Nahum 2:6-8

International Children’s Bible

⁶ The river gates are thrown open.
    And the palace is destroyed.
⁷ It has been announced that the people of Nineveh
    will be captured and carried away.
The slave girls moan like doves.
    They beat their breasts because they are sad.
⁸ Nineveh is like a pool.
    And its water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” the people yell.
    But no one turns back.