8. Nineveh has been like a pool of waterfrom her first days, but they are fleeing.“Stop! Stop! ” they cry,but no one turns back.
9. “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! ” There is no end to the treasure,an abundance of every precious thing.
10. Desolation, decimation, devastation!Hearts melt, knees tremble, loins shake, every face grows pale!
11. Where is the lions’ lair, or the feeding ground of the young lions,where the lion and lioness prowled,and the lion’s cub,with nothing to frighten them away?
12. The lion mauled whatever its cubs neededand strangled prey for its lionesses.It filled up its dens with the kill,and its lairs with mauled prey.
13. Beware, I am against you. This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.I will make your chariots go up in smoke and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth,and the sound of your messengerswill never be heard again.