You have increased the number of your merchants till they are more than the stars in the sky, but like locusts they strip the land and then fly away. (NIV)

You increased your merchants more than the [visible] stars of the heavens. The swarming locust spreads itself and destroys, and then flies away. (AMP)

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away. (KJV)

"I am against you," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will leave you no prey on the earth. The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard." (NIV)

Behold, I am against you [Nineveh], says the Lord of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. And I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard. (AMP)

Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. (KJV)

King of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your nobles lie down to rest. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. (NIV)

Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles are lying still [in death]. Your people are scattered on the mountains and there is no one to gather them. (AMP)

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. (KJV)

Your guards are like locusts, your officials like swarms of locusts that settle in the walls on a cold day – but when the sun appears they fly away, and no one knows where. (NIV)

Your princes are like the grasshoppers and your marshals like the swarms of locusts which encamp in the hedges on a cold day--but when the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where they are. (AMP)

Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. (KJV)

Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses! Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork! (NIV)

Draw for yourself the water [necessary] for a [long continued] siege, make strong your fortresses! Go down into the clay pits and trample the mortar; make ready the brickkiln [to burn bricks for the bulwarks]! (AMP)

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. (KJV)

The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots! (NIV)

The cracking of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses and chariots rumbling and bounding (AMP)

The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. (KJV)

A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. (NIV)

THE BURDEN or oracle (the thing to be lifted up) concerning Nineveh [the capital of Assyria]. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh. (AMP)

The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. (KJV)