Nahum 2:8

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⁸But ^yNineveh is ^||of old like ^za pool of water:

Yet ^athey shall flee away.

Stand, stand, ^bshall they cry; but none shall ^||^clook back.

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Footnotes

ySee ch. 1:1.
||Or, from the days that she hath been.
aComp. Ps. 58:7.
bSee Ex. 18:4.
||Or, cause them to turn.
cSee Jer. 46:5.

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z Eccles. 2:6.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Nineveh is like a pool

whose waters run away.

“Halt! Halt!” they cry,

but none turns back.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Nineveh is like a pool

whose water is draining away.

“Stop! Stop!” they cry,

but no one turns back.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Nineveh has been like a pool of water

from her first days,

but they are fleeing.

“Stop! Stop!” they cry,

but no one turns back.

NLTNew Living Translation

Nineveh is like a leaking water reservoir!

The people are slipping away.

“Stop, stop!” someone shouts,

but no one even looks back.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Nineveh is like a pool of water without its water.

As they flee, she cries, “Stop! Stop!”

But there is no one who turns back.