<t /><p class="poetry">Whatever<n id="1" /> you plot<n id="2" /> against the <sc>Lordsc>, he will completely destroy!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Distress<n id="4" /> will not arise<n id="5" /> a second time.p>

<p class="poetry">Nineveh was like a pool<n id="1" /> of water<n id="2" /> throughout her days,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but now<n id="4" /> her people<n id="5" /> are running away;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">she cries out:<n id="7" /> &#8220;Stop! Stop!&#8221; &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">but no one turns back.<n id="8" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is a zealous<n id="1" /> and avenging<n id="2" /> God;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> is avenging and very angry.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> takes vengeance<n id="4" /> against his foes;p> <p class="poetry">he sustains his rage<n id="5" /> against his enemies.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Where now is the den of the lions,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the feeding place<n id="2" /> of the young lions,p> <p class="poetry">where<n id="3" /> the lion, lioness,<n id="4" /> and lion cub once prowled<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and no one disturbed them?<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yet she went into captivity as an exile;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">even her infants were smashed to pieces<n id="2" /> at the head of every street.p> <p class="poetry">They cast lots<n id="3" /> for her nobility;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">all her dignitaries were bound with chains.p>