Nahum 2:7-9

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ its mistress^[a] is stripped, she is carried off,
    her maidens lamenting,
moaning like doves,
    and beating their breasts.
⁸ Nin′eveh is like a pool
    whose waters^[b] run away.
“Halt! Halt!” they cry;
    but none turns back.
⁹ Plunder the silver,
    plunder the gold!
There is no end of treasure,
    or wealth of every precious thing.