Are you better than Thebes[a](A)
that sat along the Nile
with water surrounding her,
whose rampart was the sea,
the river[b][c] her wall?
Cush and Egypt were her endless source of strength;
Put and Libya were among her[d] allies.
10 Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity.
Her children were also dashed to pieces(B)
at the head of every street.
They cast lots for her dignitaries,(C)
and all her nobles were bound in chains.
11 You[e] also will become drunk;
you will hide.[f]
You also will seek refuge from the enemy.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 Hb No-amon
  2. 3:8 LXX, Syr, Vg read water
  3. 3:8 Lit sea from sea
  4. 3:9 Lit your
  5. 3:11 = Nineveh
  6. 3:11 Or will be overcome

Nineveh Will Suffer the Same Fate She Inflicted on Thebes

Are you better than Thebes?[a]
    She who sits at the Nile, surrounded by her waters,
her rampart was the sea and water was her wall.
Cush was her strength, Egypt without end;
    Put and Libya were among your allies.[b]
10 Yet she went into captivity as an exile;
    her children were dashed to pieces at the head of the streets;
they cast lots for all of her nobles;
    all of her dignitaries were bound with chains.
11 You also will behave like a drunkard;
    You also will hide yourself;
        You also will seek refuge from the enemy.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:8 Hebrew “No-Amon”
  2. Nahum 3:9 Literally “your helpers”