A city under attack

¹A scatterer has come up against you.

²The LORD will restore the pride of Jacob,

³The shields of his warriors are red;

The ironwork of the chariots flashes like fire

⁴The chariots race wildly through the streets;

⁵He musters his officers;

⁶The gates of the rivers are opened;

⁷It is decreed: She is sent into exile, carried away,[#2.7 Heb uncertain]

while her female servants moan like doves, beating their breasts.

⁸Nineveh has been like a pool of water.

⁹Plunder silver! Plunder gold!

¹⁰Destruction and devastation;

The heart grows faint and knees buckle;

Cruel Nineveh will be destroyed

¹¹Where is the lions’ den, the meadow of the young lions,

¹²The lion has torn enough prey

¹³Look! I am against you, proclaims the LORD of heavenly forces.

I will burn your chariots in smoke;

I will cut off your prey from the earth,