³ The shields of ^[e]his warriors are dyed red,
The warriors are dressed in ^(E)scarlet,
The chariots are fitted with ^[f]flashing steel
^[g]When he is prepared to march,
And the juniper ^(F)spears are brandished.
⁴ The ^(G)chariots drive wildly in the streets,
They rush around in the ^[h]public squares;
Their appearance is like torches,
They drive back and forth like lightning flashes.
⁵ He remembers his ^(H)officers;
They ^(I)stumble in their advance,
They hurry to her wall,
And the ^[i]mantelet is set up.
⁶ The gates of the rivers are opened
And the palace sways back and forth.
⁷ It is set:
She is stripped, she is led away,
And her slave women are ^(J)sobbing like the sound of doves,
^(K)Beating their ^[j]breasts.

⁸ Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,
Yet they are fleeing;
“Stop, stop,”
But ^(L)no one turns back.
⁹ Plunder the silver,
Plunder the ^(M)gold!
For there is no end to the treasure—
Wealth from every kind of desirable object.
¹⁰ She is ^(N)emptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste!
^(O)Hearts are melting and knees wobbling!
Also trembling is in ^[k]the entire body,
And all their ^(P)faces have become pale!
¹¹ Where is the den of the lions
And the feeding place of the ^(Q)young lions,
Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub went
With nothing to disturb them?
¹² The lion tore enough for his cubs,
^[l]Killed enough prey for his lionesses,
And filled his lairs with prey
And his dens with torn flesh.