Nahum 2:8
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 is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
Note of old: or, from the days that she hath been
Note look back: or, cause them to turn
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks 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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- of old
- or, from the days that she hath been.
- Genesis 10:11
- like
- Jeremiah 51:13; Revelation 17:1, 15
- Stand
- Nahum 3:17; Isaiah 13:14; Isaiah 47:13; Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 50:16; Jeremiah 51:30