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.

Cross-reference

Nahum 3:17 Parallel

Nahum 3:17 describes princes fleeing like locusts — the same flight from judgment pictured here as people fleeing the pool.

Nahum 1:8 Related theme

Nahum 1:8 describes a flood overwhelming enemies—complementary water imagery to the pool draining here. Same judgment on Nineveh.

Isaiah 13:14 describes Babylon's people fleeing like gazelles — the same flight motif in judgment on a great city.

Jeremiah 51:13 addresses Babylon dwelling 'by many waters' facing judgment — the same water imagery for a doomed city.

Revelation 17:15 explains the waters as peoples — the same metaphor where Nineveh's 'pool of water' represents its population.

Jeremiah 46:5 says Egypt's warriors flee without looking back—mirrors 'none turns back' here. Same terrified retreat.