Nahum 2:7

And the foot soldier has been led away captive, and her handmaids were driven away, mourning like doves, murmuring in their hearts.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6The gates of the rivers have been opened, and the temple has been pulled down to the ground.

8And Nineveh, her waters are like a fish pond. Yet truly, they have fled away: “Stand, stand!” But there is no one who will turn back.

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Cross References

Isaiah 38:14I will cry out, like a young swallow. I will meditate, like a dove. My eyes have been weakened by gazing upward. O Lord, I suffer violence! Answer in my favor.

Nahum 3:13Behold, women are at the center of your people. The gates of your land will be opened wide for your enemies; fire will devour your bars.

Luke 23:48And the entire crowd of those who came together to see this spectacle also saw what had happened, and they returned, striking their breasts.

Matthew Henry on Nahum 2:2-11

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. 2 For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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