Nahum 2:7

It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.

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WEBBE

It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.

BSB

It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.

KJV

And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

ASV

And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.

BBE

And the queen is uncovered, she is taken away and her servant-girls are weeping like the sound of doves, hammering on their breasts.

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וְהֻצַּב ve·hu·tzav and it has been fixed H5324 גֻּלְּתָה gu·le·tah it was uncovered H1540 הֹעֲלָתָה ho·'a·la·tah it was taken away H5927 וְאַמְהֹתֶיהָ ve·'am·ho·tei·ha and maidservants its H519 מְנַהֲגוֹת me·na·ha·goyt [are] moaning H5090 כְּקוֹל ke·kol like [the] sound of H6963 יוֹנִים yo·nim doves H3123 מְתֹפְפֹת me·to·fe·fot [they are] beating H8608 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 לִבְבֵהֶן li·ve·hen hearts their H3824

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–10

Nineveh shall not put aside this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. Particular account is given of the terrors wherein the invading enemy shall appear against Nineveh. The empire of Assyria is represented as a queen, about to be led captive to Babylon. Guilt in the conscience fills men with terror in an evil day; and what will treasures or glory do for us in times of distress, or in the day of wrath? Yet for such things how many lose their souls!

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