Nahum 3:8-11

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⁸^(A)Are you better than ^(B)Thebes^[a]
    that sat ^(C)by the Nile,
with water around her,
    her rampart a sea,
    and water her wall?
⁹^(D)Cush was her strength;
    Egypt too, and that without limit;
    ^(E)Put and the ^(F)Libyans were her^[b] helpers.

¹⁰^(G)Yet she became an exile;
    she went into captivity;
^(H)her infants were dashed in pieces
    at the head of every street;
for her honored men ^(I)lots were cast,
    ^(J)and all her great men were bound in chains.
¹¹^(K)You also will be drunken;
    you will go into hiding;
^(L)you will seek a refuge from the enemy.

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Nahum 3:8 Hebrew No-amon
Nahum 3:9 Hebrew your

Nahum 3:8-11

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⁸Are you better than ^[a]^(A)No-amon,
Which was situated by the ^(B)canals of the Nile,
With water surrounding her,
Whose rampart was ^[b]the sea,
Whose wall consisted of ^[c]the sea?
⁹^(C)Ethiopia was her might,
Egypt too, without limits.
^(D)Put and ^(E)Lubim were among ^[d]her helpers.
¹⁰Yet she ^(F)became an exile,
She went into captivity;
Also her ^(G)small children were smashed to pieces
^(H)At the head of every street;
They ^(I)cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound with shackles.
¹¹You too will become ^(J)drunk,
You will be ^(K)hidden.
You too will search for a refuge from the enemy.

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Nahum 3:8 I.e., the city of Amon: Thebes
Nahum 3:8 I.e., the Nile
Nahum 3:8 I.e., the Nile
Nahum 3:9 Lit your

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