Nahum 2:7
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace collapses.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
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.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And it is decreed:{H5324} she is uncovered,{H1540} she is carried away;{H5927} and her handmaids{H519} moan{H5090} as with the voice{H6963} of doves,{H3123} beating{H8608} upon their breasts.{H3824}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And Huzzab{H5324}{(H8717)} shall be led away captive{H1540}{(H8795)}, she shall be brought up{H5927}{(H8717)}, and her maids{H519} shall lead{H5090}{(H8764)} her as with the voice{H6963} of doves{H3123}, tabering{H8608}{(H8781)} upon their breasts{H3824}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
The quene hir self shal be led awaye captyue, and hir gentilwomen shal mourne as the doues, & grone within their hertes.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And Huzzab the Queene shalbe led away captiue, and her maides shall leade her as with the voyce of doues, smiting vpon their breastes.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Huzab is brought foorth captiue, made to ascend into the charets her handmaydens also leading one another as in the voyce of doues, knocking vpon their brestes.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And it is established -- she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The river doorways are forced open, and the king's house is flowing away.
World English Bible (2000)
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts.
Referenced Verses
- Isa 38:14 : 14 I chirp like a swift or a crane, I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look to the heavens. Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.
- Isa 59:11 : 11 We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but it is nowhere, and for salvation, but it is far from us.
- Luke 23:27 : 27 A large crowd of people followed Him, including women who were mourning and lamenting Him.
- Luke 23:48 : 48 And all the crowds who had gathered to witness this event, seeing what had happened, went home beating their chests.
- Isa 32:12 : 12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines.
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8 It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away. Her maidservants moan like doves and beat upon their breasts.
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13 He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate, as dry as the desert.
14 Flocks and all kinds of wild animals will lie down in her midst; even the pelican and the hedgehog will lodge on her columns. Their voices will echo through the windows, rubble will fill the thresholds, for her cedar paneling has been laid bare.
15 This is the jubilant city that dwelled securely and said in her heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.' How she has become a desolation, a resting place for wild animals! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
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6 I will throw filth on you, treat you with contempt, and make you a spectacle.
7 Everyone who sees you will flee from you, saying, 'Nineveh is devastated! Who will mourn for her? Where can I find anyone to comfort you?'
8 Are you better than Thebes, situated by the Nile with water around her? The river was her defense, the waters her wall.
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10 Yet she went into exile, carried away into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at every street corner. Lots were cast for her nobles, and all her great men were bound in chains.
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26 The city gates will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
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8 Because of this, I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like jackals and mourn like ostriches.
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9 Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians whom she lusted after.
- Lam 1:1-55 verses67%
1 How lonely sits the city, once so full of people! She has become like a widow, great among the nations, a princess among the provinces, now a slave.
2 Bitterly she weeps in the night, tears on her cheeks. There is no one to comfort her—all who loved her have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
3 Judah has gone into exile, suffering and hard service. She lives among the nations but finds no rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in narrow places.
4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish.
5 Her adversaries have become her masters; her enemies prosper because the LORD has afflicted her for her many sins. Her children have gone into captivity before the enemy.
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3 She has sent out her maidens; she calls out from the highest points of the city,
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18 'For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How devastated we are! We are utterly ashamed, for we have left the land and our dwellings have been cast off.”'
19 'Hear the word of the Lord, you women; let your ears receive the words of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail and one another to mourn.'
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30 They will mourn over you with loud cries, bitterly wailing, throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.
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3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn. Wander around by the fences, for their king will go into exile, along with his priests and officials together.
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2 Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.
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1 Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
2 Take a millstone and grind flour; remove your veil, strip off your train, uncover your legs, and cross the rivers.
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16 Those who escape will flee to the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each because of their iniquity.
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7 So the wealth they have earned and their stored possessions will be carried away over the Wadi of the Willows.
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19 The wind has wrapped them in its wings, and they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
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17 Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you away violently, O strong man! He will wrap you up tightly.
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7 Therefore, you will be among the first to go into exile, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.
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9 You drive the women of my people out of their pleasant homes. You take away my splendor from their children forever.
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16 Take up a harp, go about the city, you forgotten prostitute. Play skillfully, sing many songs, so that you may be remembered.
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9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and princes are among the nations, and there is no law. Even her prophets receive no vision from the LORD.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and dressed themselves in sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground in despair.
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11 They will come trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from the land of Assyria. I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.
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20 Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your allies are crushed.
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9 Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished, that pain seizes you like a woman in labor?
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14 The royal daughter is glorious within; her clothing is interwoven with gold.
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6 Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the coastland.
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8 Who are these flying like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?
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18 Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles lie down in slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
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14 I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thought were her wages from her lovers. I will turn them into a thicket, and wild animals will devour them.