Are you better than Thebes[a](A)
that sat along the Nile
with water surrounding her,
whose rampart was the sea,
the river[b][c] her wall?
Cush and Egypt were her endless source of strength;
Put and Libya were among her[d] allies.
10 Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity.
Her children were also dashed to pieces(B)
at the head of every street.
They cast lots for her dignitaries,(C)
and all her nobles were bound in chains.
11 You[e] also will become drunk;
you will hide yourself.[f]
You also will seek refuge from the enemy.

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Notas al pie

  1. Nahum 3:8 Or No-amon
  2. Nahum 3:8 LXX, Syr, Vg read water
  3. Nahum 3:8 Lit sea from sea
  4. Nahum 3:9 Lit your
  5. Nahum 3:11 = Nineveh
  6. Nahum 3:11 Or will be overcome

Are you any better than the city of Thebes,[a]
    situated on the Nile River, surrounded by water?
She was protected by the river on all sides,
    walled in by water.
Ethiopia[b] and the land of Egypt
    gave unlimited assistance.
The nations of Put and Libya
    were among her allies.
10 Yet Thebes fell,
    and her people were led away as captives.
Her babies were dashed to death
    against the stones of the streets.
Soldiers threw dice[c] to get Egyptian officers as servants.
    All their leaders were bound in chains.

11 And you, Nineveh, will also stagger like a drunkard.
    You will hide for fear of the attacking enemy.

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Notas al pie

  1. 3:8 Hebrew No-amon; also in 3:10.
  2. 3:9 Hebrew Cush.
  3. 3:10 Hebrew They cast lots.