Nahum 3:10

"Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers."

Key Reflection

In Nahum 3:10, the mention of Cush, Egypt, Put, and Libya as Assyria's allies highlights the extent of its power and influence. These nations, far from being a hindrance, served as significant support, illustrating how even distant kingdoms rallied to Assyria’s cause, emphasizing its formidable status before its fall.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Yet was she -(also ) carried away, literally, “She also became an exile band,” her people were carried away, with all the barbarities of pagan war. All, through whom she might recover, were destroyed or scattered abroad; “the young,” the hope of another age, cruelly destroyed (seeHosea 14:1-9;Isaiah 13:16;2 Kings 8:12); “her honorable men” enslaved (seeJoel 3:3), “all her great men prisoners.” God’s judgments are executed step by step. Assyria herself was the author of this captivity, which Isaiah prophesied in the first years of Hezekiah when Judah was leaning upon Egypt (seeIsaiah 20:1-6). It was repeated by all of the house of Sargon.

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