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
Revised Standard Version
8 Are you better than Thebes[a]
that sat by the Nile,
with water around her,
her rampart a sea,
and water her wall?
9 Ethiopia was her strength,
Egypt too, and that without limit;
Put and the Libyans were her[b] helpers.
10 Yet she was carried away,
she went into captivity;
her little ones were dashed in pieces
at the head of every street;
for her honored men lots were cast,
and all her great men were bound in chains.
11 You also will be drunken,
you will be dazed;
you will seek
a refuge from the enemy.
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