Nahum 2:7

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

Nahum 2:7 in Other Translations

KJV
7 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.
ESV
7 its mistress is stripped; she is carried off, her slave girls lamenting, moaning like doves and beating their breasts.
NLT
7 Nineveh’s exile has been decreed, and all the servant girls mourn its capture. They moan like doves and beat their breasts in sorrow.
MSG
7 Soon it's all over: Nineveh stripped, Nineveh doomed, Maids and slaves moaning like doves, beating their breasts.
CSB
7 Beauty is stripped, she is carried away; her ladies-in-waiting moan like the sound of doves, and beat their breasts.

Nahum 2:7 In-Context

5 Nineveh summons her picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.
6 The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
7 It is decreed that Nineveh be exiled and carried away. Her female slaves moan like doves and beat on their breasts.
8 Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
9 Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Genesis 8:8; S Isaiah 59:11
  • 2. Isaiah 32:12

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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