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I will cast filth upon you,
    disgrace you and make you a spectacle;
Until everyone who sees you
    runs from you saying,
“Nineveh is destroyed;
    who can pity her?
Where can I find
    any to console you?”

Nineveh’s Inescapable Fate

Are you better than No-amon[a](A)
    that was set among the Nile’s canals,
Surrounded by waters,
    with the river for her rampart
    and water for her wall?

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 No-amon: “No” was the Egyptian name of the capital of Upper Egypt, called Thebes by the Greeks; its patron deity was Amon. This great city was destroyed by the Assyrians in 663 B.C.

I will pelt you with filth,(A)
    I will treat you with contempt(B)
    and make you a spectacle.(C)
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?”

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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