The people of Nineveh will not be able to defend themselves
8 Your city is certainly [RHQ] no safer than Thebes city was.
Thebes was an important city beside the Nile River;
the river was like [SIM] a wall that protected the city [DOU].
9 The rulers of Ethiopia and Egypt helped Thebes;
there was no limit to their power.
The governments of the nearby countries of Put and Libya were also allies of Thebes.
10 But Thebes was captured,
and its people were ◄exiled/forced to go to other countries►.
Their babies were dashed to pieces in the streets of the city.
Enemy soldiers ◄cast lots/threw small marked stones► to decide who would get each official in Thebes to become his slave.
All the leaders of Thebes were fastened/tied by chains.