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NAHUM
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- Whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
- Art thou better than populous No,
- That was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it,
- Whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
- Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite;
- Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
- 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.
- Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid,
- Thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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