The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

And now will I break his rod from thy back, and burst thy bonds in sunder."

The one who scatters has come up against you.
Man the fortress, watch the road;
Strengthen your back, summon all your strength.

For turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As to the excellency of Israel, For emptied them out have emptiers, And their branches they have marred.

The chariots race madly through the streets; they rush back and forth in the public squares. Their appearance like lightning bolts, they dart about like flashes of lightning.

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.

Yea, all they that look upon thee shall start back, and say, "Nineveh is destroyed!" Who will have pity upon thee? Where shall I seek one to comfort thee?