Nahum 3:8


Are you better than Thebes,
Which was situated by the waters of the Nile,
With water surrounding her,
Whose defense was the sea (the Nile),
Whose wall consisted of the sea?

Amos 6:2


Go over to Calneh [in Babylonia] and look,
And from there go [north of Damascus] to the great city of Hamath;
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are they better than these kingdoms [of yours],
Or is their territory greater than yours?

Ezekiel 30:14-16


“I will make Pathros desolate,
Set fire to Zoan
And execute judgments and punishments on Thebes.

Isaiah 19:5-10


The waters from the sea will dry up,
And the river will be parched and dry.

Jeremiah 46:25-26

The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I am going to punish Amon [chief god of the sacred city] of Thebes [the capital of Upper Egypt], and Pharaoh, and Egypt along with her gods and her kings—even Pharaoh and those who put their trust in him [as a shield against Babylon].

Ezekiel 31:2-3

“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes,

‘Whom are you like in your greatness?

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Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

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Ezekiel 31:2
“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes,

‘Whom are you like in your greatness?
Amos 6:2

Go over to Calneh [in Babylonia] and look,
And from there go [north of Damascus] to the great city of Hamath;
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are they better than these kingdoms [of yours],
Or is their territory greater than yours?

Populous no

Jeremiah 46:25
The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I am going to punish Amon [chief god of the sacred city] of Thebes [the capital of Upper Egypt], and Pharaoh, and Egypt along with her gods and her kings—even Pharaoh and those who put their trust in him [as a shield against Babylon].
Ezekiel 30:14

“I will make Pathros desolate,
Set fire to Zoan
And execute judgments and punishments on Thebes.

That had

Isaiah 19:5

The waters from the sea will dry up,
And the river will be parched and dry.