Are 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?
(C)Ethiopia was her might,
Egypt too, without limits.
(D)Put and (E)Lubim were among [d]her helpers.
10 Yet 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.
11 You too will become (J)drunk,
You will be (K)hidden.
You too will search for a refuge from the enemy.

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Footnotes

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

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