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.
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.
5 He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
6 The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
7 It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
8 But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. |Stop! Stop!| they cry, but no one looks back.
9 Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
10 She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.
2:8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry;] but none shall look back.
2:8Nineveh is like a pool, and its water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one turns back.
2:8And as for Ninive, her waters are like a great pool, but the men flee away. They cry: Stand, stand, but there is none that will return back.
2:8But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry ; but none looketh back.
2:8Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ... Stand! Stand! But none looketh back.
2:8But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away; Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.
2:8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
2:8And Nineveh is as a pool of waters, From of old it is — and they are fleeing! 'Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning!
2:8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.