¹⁴ The Lord has given a command concerning you, Nineveh:
    “You will have no descendants to bear your name.^(A)
I will destroy the images^(B) and idols
    that are in the temple of your gods.
I will prepare your grave,^(C)
    for you are vile.”

⁷ It is decreed^[a] that Nineveh
    be exiled and carried away.
Her female slaves moan^(A) like doves
    and beat on their breasts.^(B)