Nahum 2:7

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.

And Huzzab {H5324} shall be led away captive {H1540}, she shall be brought up {H5927}, and her maids {H519} shall lead {H5090} her as with the voice {H6963} of doves {H3123}, tabering {H8608} upon their breasts {H3824}.

Its mistress is stripped and carried away; her handmaids moan, they sound like doves, as they beat their breasts.

It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.

And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 38:14 (5 votes)

    Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

  • Isaiah 59:11 (5 votes)

    We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but [there is] none; for salvation, [but] it is far off from us.

  • Luke 23:48 (2 votes)

    And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

  • Luke 23:27 (2 votes)

    And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

  • Isaiah 32:12 (2 votes)

    They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.