I will pelt you with filth,(A)
    I will treat you with contempt(B)
    and make you a spectacle.(C)
All who see you will flee(D) from you and say,
    ‘Nineveh(E) is in ruins(F)—who will mourn for her?’(G)
    Where can I find anyone to comfort(H) you?”

Are you better than(I) Thebes,(J)
    situated on the Nile,(K)
    with water around her?
The river was her defense,
    the waters her wall.

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And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.

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?

Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

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I will (A)throw filth on you
And (B)declare you worthless,
And set you up as a (C)spectacle.
And it will come about that all who see you
Will [a]shrink from you and say,
‘Nineveh is devastated!
(D)Who will have sympathy for her?’
Where shall I seek comforters for you?”

Are you better than [b](E)No-amon,
Which was situated by the (F)canals of the Nile,
With water surrounding her,
Whose rampart was [c]the sea,
Whose wall consisted of [d]the sea?

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:7 Lit flee
  2. Nahum 3:8 I.e., the city of Amon: Thebes
  3. Nahum 3:8 I.e., the Nile
  4. Nahum 3:8 I.e., the Nile

I will cast abominable filth upon you,
Make you (A)vile,[a]
And make you (B)a spectacle.
It shall come to pass that all who look upon you
(C)Will flee from you, and say,
(D)‘Nineveh is laid waste!
(E)Who will bemoan her?’
Where shall I seek comforters for you?”

(F)Are you better than (G)No[b] Amon
That was situated by the [c]River,
That had the waters around her,
Whose rampart was the sea,
Whose wall was the sea?

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:6 despicable
  2. Nahum 3:8 Ancient Thebes; Tg., Vg. populous Alexandria
  3. Nahum 3:8 Lit. rivers, the Nile and the surrounding canals