Nah 2:8 | ESV | STEP | Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. Halt ! Halt ! they cry, but none turns back .

‏ Nahum 2:8

8 ^aNineveh is like a pool
whose waters run away. ^{▼▼Compare Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
“Halt! Halt!” they cry,
but ^cnone turns back.