The river gates(A) are thrown open
    and the palace collapses.

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The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

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The gates of the rivers are opened,
And the palace is dissolved.

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Nineveh is like a pool
    whose water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
    but no one turns back.

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But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

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Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water,
Now they flee away.
[a]“Halt! Halt!” they cry;
But no one turns back.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:8 Lit. Stand