Nahum 2:5-7

New Living Translation

⁵ The king shouts to his officers;
    they stumble in their haste,
    rushing to the walls to set up their defenses.
⁶ The river gates have been torn open!
    The palace is about to collapse!
⁷ Nineveh’s exile has been decreed,
    and all the servant girls mourn its capture.
They moan like doves
    and beat their breasts in sorrow.