Nahum 2:8
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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.Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
In other translations
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.Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
Hebrew words
וְנִינְוֵהveninevehand NinevehH5210כִבְרֵכַת־khivrekhat-[was] like a pool ofH1295מַיִםmayimwaterH4325מִימֵיmimeifrom [the] days ofH3117הִיאhi'itH1931וְהֵמָּהvehemahand theyH1992נָסִיםnasim[are] fleeingH5127עִמְדוּ'imdustopH5975עֲמֹדוּ'amodustopH5975וְאֵיןve'einand there notH369מַפְנֶה׃mafneh[is one who] turns backH6437
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- Isaiah 47:13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you— your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.
- Isaiah 48:20Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
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- Isaiah 13:14And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
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- Jeremiah 51:13O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
- Jeremiah 51:30The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
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