Nahum 2:3-10 - The Enemy Army Conquers The City Of Nineveh

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. 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. 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. ⁶ The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.

⁷ Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts. ⁸ Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, but now her people are running away; she cries out: "Stop! Stop!" -- but no one turns back. ⁹ Her conquerors cry out: "Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!" There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing. ¹⁰ Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Their hearts faint, their knees tremble, each stomach churns, each face turns pale!