5 He musters his officers;they stumble as they press forward.They hurry to the city wall,and the portable shield is set up.
6 The gates of the rivers are opened;the palace melts.
7 It is decreed: She is sent into exile, carried away,while her female servants moan like doves, beating their breasts.
8 Nineveh has been like a pool of water.Such are its waters, and others are fleeing."Stop, stop!"—but no one can turn them back.
9 Plunder silver! Plunder gold!There is no end to the supplies,an abundance of precious objects!
10 Destruction and devastation;the city is laid waste!The heart grows faint and knees buckle;there is anguish in every groin;all the faces grow pale.
11 Where is the lions’ den, the meadow of the young lions,where lion, lioness, even lion cub go about with no one to terrify them?