Nahum 2:6-8

Good News Translation

⁶ The gates by the river burst open;
    the palace is filled with terror.
⁷ The queen is taken captive;
    her servants moan like doves
    and beat their breasts in sorrow.
⁸ Like water from a broken dam
    the people rush from Nineveh!^[a]
“Stop! Stop!” the cry rings out—
    but no one turns back.