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Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust and say, “Nineveh has been devastated! Who will express grief for her? Where can I find someone to comfort you?”

Are you better[a] than Thebes?[b] She was located on the banks of the Nile. The waters surrounded her. Her strength was the sea, and her walls were the water. Cush and Egypt had limitless strength. Put and the Libyans were among her allies.

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  1. Nahum 3:8 Or more secure
  2. Nahum 3:8 Or No Amon, the Egyptian form of the name of the city