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Nahum speaks to the people of Nineveh as though they were the city itself. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe)
are you better than Thebes...?
AT: "you are not better than Thebes...." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
Thebes
the former capital of Egypt, which the Assyrians had conquered
whose defense was the ocean, whose wall was the sea itself
The Nile River surrounded Thebes and made attacking it difficult. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
defense...wall
Ancient cities had a main "wall" to keep attackers out, and an outer line of "defense" to keep attackers from the wall.
ocean...sea
If these words are the same in your language, use a general term for a large body of water for "sea."