Nahum 3:8
King James VersionSource notes
“Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, the waters round about it, whose rampart the sea, her wall from the sea?”
Context
5Behold, I against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
7And it shall come to pass, all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
8Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, the waters round about it, whose rampart the sea, her wall from the sea?
9Ethiopia and Egypt her strength, and infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
10Yet she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
11Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.