Nahum 3:8-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
8 Are you better than Thebes[a]
that sat by the Nile,
with water around her,
her rampart a sea,
water her wall?(A)
9 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)
Nahum 3:8-11
International Standard Version
Thebes: an Example of God’s Justice
8 “Are you any better than Thebes,[a]
which sits by the upper Nile, surrounded by water?
The sea was her defense,
the waters her wall of protection.[b]
9 Sudan[c] was her source of strength, along with Egypt—
there were no limits.
Put and the Libyans were her allies.
10 But she, too, was exiled—
she went into captivity!
Her young children were dashed to pieces
at every crossroad of their streets,
and her famous citizens were sold by lottery,
while all of her aristocrats were put in chains.
11 You will also become drunk.
You will disappear,
trying to hide from your enemies.
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