Nahum 3:7

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

Cross-reference

Nahum 2:10 Parallel

Nahum 2:10 depicts Nineveh empty and waste with fear, directly matching the 'laid waste' and fleeing here.

Numbers 16:34 shows Israel fleeing from Korah's judgment—same reaction of fleeing from divine wrath as in Nineveh's fall.

Isaiah 51:19 asks 'who shall be sorry for thee?' and 'by whom shall I comfort thee?' — almost identical wording to the questions here.

Jeremiah 15:5 asks 'who shall bemoan thee?' of Jerusalem — the same rhetorical question of isolation and lack of pity.

Jeremiah 51:41-43 describes Babylon's desolation with similar language of astonishment and no inhabitant, paralleling Nineveh's fate.

In Revelation 18:10, people stand afar and lament Babylon's fall, echoing the same reaction to Nineveh's destruction here.

Revelation 18:16-19 expands the lament over Babylon, with merchants and sailors weeping afar — a direct parallel to Nineveh's mourners.

Zephaniah 2:13 directly predicts Nineveh's ruin, reinforcing the same judgment Nahum describes.

Jeremiah 51:9 has people abandoning Babylon because of her incurable judgment—parallel to the flight from Nineveh's ruins.

Genesis 10:11 Historical context

Genesis 10:11 records Nineveh's founding by Asshur, contrasting with its destruction lamented here.