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

Are you better than Thebes[a]
    that sat by the Nile,
with water around her,
    her rampart a sea,
    water her wall?(A)
Cush was her strength,
    Egypt, too, and that without limit;
    Put and the Libyans were her[b] helpers.(B)

10 Yet she became an exile;
    she went into captivity;
even her infants were dashed in pieces
    at the head of every street;
lots were cast for her nobles;
    all her dignitaries were bound in fetters.(C)
11 You also will be drunken;
    you will go into hiding;[c]
you will seek
    a refuge from the enemy.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.8 Or No-amon
  2. 3.9 Gk Syr: Heb your
  3. 3.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain