1:1 The oracle against Nineveh;
the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
2:10 Destruction, devastation, and desolation!
Their hearts faint,
their knees tremble,
each stomach churns,
2:11 Where now is the den of the lions,
the feeding place
where
and no one disturbed them?
3:7 Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust;
they will say, ‘Nineveh has been devastated!
Who will lament for her?’
There will be no one to comfort you!”
3:15 There the fire will consume
the sword will cut you down;
it will devour
Multiply yourself
multiply yourself like the flying locust!
3:18 Your shepherds
Your officers
Your people are scattered like sheep
and there is no one to regather them!
3:19 Your destruction is like an incurable wound;
your demise is like a fatal injury!
All who hear what has happened to you
for no one ever escaped your endless cruelty!