6 The gates of the river are opened; the palace trembles.
7 Her goddess is taken out and taken into exile; her maidservants moan like doves; they beat on their breasts.
8 Nineveh is like a pool of water without its water. As they flee, she cries, “Stop! Stop!” But there is no one who turns back.
9 Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! There is no end to the spoils, an abundance of everything one could want!
10 Emptiness and plundering and devastation! Their hearts faint and their knees tremble, All their loins shake and all their faces turn pale.
11 Where now is the den of the lions and the cave of the fierce lions? There the lioness, the cub, and the lion once prowled, and no one disturbed them.
12 The lion tore apart enough prey for his cubs, he strangled prey for his lioness; he filled his lair with prey and his den with mangled carcass.