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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All who see you will flee from you and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="content">&#8216;Nineveh is in ruins&#8212;who will mourn for her?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="content">Where can I find anyone to comfort you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Are you better than Thebes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">situated on the Nile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">with water around her?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">The river was her defense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">the waters her wall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Egypt were her boundless strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.3.9"><span class="content">Put and Libya were among her allies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.3.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Yet she was taken captive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">and went into exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">Her infants were dashed to pieces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">at every street corner.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">Lots were cast for her nobles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">and all her great men were put in chains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You too will become drunk;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="content">you will go into hiding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="content">and seek refuge from the enemy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">All your fortresses are like fig trees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">with their first ripe fruit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">when they are shaken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Look at your troops&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">they are all weaklings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">The gates of your land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">are wide open to your enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">fire has consumed the bars of your gates.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Draw water for the siege,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">strengthen your defenses!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">Work the clay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">tread the mortar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">repair the brickwork!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">There the fire will consume you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">the sword will cut you down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">Multiply like grasshoppers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">multiply like locusts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You have increased the number of your merchants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">but like locusts they strip the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">and then fly away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Your guards are like locusts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">your officials like swarms of locusts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">that settle in the walls on a cold day&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">but when the sun appears they fly away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">and no one knows where.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">King of Assyria, your shepherds</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, rulers</span></span></span><span class="content"> slumber;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">your nobles lie down to rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">Your people are scattered on the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">with no one to gather them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Nothing can heal you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">your wound is fatal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">All who hear the news about you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">clap their hands at your fall,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">for who has not felt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">your endless cruelty?</span></span></div>
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