Nahum 3:8-10

God shows favor to no man or nation….they are equal in sin and equal in His righteousness. If they turn from His ways they will be punished. God will not tolerate strange gods put before Him that includes greed and power. Out of God’s will for our lives we are lost and without hope.There are consequences to our actions.

The destruction of the city of Thebes near the Nile River in 663 b.c. was going to be a template for the destruction of Nineveh. No Amon is the Hebrew name for Thebes, derived from the Egyptian name meaning “City of [the god] Amon.” The argument seems to suggest that before its destruction, no one would have even dreamed of the fall of Thebes. But the destruction had happened—not long before the writing of the Book of Nahum. The city of Thebes was rebuilt only to be destroyed later during the Roman period (29 b.c.). Nineveh, however, would never be rebuilt. 

The city of No Amon had many powerful allies, but they were not sufficient to protect her in her hour of need. Who would ally with Nineveh to fight off the Lord’s attack?

Nahum 3:8-10

⁸ Are you better than No Amon

That was situated by the River,

That had the waters around her,

Whose rampart was the sea,

Whose wall was the sea?

⁹ Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength,

And it was boundless;

Put and Lubim were your helpers.

¹⁰ Yet she was carried away,

She went into captivity;

²⁵ The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of No, and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their gods and their kings—Pharaoh and those who trust in him. 

Jeremiah 46:25

²Go 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? 

Amos 6:2

¹⁴I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No. ¹⁵ I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No, And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily. 

Ezekiel 30:14–16