Nahum 3:8

New International Version

Are you better than Thebes, situated on the Nile, with water around her? The river was her defense, the waters her wall.

Cross References

Jeremiah 25:19

Pharaoh king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials and all his people,

Jeremiah 46:12

The nations will hear of your shame; your cries will fill the earth. One warrior will stumble over another; both will fall down together.”

Ezekiel 29:15

It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations. I will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the nations.

Amos 6:2

Go to Kalneh and look at it; go from there to great Hamath, and then go down to Gath in Philistia. Are they better off than your two kingdoms? Is their land larger than yours?