³ The shields of ^[a]his mighty men are colored red,
The valiant men are dressed in ^(A)[b]scarlet,
The chariots are enveloped in ^[c]flashing steel
^[d]When he is set up to march,
And the cypress ^(B)spears are brandished.
⁴ The ^(C)chariots race madly in the streets;
They rush wildly in the ^[e]squares;
Their appearance is like torches;
They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.
⁵ He remembers his ^(D)mighty ones;
They ^(E)stumble in their march;
They hurry to her wall,
And the ^[f]mantelet is set up.
⁶ The gates of the rivers are opened,
And the palace is melted away.
⁷ So it stands fixed:
She is exiled, she is carried away,
And her maidservants are ^(F)moaning like the sound of doves,
^(G)Beating on their hearts.

⁸ Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,
Now they are fleeing;
“Stand! Stand!”
But ^(H)no one ^[g]turns back.
⁹ Plunder the silver!
Plunder the ^(I)gold!
And there is no limit to the treasure—
^[h]Wealth from every kind of desirable object.
¹⁰ She is ^(J)emptied! Yes, she is emptied out and eviscerated!
^(K)Hearts are melting and knees knocking!
Also anguish is in all their loins,
And all their ^(L)faces ^[i]turn pale!