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Nahum 3:6-8
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6 I will cover you with garbage,
treat you like trash,
    and rub you in the dirt.
7 Everyone who sees you
    will turn away and shout,
“Nineveh is done for!
Is anyone willing to mourn
    or to give her comfort?”

Nineveh's Fate Is Sealed

8 Nineveh, do you feel safer
    than the city of Thebes?[a]
The Nile River
    was its wall of defense.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 3.8 Thebes: In 663 b.c., the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal captured this Egyptian city, which seems to have been built with protection similar to that of Nineveh.
  2. 3.8 was its … defense: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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Nahum 3:6-8
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6 I will pelt you with filth,(A)
    I will treat you with contempt(B)
    and make you a spectacle.(C)
7 All who see you will flee(D) from you and say,
    ‘Nineveh(E) is in ruins(F)—who will mourn for her?’(G)
    Where can I find anyone to comfort(H) you?”

8 Are you better than(I) Thebes,(J)
    situated on the Nile,(K)
    with water around her?
The river was her defense,
    the waters her wall.

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