Nahum 2:7-9

Contemporary English Version

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