... That is, the strength, support, protection, and defence of No, whether Alexandria, or Thebes, or Memphis: Egypt was, for these cities were in it, and sub...

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• Nahum 3:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Ethiopia and Egypt [were] her strength, and [it was] infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. Ver. 9. Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength ] No was the metropolis of Egypt, and knew no end of her...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Art thou better than populous No Art thou in a better or safer condition; or hast thou more merit than the famous populous city of No? The Hebrew reads, No-ammon , the same city which is spoken of...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Judgment of Nineveh. B. C. 710.       8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situa...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  It is not very probable that this Ethiopia should be that remote country that lay south of Egypt, though in truth it is possible, and while Egypt was in friendship with No Amon, or Alexandria, the ai...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.] Nahum 3:8 .] She will share the fate of No-Amon , a royal city of Egypt, populous, sacred, and strong ( Ezekiel 30:14-15 ; Jeremiah 46:25 ), like Nineveh well situated, prot...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Nahum 3:1 . Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; Assyria became a great empire through violence, falsehood, and robbery. The soldiery had no respect...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Nahum 3:1 . Woe to the bloody city. Nineveh was drunk with blood. She was burdened with the wealth of plundered nations; her feasts and idolatries filled up the measure of her iniquity. Oh how sub...

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• Nahum 3:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Nahum 3:1-34 Part III . THE CAUSE OF THE JUDGMENT — SINS OF THE CITY , WHICH BRING INEVITABLE PUNISHMENT . Nahum 3:1-34 § 1. The prophet specifies t...

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• Nahum 3:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Miserable Ruin of Nineveh. Jehovah now shows that the cause of Nineveh's destruction is its wickedness, and that for this reason the city is bound to submit to the sentence which has been pron...

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• Nahum 3:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 1:8 ; Ezekiel 27:10 ; Ezekiel 30:5 ; Ezekiel 38:5 ; Genesis 10:6 ; Isaiah 20:5 ; Jeremiah 46:9

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• Nahum 3:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Her strength — Furnishing soldiers and warlike assistance. It was infinite — There was no end to their confidence and warlike provisions. Put — Or the Moors, who lie westward of Alexandria. Lubim —...

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