Nahum 3:8-11

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⁸ You are no better than ·Thebes [^LNo Amon; ^Cmeaning “city of (the god) Amon”; This capital of Upper Egypt, thought to be impregnable, was destroyed by the Assyrians in 663 bc],
    who sits by the Nile River
    with water all around her.
The river was her ·defense [rampart];
    the waters were like a wall around her.
⁹ Cush [^Cancient Ethiopia or Nubia] and Egypt gave her endless strength;
    Put and Libya supported her [^Cneighboring countries allied with Egypt].
¹⁰ But Thebes was captured
    and went into ·captivity [exile].
Her ·small children [infants] were ·beaten to death [dashed to pieces]
    at every street corner.
Lots were thrown for her ·important men [nobles; ^Cparceled out as slaves],
    and all of her ·leaders [great ones] were put in chains.

¹¹ You [^CNineveh] will be drunk, too.
    You will hide;
    you will ·look for a place safe [seek refuge] from the enemy.