Verse 8

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.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 10:11 : 11 Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
  • Isa 13:14 : 14 It shall happen, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathers, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land.
  • Isa 47:13 : 13 You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.
  • Isa 48:20 : 20 Go you forth from Babylon, flee you from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare you, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say you, Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob.
  • Jer 46:5 : 5 Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don't look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.
  • Jer 50:16 : 16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land.
  • Jer 51:13 : 13 You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end is come, the measure of your covetousness.
  • Jer 51:30 : 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
  • Nah 3:17 : 17 Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
  • Rev 17:1 : 1 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
  • Rev 17:15 : 15 He said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.