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I will throw filth on you.
    I will make you look like a fool.
    I will make you a sight to be seen.
Everyone who sees you will run from you, saying,
    ‘Nineveh has been violently destroyed!
        Who will feel sorry for her?’
    Where can I find anyone to comfort you?”

Nineveh Will Not Escape Punishment

Are you better than No-amon,[a] which sits by the streams of the Nile
    with water surrounding her?
        The sea was her defense.
        The water was her wall.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:8 The city No-amon, also called Thebes, was the capital of southern Egypt.

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