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2:5 尼尼微王招聚他的貴冑；他們步行絆跌，速上城牆，預備擋牌。

2:6 河閘開放，宮殿沖沒。

2:7 王后蒙羞，被人擄去；宮女搥胸，哀鳴如鴿。此乃命定之事。

2:8 尼尼微自古以來充滿人民，如同聚水的池子；現在居民卻都逃跑。雖有人呼喊說：站住！站住！卻無人回顧。

2:9 你們搶掠金銀吧！因為所積蓄的無窮，華美的寶器無數。

He remembers his officers;

they stumble as they go,

they hasten to the wall;

the siege tower is set up.

  The river gates are opened;

the palace melts away;

  its mistress is stripped; she is carried off,

her slave girls lamenting,

moaning like doves

and beating their breasts.

  Nineveh is like a pool

whose waters run away.

“Halt! Halt!” they cry,

but none turns back.

  Plunder the silver,

plunder the gold!

There is no end of the treasure

or of the wealth of all precious things.

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    這是描述將來尼尼微成被攻擊的狀態，尤其是王室的榮耀更是消失殆盡，大家為了搶奪財富，顧不得誰是王，誰是國王家中的人，更顧不到誰是大臣了！一切的尊貴人，都變得沒有意義了!

    因此倚靠上帝比甚麼都重要，要不是上帝的保守，人的身分與地位也算不了甚麼了！