Nahum 2:6-8

New Century Version

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
    and beat their breasts, because they are sad.
⁸ Nineveh is like a pool,
    and now its water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” the people yell,
    but no one turns back.