Genesis 10:11

⁶They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border.

⁸Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.

²“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”

¹A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

³⁷So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed there.

²⁴But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim. They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber. He also shall come to destruction.”

⁷It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?”

³Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”

²³“‘“Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were your traders.

¹³He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness.