John Trapp on Nahum 3:9

Verſe 9. Ethiopia and Egypt were her ſtrength] No was the Metropolis of Egypt, and knew no end of her power, as bearing rule over Ethiopia the ſtrong, and Egypt the infinite (ſome read this text) and as having all the reſt of the peoples inhabiting Afrike and Lybia for her confederates.Chus Valida et Egyptij infiniti Druſius See Ier. 46.9. where the Prophet ſpeaketh of ſuch People as brought aide to Egypt againſt the Caldees, but were foiled and worſted: Of the huge armies that Ethiopia was able to raiſe, ſee 2 Chron. 14.9. and 16.8. Egypt for her ſtrength was called Rahab Pſal. 87.4. and 89.11. that is mighty and proud.

Put and Lubim were thy helpers] By Put, Hierome underſtandeth Africa (which was over anent Alexandria, the ſea between) a waſt continent, thrice as big as Europe: and by Lubim Lybia a conſiderable part of that continent, ſomtimes put for the whole. Theſe would have been helpers to No, but could not: becauſe over-powred by Nebuchadnezzar, ſent againſt them by God. Leagues entred into with wicked men, profit not thoſe whom God will puniſh. The Grecian Churches Anno 1438. being afraid of the Turks, ſent and ſubjected themſelves to the Biſhop of Rome; that they might have the help of the Latine Churches: but ſhortly after, they were deſtroyed, and their Empire ſubdued, and ſwallowed up in the Turkiſh greatneſſe. It is gathered by ſome out of Revel. 16.14, 15, 16. that the Pope and his adherents ſhall, towards the end of the world, for the reſtoring of his decayed authority, call in the help, not onely of Popiſh Princes, but of forraign States, out of Aſia, Africa, and America, to ſuppreſſe the heretikes (as they call us) and to root out Religion; but with evil ſucceſſe: for they ſhall aſſociate themſelves onely to be broken in pieces, Eſay 8.9. theſe Auxiliaries ſhall ſpeed no better then thoſe ſubſidiarie Syrians did, 2 Sam. 10.18, 19. they ſhall receive a famous foil at Armageddon; ſuch as Siſera did, at the waters of Megiddo, Judg. 5.19. and a voice from the throne ſhall ſay, It is done; verſ. 16,17.