Nahum 2:7

The queen is stripped, she is carried off. Her maids moan like doves, beating upon their breasts.

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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 water-gates are thrown open, and the palace dissolves in ruins.

8Like a pool of water is Nineveh, her waters fast ebbing away. “Stand firm! Stand firm!” someone cries, but no one turns back.

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Cross References

Nahum 3:13Your troops are weak as women before your foes; the gates of your land are wide open; your defenses burned down.

Luke 23:48All the people who had collected to see the sight watched what occurred, and then went home beating 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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