Nahum 2:3-7
Prophetic Vision of the Fall of Nineveh
2:3 The shields of his warriors are dyed red;
the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments.
The metal fittings of the chariots shine
like fire on the day of battle;
the soldiers brandish their spears.
2:4 The chariots race madly through the streets,
they rush back and forth in the broad plazas;
they look like lightning bolts,
they dash here and there like flashes of lightning.
2:5 The commander orders his officers;
they stumble as they advance;
they rush to the city wall
and they set up the covered siege tower.
2:6 The sluice gates are opened;
the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.
2:7 Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away;
her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts.