Nahum 3:9 KJV

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

Thou and Ye

  • thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Its utter destructionStrong-holds, even the strongest, are no defence against the judgments of God. They shall be unable to do any thing for themselves. The Chaldeans and Medes...

Thompson Chains

  • EthiopiaSee the chain from Job 28:19 · 5 links
  • Trust in ManSee the chain from Psalms 118:9 · 8 links

Cross References

  • Ezekiel 27:10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
  • Ezekiel 30:5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
  • Genesis 10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
  • 2 Chronicles 12:3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
  • Isaiah 20:5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

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Topics

  • Assyria Prophecies concerning Assyria
  • Lubims The region they inhabited was called PHUT in
  • Nahum Foretells the destruction of Nineveh
  • Nineveh Nahum prophesies against Nineveh
  • Phut 2. The descendants of Phut, or the country inhabited by them

Places

  • EthiopiaRegion · also Cush · today Meroe · Location well established
  • EgyptRegion · today Ain Shams · Location well established
  • LibyaRegion · also Put · today Cyrene · Location likely
  • LibyaRegion · today Cyrene · Location well established
  • Places in Nahum 3 on a map

Bible Dictionary

  • EthiopiaCountry of burnt faces; the Greek word by which the Hebrew Cush is rendered (Gen 2:13; 2 Kgs 19:9; Esth 1:1; Job 28:19; Ps 68:31; Ps...
  • EgyptThe land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Ethiopia כּוּשׁ kûš כּוּשׁ Proper name
  • and Egypt וּמִצְרַיִם ûmiṣrayim מִצְרַיִם Proper name · with and
  • her strength עָצְמָה ʿoṣmâ עׇצְמָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
  • and it was infinite וְאֵין wĕʾên אַיִן Negative · with and קֵצֶה qēṣê קָצֶה Noun · masculine or feminine singular
  • Put פּוּט pûṭ פּוּט Proper name
  • and Lubim וְלוּבִים wĕlûbîm לוּבִי Noun · masculine plural · with and
  • were thy helpers הָיוּ hāyû Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural בְּעֶזְרָתֵךְ bĕʿezrātēk עֶזְרָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: second person feminine singular

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