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Nahum 2:8

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But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.

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Nahum 2:8 in other translations

But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.

Nahum 2:8 · American Standard Version

Nahum 2:8 in context

  1. 6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
  2. 7It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
  3. 8But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.
  4. 9Take the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
  5. 10She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.