Nahum 2:8
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And as for Ninive, her waters are like a great pool: but the men flee away. They cry: Stand, stand, but there is none that will return back.

Jeremiah 46:5
What then? I have seen them dismayed, and turning their backs, their valiant ones slain: they fled apace, and they looked not back: terror was round about, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 47:3
At the noise of the marching of arms, and of his soldiers, at the rushing of his chariots, and the multitude of his wheels. The fathers have not looked back to the children, for feebleness of hands,

Nahum 1:1
The burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum, the Elcesite.

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And as for Ninive, her waters are like a great pool: but the men flee away. They cry: Stand, stand, but there is none that will return back.

of old.

Genesis 10:11 Out of that land came forth Assur, and built Ninive, and the streets of the city, and Chale.

like.

Jeremiah 51:13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, rich in treasures, thy end is come for thy entire destruction.

Revelation 17:1,15 And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven vials and spoke with me, saying: Come, I will shew thee the condemnation of the great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters: . . .

Stand.

Nahum 3:17 Thy guards are like the locusts: and thy little ones like the locusts of locusts which swarm on the hedges in the day of cold: the sun arose, and they flew away, and their place was not known where they were.

Isaiah 13:14 And they shall be as a doe fleeing away, and as a sheep: and there shall be none to gather them together: every man shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.

Isaiah 47:13 Thou hast failed in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers stand and save thee, they that gazed at the stars, and counted the months, that from them they might tell the things that shall come to thee.

Isaiah 48:20 Come forth out of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, declare it with the voice of joy: make this to be heard, and speak it out even to the ends of the earth. Say: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

Jeremiah 50:16 Destroy the sower out of Babylon, and him that holdeth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the sword of the dove every man shall return to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land.

Jeremiah 51:30 The valiant men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have dwelt in holds: their strength hath failed, and they are become as women: her dwelling places are burnt, her bars are broken.

look back.

Context
The Overthrow of Nineveh
7And the soldier is led away captive: and her bondwomen were led away mourning as doves, murmuring in their hearts. 8And as for Ninive, her waters are like a great pool: but the men flee away. They cry: Stand, stand, but there is none that will return back.9Take ye the spoil of the silver, take the spoil of the gold: for there is no end of the riches of all the precious furniture.…
Lexicon
Nineveh
וְנִינְוֵ֥ה (wə·nî·nə·wêh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5210: Nineveh -- capital of Assyr

has been like a pool
כִבְרֵֽכַת־ (ḵiḇ·rê·ḵaṯ-)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1295: A pool, pond

of water
מַ֖יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

throughout
הִ֑יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

her days,
מִ֣ימֵי (mî·mê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

but now
וְהֵ֣מָּה (wə·hêm·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

it is draining away.
נָסִ֔ים (nā·sîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5127: To flit, vanish away

“Stop!
עִמְד֥וּ (‘im·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5975: To stand, in various relations

Stop!” they cry,
עֲמֹ֖דוּ (‘ă·mō·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5975: To stand, in various relations

but no
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

one turns back.
מַפְנֶֽה׃ (map̄·neh)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look


Additional Translations
Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry ; but none looketh back.

And as for Nineve, her waters shall be as a pool of water: and they fled, and staid not, and there was none to look back.

Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ... Stand! Stand! But none looketh back.

But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away; Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back.

And Nineveh is as a pool of waters, From of old it is -- and they are fleeing! 'Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning!
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