Nahum 2:5-10

5The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.

6The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.

7Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts.

8Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, but now her people are running away; she cries out: “Stop! Stop!” – but no one turns back.

9Her conquerors cry out: “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing.

10Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Their hearts faint, their knees tremble, each stomach churns, each face turns pale!