I will pelt you with filth,
    I will treat you with contempt
    and make you a spectacle.
All who see you will flee from you and say,
    ‘‘Nineveh is in ruins – who will mourn for her?”
    Where can I find anyone to comfort you?’

Are you better than Thebes,
    situated on the Nile,
    with water around her?
The river was her defence,
    the waters her wall.

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