NET Bible
"Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, but now her people are running away; she cries out:“Stop! Stop!”– but no one turns back."
— Nahum 2:8, NET Bible
“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.”
“But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back. ”
“But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back.”
“And as for Ninive, her waters are like a great pool: but the men flee away. They cry: Stand, stand, but there is none that will return back.”
“But Nineveh is like a pool of water whose waters are flowing away; Keep your place, they say; but no one is turning back.”
“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.”
The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.
The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.
Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts.
Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, but now her people are running away; she cries out:“Stop! Stop!”– but no one turns back.
Her conquerors cry out:“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing.
Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Hearts faint; knees tremble; every stomach churns, all their faces have turned pale!
Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion Where now is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?