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And it will be that all who see you
Will flee from you and say,
‘Nineveh is devastated!
(A)Who will console her?’
Where will I seek comforters for you?”

Are you better than [a](B)No-amon,
Which sits along the (C)waters of the Nile,
With water surrounding her,
Whose rampart was [b]the sea,
Whose wall consisted of [c]the sea?
[d](D)Ethiopia was her might,
And Egypt too, without end.
(E)Put and (F)Lubim were among [e]her helpers.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:8 The city of Amon: Thebes
  2. Nahum 3:8 The Nile
  3. Nahum 3:8 The Nile
  4. Nahum 3:9 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
  5. Nahum 3:9 Lit your