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But the gates by the rivers are open,
    and the enemy comes flooding in and destroys the king’s palace.
The enemy takes away the queen,
    and her slave girls moan sadly like doves.
    They beat their breasts to show their sadness.

Nineveh is like a pool whose water
    is draining away.
People yell, “Stop! Stop running away!”
    But it does not do any good.

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