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Nahum 2:6-11
New International Version
Nahum 2:6-11
New International Version
6 The river gates(A) are thrown open
and the palace collapses.
7 It is decreed[a] that Nineveh
be exiled and carried away.
Her female slaves moan(B) like doves
and beat on their breasts.(C)
8 Nineveh is like a pool
whose water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
but no one turns back.
9 Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!
The supply is endless,
the wealth from all its treasures!
10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
Hearts melt,(D) knees give way,
bodies tremble, every face grows pale.(E)
11 Where now is the lions’ den,(F)
the place where they fed their young,
where the lion and lioness went,
and the cubs, with nothing to fear?
Footnotes
- Nahum 2:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Nahum 2:6-11
King James Version
Nahum 2:6-11
King James Version
6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
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