Holy Scripture
Nahum 2:8
A church father on this verse
“(Verses 8, 9.) And Nineveh is like a pool of water; its waters are fleeing. Stand! Stand! But there is no one who can turn back. Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; there is no end to the treasures, the desirable vessels. LXX: And Nineveh is like a pool of water; and they who flee do not stand; there is no one who l…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8and the foundation has been exposed; and she has gone up, and her maidservants were led away as doves moaning in their hearts.
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In context
6And their mighty men shall bethink themselves and flee by day; and they shall be weak as they go; and they shall hasten to her walls, and shall prepare their defenses.
7The gates of the cities have been opened, and the palaces have fallen into ruin,
— Nahum 2:8 —
9And as for Nineveh, her waters shall be as a pool of water: and they fled, and stayed not, and there was none to look back.
10They plundered the silver, they plundered the gold, and there was no end of their adorning; they were loaded with it upon all their pleasant vessels.