Nahum 3:9 BSB — MannaFest

Nahum 3:9

Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

It was infinite - There was no end to their confidence and warlike provisions. Put - Or the Moors, who lie westward of Alexandria. Lubim - The people that inhabited that which is now called Cyrene.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

As, however, the Lubim are always connected with the Egyptians and Ethiopians, they are perhaps distinct from the Libyans. The Lubim were probably at first wandering tribes, who afterwards were settled under Carthage in the region of Cyrene, under the name Libyans. thy--No's. helpers--literally, "in thy help," that is, among thy auxiliaries.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כּ֥וּשׁ	kush	Cush	H3568 →
עָצְמָ֛ה	'a.tze.Mah	[was] strength its	H6109 →
וּמִצְרַ֖יִם	u.mitz.Ra.yim	and Egypt	H4714 →
וְאֵ֣ין	ve.'Ein	and there not	H369 →
קֵ֑צֶה	Ke.tzeh	[was] an end	H7097 →
פּ֣וּט	put	Put	H6316 →
וְלוּבִ֔ים	ve.lu.Vim	and [the] Libyans	H3864 →
הָי֖וּ	ha.Yu	they were	H1961 →
בְּעֶזְרָתֵֽךְ׃	be.'ez.ra.Tekh	<in> help your	H5833 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H7097ketzeh[was] an end97×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 27:10
Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
leads to
- Ezekiel 30:5
  Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 38:5
  Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
Through
Ezekiel 38:5
Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
leads to
- Ezekiel 27:10
  Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 10:6
  The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Through
2 Chronicles 12:3
with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 16:8
  Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
Through
Ezekiel 30:5
Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
leads to
- Jeremiah 25:20
  all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
Through
Isaiah 20:5
Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
leads to
- Isaiah 30:3
  But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
- Isaiah 30:5
  everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”

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