Nahum 2:10-12

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¹⁰Now Nineveh is empty.
    Everything is stolen.
    The city is ruined.
People have lost their courage,
    their hearts melt with fear,
their knees knock together,
    their bodies shake,
    and their faces turn pale.

¹¹Where is that great city now?
    It was like a den where the lions feed their young.
It was a place where people felt safe,
    like lions in a cave with no one there to harm them.
¹²The lion was able to catch plenty of food
    to feed his cubs and his mate.
He filled his cave with the animals he killed.
    He filled his den with the meat he gathered.