6. The river gates have been opened, and the palace is melted.
7. And it is established: she shall be exiled, she shall be led away. And her female servants are moaning as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
8. And Ninewĕh of old was like a pool of water, now they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
9. Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! There is no limit to the treasure – a wealth of all precious objects.
10. She is empty, even emptiness and waste! And the heart has melted, and the knees have knocked together, and much pain is in all loins, and all their faces have become flushed.