(A)Nineveh is like a pool
    whose waters run away.[a]
“Halt! Halt!” they cry,
    but (B)none turns back.
Plunder the silver,
    plunder the gold!
There is no end of the treasure
    or of the wealth of all precious things.

10 (C)Desolate! Desolation and ruin!
    (D)Hearts melt and (E)knees tremble;
(F)anguish is in all loins;
    (G)all faces grow pale!

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:8 Compare Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

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