5
He gives orders to his officers; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
6
The river gates are opened, and the palace erodes away.
7
Beauty is stripped, she is carried away; her ladies-in-waiting moan like the sound of doves, and beat their breasts.
8
Nineveh has been like a pool of water from her [first] days, but they are fleeing. "Stop! Stop!" [they cry,] but no one turns back.
9
"Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!" There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
10
Desolation, decimation, devastation! Hearts melt, knees tremble, loins shake, every face grows pale!
11
Where is the lions' lair, or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled, and the lion's cub, with nothing to frighten them away?
12
The lion mauled whatever its cubs needed and strangled [prey] for its lionesses. It filled up its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
13
Beware, I am against you- the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. I will make your chariots go up in smoke and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the sound of your messengers will never be heard again.