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Everyone who sees you will run away and say,
    ‘Nineveh is in ruins. Who will cry for her?’
    Nineveh, where will I find anyone to comfort you?”

You are no better than Thebes,[a]
    who sits by the Nile River
    with water all around her.
The river was her defense;
    the waters were like a wall around her.
Cush and Egypt gave her endless strength;
    Put and Libya supported her.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 Thebes A great city in Egypt.

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