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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Nahum 2:8 in context
Nahum 2:5–11
5
He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
6
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
7
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
8
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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.
9
Take the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
10
She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.
11
Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked with the lion’s cubs, and no one made them afraid?
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