Catholic Public Domain Version
"Despoil the silver, despoil the gold. And there is no end to all the riches of desirable equipment. "
— Nahum 2:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture. ”
“Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.”
“Her conquerors cry out:“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing.”
“Take ye the spoil of the silver, take the spoil of the gold: for there is no end of the riches of all the precious furniture.”
“Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.”
“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.”
The gates of the rivers have been opened, and the temple has been pulled down to the ground.
And the foot soldier has been led away captive, and her handmaids were driven away, mourning like doves, murmuring in their hearts.
And Nineveh, her waters are like a fish pond. Yet truly, they have fled away: “Stand, stand!” But there is no one who will turn back.
Despoil the silver, despoil the gold. And there is no end to all the riches of desirable equipment.
She has been scattered, and cut, and torn apart. And the heart melts, and the knees buckle, and weakness is in every temperament. And the faces of them all are like a black kettle.
Where is the dwelling place of the lions, and the feeding ground of the young lions, to which the lion went, so as to open a way for the young lion, and so that there would be none to make them afraid?
The lion seized enough for his young, and killed enough for his lionesses, and he filled his caves with prey, and his den with spoils.