8 Are you better than Thebes 3:8 Hb No-amon, 3:8 Jr 46:25; Ezk 30:14–16
that sat along the Nile
with water surrounding her,
whose rampart was the sea,
the river 3:8 LXX, Syr, Vg read water, 3:8 Lit sea from sea her wall?
9 Cush and Egypt were her endless source of strength;
Put and Libya were among her 3:9 Lit your allies.
10 Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity.
Her children were also dashed to pieces 3:10 2Kg 8:12; Is 13:16; Hs 10:14
at the head of every street.
They cast lots for her dignitaries, 3:10 Ob 11
and all her nobles were bound in chains.