6 The river gates are opened,

and the palace erodes away.g

7 BeautyD is stripped;E

she is carried away;

her ladies-in-waiting moan

like the sound of dovesh

and beat their breasts.i

8 Nineveh has been like a pool of water

from her first days,E

but they are fleeing.

“Stop! Stop!” they cry,

but no one turns back.

9 “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!”j

There is no end to the treasure,

an abundance of every precious thing.k