Are you better than No-amon that was set among the Nile’s canals, Surrounded by waters, with the river for her rampart and water for her wall?
to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his servants, princes, all his people
The nations hear your cries, your screaming fills the earth. Warrior stumbles against warrior, both collapse together.
lower than any other kingdom, no longer able to set itself above the nations. I will make them few in number, so they cannot rule other nations.
Pass over to Calneh and see, go from there to Hamath the great, and down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms, or is your territory greater than theirs?