All who see you will shrink back and say,‘ Nineveh lies in ruins. Where are the mourners?’ Does anyone regret your destruction?”

凡看见你的，都必逃跑离开你，说：‘尼尼微荒凉了！’有谁为你悲伤呢？我何处寻得安慰你的人呢？”

凡看见你的，都必逃离你，说：“尼尼微荒凉了！有谁为你悲伤呢？我何处找到安慰你的人呢？”

凡看见你的，都必逃离你，说：“尼尼微荒凉了！有谁为你悲伤呢？我何处找到安慰你的人呢？”

凡看见你的都要逃避，说，‘尼尼微毁灭了！谁会为她悲伤呢？’我到哪里去寻找安慰你的人呢？”

看见你的都必逃避你，说：“尼尼微荒凉了；有谁为她悲哀呢？”我在哪里可以找到安慰你的人呢？

凡看見你的，都必逃跑離開你，說：尼尼微荒涼了！有誰為你悲傷呢？我何處尋得安慰你的人呢？

凡看見你的，都必逃離你，說：「尼尼微荒涼了！有誰為你悲傷呢？我何處找到安慰你的人呢？」

凡看見你的，都必逃離你，說：「尼尼微荒涼了！有誰為你悲傷呢？我何處找到安慰你的人呢？」

凡看見你的都要逃避，說，『尼尼微毀滅了！誰會為她悲傷呢？』我到哪裡去尋找安慰你的人呢？」

看見你的都必逃避你，說：“尼尼微荒涼了；有誰為她悲哀呢？”我在哪裡可以找到安慰你的人呢？

將來凡看見你的都必躲避你，說：『尼尼微毁滅了；有誰為她悲傷呢？』我可從哪裏尋得安慰你的人呢？

凡見爾者、必逃避爾曰、尼尼微荒蕪、誰哀悼之、慰藉爾者、我何由而尋之乎、

凡見爾者將遁逃遙立云、尼尼微邑傾圮矣、孰矜恤之、孰慰藉之、

凡見爾者、必遁逃遙立遁逃遙立或作逃避爾云、尼尼微邑傾圮傾圮或作拆毀矣、孰為哀慟、我由何尋得人以慰藉爾、

All who see you will flee from you and say,‘ Nineveh is in ruins— who will mourn for her?’ Where can I find anyone to comfort you?”

All those who see you will run away from you. They will say,‘ Nineveh is destroyed. Who will mourn over it?’ Where can I find someone to comfort your people?”

And all who look at you will shrink from you and say,“ Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her?” Where shall I seek comforters for you?

Then all who see you will recoil from you, saying,“ Nineveh is devastated; who will show sympathy to her?” Where can I find anyone to comfort you?

And it will come about that all who see you Will shrink from you and say,‘ Nineveh is devastated! Who will have sympathy for her?’ Where shall I seek comforters for you?”

It shall come to pass that all who look upon you Will flee from you, and say,‘ Nineveh is laid waste! Who will bemoan her?’ Where shall I seek comforters for you?”

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

Then all who see you will recoil from you, saying,“ Nineveh is devastated; who will show sympathy to her?” Where can I find anyone to comfort you?

And it shall come to pass,[ that] all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust; they will say,‘ Nineveh has been devastated! Who will lament for her?’ There will be no one to comfort you!”

It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say,‘ Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?”

“ Who will feel sorry for you, Jerusalem? Who will weep for you? Who will even bother to ask how you are?

These two calamities have fallen on you: desolation and destruction, famine and war. And who is left to sympathize with you? Who is left to comfort you?

They will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will cry out,“ How terrible, how terrible for you, O Babylon, you great city! In a single moment God’s judgment came on you.”

We would have helped her if we could, but nothing can save her now. Let her go; abandon her. Return now to your own land. For her punishment reaches to the heavens; it is so great it cannot be measured.

All the people around them fled when they heard their screams.“ The earth will swallow us, too!” they cried.

What can I say about you? Who has ever seen such sorrow? O daughter of Jerusalem, to what can I compare your anguish? O virgin daughter of Zion, how can I comfort you? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?

This message concerning Nineveh came as a vision to Nahum, who lived in Elkosh.

Loot the silver! Plunder the gold! There’s no end to Nineveh’s treasures— its vast, uncounted wealth.Soon the city is plundered, empty, and ruined. Hearts melt and knees shake. The people stand aghast, their faces pale and trembling.

“ How terrible, how terrible for that great city! She was clothed in finest purple and scarlet linens, decked out with gold and precious stones and pearls!In a single moment all the wealth of the city is gone!” And all the captains of the merchant ships and their passengers and sailors and crews will stand at a distance.They will cry out as they watch the smoke ascend, and they will say,“ Where is there another city as great as this?”And they will weep and throw dust on their heads to show their grief. And they will cry out,“ How terrible, how terrible for that great city! The shipowners became wealthy by transporting her great wealth on the seas. In a single moment it is all gone.”

“ How Babylon is fallen— great Babylon, praised throughout the earth! Now she has become an object of horror among the nations.The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered by its crashing waves.Her cities now lie in ruins; she is a dry wasteland where no one lives or even passes by.