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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]])
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## are you better than Thebes...? ##
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AT: "you are not better than Thebes...." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## 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."