And Huzzab the Queen shall be led away captive, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, smiting upon their breasts.

But Nineveh is [a]of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry: but none shall look back.

[b]Spoil ye the silver, spoil the gold: for there is none end of the store and glory of all the pleasant vessels.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:8 The Assyrians will flatter themselves and say, that Nineveh is so ancient that it can never perish, and is as a fishpool, whose waters they that walk on the banks cannot touch, but they shall be scattered, and shall not look back though men would call them.
  2. Nahum 2:9 God commandeth the enemies to spoil Nineveh, and promiseth them infinite riches and treasures.

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