Nahum 2:7

⁷ And Huzzab [1] 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.

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Other Translations of Nahum 2:7

New International Version

⁷ It is decreedThe meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. that Nineveh be exiled and carried away. Her female slaves moan like doves and beat on their breasts.

English Standard Version

⁷ its mistressThe meaning of the Hebrew word rendered its mistress is uncertain is stripped;Or exiled she is carried off, her slave girls lamenting, moaning like doves and beating their breasts.

The Message

⁷ Soon it's all over: Nineveh stripped, Nineveh doomed, Maids and slaves moaning like doves, beating their breasts.

New King James Version

⁷ It is decreed: She shall be led away captive, She shall be brought up; And her maidservants shall lead her as with the voice of doves, Beating their breasts.

New Living Translation

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.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Nahum 2:7

Commentary on Nahum 2:1-10

(Read Nahum 2:1-10)

Nineveh shall not put aside this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. Particular account is given of the terrors wherein the invading enemy shall appear against Nineveh. The empire of Assyria is represented as a queen, about to be led captive to Babylon. Guilt in the conscience fills men with terror in an evil day; and what will treasures or glory do for us in times of distress, or in the day of wrath? Yet for such things how many lose their souls!