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Plunder the silver,
    plunder the gold!
There is no end of treasure,
    or wealth of every precious thing.

10 Desolate! Desolation and ruin!
    Hearts faint and knees tremble,
anguish is on all loins,
    all faces grow pale!
11 Where is the lions’ den,
    the cave[a] of the young lions,
where the lion brought his prey,
    where his cubs were, with none to disturb?

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:11 Cn: Heb pasture

Plunder the silver!
    Plunder the gold!
The supply is endless,
    the wealth from all its treasures!
10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
    Hearts melt,(A) knees give way,
    bodies tremble, every face grows pale.(B)

11 Where now is the lions’ den,(C)
    the place where they fed their young,
where the lion and lioness went,
    and the cubs, with nothing to fear?

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