A pronouncement about Nineveh: The record of the vision of Nahum from Elkosh.

Now I will break off Assyria's yoke from you, and tear apart your shackles."

Now this is what the Lord has decreed about you, Nineveh: "There will be no more children born to carry on your name. I will cut out the graven and molten images from the temples of your gods. I myself will dig your grave, because you are vile."

"I am against you," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and I will send your chariots up in smoke. A sword will devour your young lions, I will eliminate your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard."

You will also become drunk. You will disappear, trying to hide from your enemies.