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Are you better than No-amon[a],
situated among channels of the Nile,
water surrounding her,
whose fortress and wall was water?[b]
Cush and Egypt were her might—unlimited.
Put and Libya were her allies.
10 Yet she went off to exile among the captives.
Even her babes were dashed to pieces
    at the head of all streets.
They cast lots for her dignitaries,
    and all her great men were bound with chains.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:8 Or city of Amon (Thebes)
  2. Nahum 3:8 Heb. the sea, i.e., the Nile.