Nahúm 3:8-10

8 ¿Acaso eres mejor que la ciudad de Tebas,
situada en el río Nilo y rodeada de agua?
Estaba protegida a su alrededor por el río,
con el agua por muralla.

9 Etiopía
y la tierra de Egipto
le dieron ayuda sin límites.
Las naciones de Fut y de Libia
estaban entre sus aliados.

10 Sin embargo, Tebas cayó
y su gente fue llevada cautiva
y sus bebés fueron estrellados
contra las piedras de las calles hasta morir.
Los soldados tiraban los dados
para quedarse con los oficiales egipcios como sirvientes.
Ataron con cadenas a todos sus líderes.

Nahúm 3:8-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NAHUM 3

In this chapter is contained the prophecy of the destruction of Nineveh, and with it the whole Assyrian empire; the causes of which, besides those before mentioned, were the murders, lies, and robberies it was full of, Na 3:1 for which it should be swiftly and cruelly destroyed, Na 3:2,3 as also its whoredoms and witchcrafts, or idolatry, by which nations and families were seduced, Na 3:4 and hence she should be treated as a harlot, her nakedness exposed, and she cast out with contempt, and mocked at by all, Na 3:5-7 and all those things she placed her confidence in are shown to be of no avail; as her situation and fortresses, as she might learn from the case of No Amon, Na 3:8-12 nor the number of her inhabitants, which were weak as women; nor even her merchants, captains, nobles, and king himself, Na 3:13-18 nor the people she was in alliance with, who would now mock at her, her case being irrecoverable and incurable, Na 3:19.