Nahum 2:6-11

6They open the river gates and the water rushes into the city. It destroys the palace.

7Nineveh's people must be led away to another country. They are ashamed. Her female slaves cry like doves and they hit themselves.

8Nineveh is like a pool of water. But now its people run away, like water that is pouring away. ‘Stop, stop!’ they shout, but nobody comes back.

9Take the silver. Take the gold. The city has so many valuable things.

10They take the valuable things from the city. They take everything that they can. And they destroy everything else. The people are very sad. Their knees and their bodies shake. Their faces become white because they are afraid.

11The home of the lions has gone. The place where they fed their young lions has gone. This was the place where whole families of lions once lived. It is here where their young lions were not afraid.