Nahum:3:8-19
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Art thou better than populous #
No ,
that was situate among the rivers y @#
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that had the waters round about it ,
whose rampart was the sea ,
and her wall was from the sea ?
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Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength ,
and it was infinite #
H7097 ;
Put and Lubim were thy helpers .
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Yet was she carried away ,
she went into captivity :
her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets :
and they cast lots for her honourable men ,
and all her great men were bound in chains .
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Thou also shalt be drunken :
thou shalt be hid ,
thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy .
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All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs :
if they be shaken ,
they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater .
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Behold ,
thy people in the midst of thee are women :
the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies :
the fire shall devour thy bars .
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Draw thee waters for the siege ,
fortify thy strong holds :
go into clay ,
and tread the morter ,
make strong the brickkiln .
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There shall the fire devour thee ;
the sword shall cut thee off ,
it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm :
make thyself many as the cankerworm ,
make thyself many as the locusts .
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Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven :
the cankerworm spoileth ,
and flieth away .
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Thy crowned are as the locusts ,
and thy captains as the great grasshoppers ,
which camp in the hedges in the cold day ,
but when the sun ariseth they flee away ,
and their place is not known where they are .
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Thy shepherds slumber ,
O king of Assyria :
thy nobles shall dwell in the dust :
thy people is scattered upon the mountains ,
and no man gathereth them .
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There is no healing of thy bruise ;
thy wound is grievous :
all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee :
for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually ?