Verse 9

Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. 'Stop! Stop!' they cry, but no one turns back.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 33:4 : 4 Your plunder will be gathered like the gathering of locusts; people will swarm over it like locusts swarming.
  • Jer 25:34 : 34 Weep and wail, you shepherds, cry out! Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock, for your time to be slaughtered has come. You will fall like a precious vessel.
  • Jer 51:56 : 56 For a destroyer has come against Babylon; her warriors are captured, their bows are broken. For the Lord is a God of retribution; He will fully repay.
  • Ezek 26:12 : 12 'They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. They will throw your stones, timber, and rubble into the sea.'
  • Dan 11:8 : 8 He will also carry off their gods, their metal images, and their precious articles of silver and gold into Egypt. For some years, he will refrain from attacking the king of the North.
  • Nah 2:12-13 : 12 Where is the lion’s den, the lair of the young lions, where the lion went, the lioness went, and the lion’s cubs, with no one to disturb them? 13 The lion tears apart prey to feed its cubs and strangles it for its lionesses. He fills his dens with prey and his lairs with torn flesh.
  • 2 Chr 36:10 : 10 At the turn of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, along with the precious articles of the house of the LORD. He made Zedekiah, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
  • Isa 33:1 : 1 Woe to you, destroyer, who has not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, who has not been betrayed! When you finish destroying, you will be destroyed. When you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.