“I will (A)throw [a]filth on you
And (B)make you vile,
And set you up as a (C)spectacle.
“And it will come about that all who see you
Will [b]shrink from you and say,
‘Nineveh is devastated!
(D)Who will grieve for her?’
Where will I seek comforters for you?”

Are you better than [c](E)No-amon,
Which was situated by the (F)waters of the Nile,
With water surrounding her,
Whose rampart was [d]the sea,
Whose wall consisted of [e]the sea?

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:6 Lit detestable things
  2. Nahum 3:7 Lit flee
  3. Nahum 3:8 I.e. the city of Amon: Thebes
  4. Nahum 3:8 I.e. the Nile
  5. Nahum 3:8 I.e. the Nile