⁸ Nineveh was a shimmering pool of water, full to the brim in the days of her glory,
    but look, her soldiers are draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” the Assyrian commanders shout,
    but no one turns back. The destruction continues.
⁹ The attacker commands, “Take all the silver;
    take all the gold!
The supply is endless.
    After all, their treasury is full of stolen wealth.”
¹⁰ Every corner of the city is turned upside down, ransacked, stripped bare.
    She will lose all hope; her knees give way;
    she will shake with fear and turn white as a sheet.