5 The officers are summoned;they stumble as they press forward.The attackers rush to the walland set up the shield for the battering ram.
6 The gates by the river burst open;the palace is filled with terror.
7 The queen is taken captive;her servants moan like dovesand beat their breasts in sorrow.
8 Like water from a broken damthe people rush from Nineveh!“Stop! Stop!” the cry rings out —but no one turns back.
9 Plunder the silver!Plunder the gold!The city is full of treasure!
10 Nineveh is destroyed, deserted, desolate!Hearts melt with fear;knees tremble, strength is gone;faces grow pale.
11 Where now is the citythat was like a den of lions,the place where young lions were fed,where the lion and the lioness would goand their cubs would be safe?