Are you better than(A) Thebes,(B)
    situated on the Nile,(C)
    with water around her?
The river was her defense,
    the waters her wall.
Cush[a](D) and Egypt were her boundless strength;
    Put(E) and Libya(F) were among her allies.
10 Yet she was taken captive(G)
    and went into exile.
Her infants were dashed(H) to pieces
    at every street corner.
Lots(I) were cast for her nobles,
    and all her great men were put in chains.(J)
11 You too will become drunk;(K)
    you will go into hiding(L)
    and seek refuge from the enemy.

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Notas al pie

  1. Nahum 3:9 That is, the upper Nile region

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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Notas al pie

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