Nahum 3:9

"Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?"

Key Reflection

This verse uses the prosperity and security of No-Ammon, a city known for its wealth and defenses, to contrast with Nineveh’s downfall. By highlighting No-Ammon's favorable location surrounded by water and protected by the sea, Nahum emphasizes how even a seemingly impregnable and prosperous city can be brought low by divine judgment.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

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. The capital is a sort of impersonation of the might of the state; No, of Egypt, as Nineveh, of Assyria. When the head was cut off or the heart ceased to beat, all was lost. The might of Egypt and Ethiopia was the might of No, concentrated in her. They were strength, and that strength unmeasured by any human standard. Boundless was the strength, which Nineveh had subdued: boundless, the storeNahum 2:10which she had accumulated for the spoiler; boundlessNahum 3:3the carcasses of her slain.

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