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Nah 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

of old		or, from the days that she hath been. Gen 10:11
like		Jer 51:13; Rev 17:1,15
Stand		Nah 3:17; Isa 13:14; Isa 47:13; Isa 48:20; Jer 50:16; Jer 51:30
look back		or, cause them to turn.

Correlating Passages

of old

Gen 10:11

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

	Jer 51:13	O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.
	Rev 17:1	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:
	Rev 17:15	And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

Stand

	Nah 3:17	Thy crowned [are] as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, [but] when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they [are].
	Isa 13:14	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.
	Isa 47:13	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.
	Isa 48:20	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.
	Jer 50:16	Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
	Jer 51:30	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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Nahum 2:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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