5He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
7It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
8But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back.
9Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
10She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.
11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion`s cubs, and no one made them afraid?
