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It has been ·announced [decreed] that ·the people of Nineveh [L she]
    will be ·captured [exiled; or stripped; exposed] and carried away.
The slave girls moan like doves
    and beat their breasts [C a sign of grief].
Nineveh is like a pool,
    and now its water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” the people yell,
    but no one turns back.
·Take [Plunder] the silver!
    ·Take [Plunder] the gold!
There is no end to the treasure—
    piles of wealth of every ·kind [precious/desirable thing].

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It is decreed[a] that Nineveh
    be exiled and carried away.
Her female slaves moan(A) like doves
    and beat on their breasts.(B)
Nineveh is like a pool
    whose water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
    but no one turns back.
Plunder the silver!
    Plunder the gold!
The supply is endless,
    the wealth from all its treasures!

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.