Nahum 2:7

The sha'arei haneharot (the gates of the rivers) shall be thrown open, 1 and the heikhal (palace) reels. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

6He + 2:6 the Assyrian king shall remember his mighty ones; 1 they stumble in their walk; 1 they shall make haste to the chomah (wall) of it, + 2:6 Nineveh 1 and the defense shall be prepared. 1

8Her + 2:8 Ninevehʼs golus (exile) is decreed, she shall be carried away, 1 her slave girls moaning like the kol yonim (voice of doves), 1 beating their breasts. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chirp; 1 I did moan like a yonah; 1 mine eyes grew weak from looking heavenward; 1 Adonoi, I am oppressed; go surety for me. 1

Nahum 3:13Hinei, thy troops in the midst of thee are nashim (women); 1 the gates of thy land 1 shall be set wide open unto thine enemies; 1 the eish shall devour thy (gate) bars. 1

Luke 23:48And when all the hamon (crowd) that had assembled at this spectacle had observed the things that had happened, they went away beating their chests.

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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