10. Nineveh is destroyed, deserted, demolished.Hearts are melting.Knees are knocking.Every stomach becomes upset.Every face turns pale.
11. Where is the lions’ den,that feeding place for young lions?Where are the lion, the lioness, and the lion cub who moved aboutwith no one to terrify them?
12. The lion tore its prey to pieces to feed its cubs.It strangled ⌊the prey⌋ for its mates.It used to fill its caves with torn carcassesand its dens with torn flesh.
13. “I am against you, Nineveh,” declares the Lord of Armies.“I will send your chariots up in smoke,and a sword will kill your young lions.I will remove your prey from the earth,and no one will ever hear the voice of your messengers again.”