Nineveh Will Suffer the Same Fate as Thebes

8 You are no more secure than Thebes –

she was located on the banks of the Nile;

the waters surrounded her,

her rampart was the sea,

the water was her wall.

9 Cush and Egypt had limitless strength;

Put and the Libyans were among her allies.

10 Yet she went into captivity as an exile;

even her infants were smashed to pieces at the head of every street.

They cast lots for her nobility;

all her dignitaries were bound with chains.

11 You too will act like drunkards;

you will go into hiding;

you too will seek refuge from the enemy.