Nahum 2:7

Huzzab is stripped of her clothes and is taken away; 1 her female servants moan like doves, beating on their breasts. 1

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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 at the rivers are forced open, and the palace falls to ruins. 1

8Nineveh is like a leaking pool of water, with its people fleeing away like rushing water. 1 Others shout, “Stop, stop,” but no one looks back. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow I chirp; I coo like a dove; 1 my eyes grow tired with looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; help me. 1

Nahum 3:13See, the people among you are women; 1 the gates of your land have been opened wide to your enemies; 1 fire has devoured their bars. 1

Luke 23:48When all the multitudes who came together to witness this sight saw the things that were done, they returned 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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