36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at (A)Nineveh.

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36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew.(A) He returned to Nineveh(B) and stayed there.

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“Arise, go to (A)Nineveh, that (B)great city, and cry out against it; for (C)their wickedness has come up before Me.”

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“Go to the great city of Nineveh(A) and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

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Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water,
Now they flee away.
[a]“Halt! Halt!” they cry;
But no one turns back.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:8 Lit. Stand

Nineveh is like a pool
    whose water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
    but no one turns back.

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13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north,
(A)Destroy Assyria,
And make Nineveh a desolation,
As dry as the wilderness.

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Assyria

13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
    and destroy Assyria,(A)
leaving Nineveh(B) utterly desolate
    and dry as the desert.(C)

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