Nahum 3:17
Nahum · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“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.”Nahum 3:17
What Does Nahum 3:17 Mean?
Nahum 3:17 is found in the book of Nahum, chapter 3, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 7 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (7)
These passages are connected to Nahum 3:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 51:27“Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.”Ezekiel 31:12“And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.”Revelation 9:7“And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.”Psalms 104:22“The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.”Jeremiah 50:36“A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.”Nahum 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.”Revelation 9:3“And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.”
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