The river gates were thus opened, and as foretold, Nineveh was taken as quickly as fire devours dry stubble. ​ — Nahum 1: 8 - 10.
अशाप्रकारे, नदीकडील दरवाजे खुले झाले व भाकीत केल्याप्रमाणे निनवे “वाळलेल्या धसकटाप्रमाणे भस्म ” झाले. — नहूम १: ८ - १०.