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.