Nahum 3:7-9

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⁷Everyone who sees you will ·run away [or turn away in disgust] and say,
‘Nineveh is in ruins. Who will ·cry [grieve; lament] for her?’
Nineveh, where will I find anyone to comfort you?”

⁸You are no better than ·Thebes [^LNo Amon; ^Cmeaning “city of (the god) Amon”; This capital of Upper Egypt, thought to be impregnable, was destroyed by the Assyrians in 663 bc],
    who sits by the Nile River
    with water all around her.
The river was her ·defense [rampart];
    the waters were like a wall around her.
⁹Cush [^Cancient Ethiopia or Nubia] and Egypt gave her endless strength;
    Put and Libya supported her [^Cneighboring countries allied with Egypt].

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Nahum 3:7-9

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⁷All who see you will flee^(A) from you and say,
‘Nineveh^(B) is in ruins^(C)—who will mourn for her?’^(D)
Where can I find anyone to comfort^(E) you?”

⁸Are you better than^(F) Thebes,^(G)
    situated on the Nile,^(H)
    with water around her?
The river was her defense,
    the waters her wall.
⁹Cush^[a]^(I) and Egypt were her boundless strength;
    Put^(J) and Libya^(K) were among her allies.

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Nahum 3:9 That is, the upper Nile region

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