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Nahum 3:8-11
GOD’S WORD Translation
Nahum 3:8-11
GOD’S WORD Translation
Nineveh Will Not Escape Punishment
8 Are you better than No-amon,[a] which sits by the streams of the Nile
with water surrounding her?
The sea was ⌞her⌟ defense.
The water was her wall.
9 Sudan and Egypt were her endless strength.
Put and the Lybians were her help.
10 Even she went into captivity and was exiled.
Even her little children were smashed to death at every street corner.
Soldiers tossed dice for her important men,
and all her best men were bound in chains.
11 Even you, Nineveh, will stagger like a drunk.
You will disappear.
Even you will look for a fortress ⌞to escape⌟ from the enemy.
Footnotes
- 3:8 The city No-amon , also called Thebes, was the capital of southern Egypt.
Nahum 3:8-11
New International Version
Nahum 3:8-11
New International Version
8 Are you better than(A) Thebes,(B)
situated on the Nile,(C)
with water around her?
The river was her defense,
the waters her wall.
9 Cush[a](D) and Egypt were her boundless strength;
Put(E) and Libya(F) were among her allies.
10 Yet she was taken captive(G)
and went into exile.
Her infants were dashed(H) to pieces
at every street corner.
Lots(I) were cast for her nobles,
and all her great men were put in chains.(J)
11 You too will become drunk;(K)
you will go into hiding(L)
and seek refuge from the enemy.
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:9 That is, the upper Nile region
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