Nahum 3:8

The English Standar Version

Are you better than Thebes[1] that sat by the Nile, with water around her, her rampart a sea, and water her wall?

Cross References

Jeremiah 25:19

Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people,

Jeremiah 46:12

The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for warrior has stumbled against warrior; they have both fallen together."

Ezekiel 29:15

It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms, and never again exalt itself above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations.

Amos 6:2

Pass over to Calneh, and see, and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory,