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The shields of ^[e]his mighty men are colored red, The warriors are dressed in ^(e)scarlet, The chariots are enveloped in ^[f]flashing steel ^[g]When he is prepared to march, And the cypress ^(f)spears are brandished.

The ^(g)chariots race madly in the streets, They rush wildly in the ^[h]squares, Their appearance is like torches, They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.

He remembers his ^(h)nobles; They ⁽ⁱ⁾stumble in their march, They hurry to her wall, And the ^[i]mantelet is set up.

The gates of the rivers are opened And the palace is dissolved.

It is fixed: She is stripped, she is carried away, And her handmaids are ^(j)moaning like the sound of doves, ^(k)Beating on their ^[j]breasts.

Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Now they are fleeing; "Stop, stop," But ^(l)no one turns back.

Plunder the silver! Plunder the ^(m)gold! For there is no limit to the treasure— Wealth from every kind of desirable object.

She is ⁽ⁿ⁾emptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste! ^(o)Hearts are melting and knees knocking! Also anguish is in ^[k]the whole body And all their ^(p)faces are grown pale!