Nahum 2:6-8

Contemporary English Version

⁶ The river gates^[a] fly open,
    and panic floods the palace.
⁷ Nineveh is disgraced.
    The queen is dragged off.
Her servant women mourn;
    they moan like doves,
and they beat their breasts
    in sorrow.^[b]
8 Nineveh is like a pond
    with leaking water.
Shouts of “Stop! Don't go!”
can be heard everywhere.
    But everyone is leaving.