Nahum 2:8

But Nineveh [is] of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back.

But Nineveh {H5210} is of old {H3117} like a pool {H1295} of water {H4325}: yet they shall flee away {H5127}. Stand {H5975}, stand {H5975}, shall they cry; but none shall look back {H6437}.

Ninveh is like a pool whose water ebbs away. "Stop! Stop!" But none of it goes back.

Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 10:11 (2 votes)

    Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

  • Revelation 17:15 (2 votes)

    And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

  • Isaiah 48:20 (2 votes)

    Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it [even] to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

  • Revelation 17:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

  • Jeremiah 51:30 (2 votes)

    The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in [their] holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

  • Isaiah 47:13 (2 votes)

    Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee.

  • Isaiah 13:14 (2 votes)

    And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.