Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the foot soldier has been led away captive, and her handmaids were driven away, mourning like doves, murmuring in their hearts. "
— Nahum 2:7, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
“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. ”
“It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.”
“Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts.”
“And the soldier is led away captive: and her bondwomen were led away mourning as doves, murmuring in their hearts.”
“And the queen is uncovered, she is taken away and her servant-girls are weeping like the sound of doves, hammering on their breasts.”
“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.”
They have become confused on their journey. The four-horse chariots have collided in the streets. Their appearance is like torches, like lightning dashing around.
He will call to mind his strong ones; they will destroy along their journey. They will quickly ascend its walls, and a shelter will be prepared.
The gates of the rivers have been opened, and the temple has been pulled down to the ground.
And the foot soldier has been led away captive, and her handmaids were driven away, mourning like doves, murmuring in their hearts.
And Nineveh, her waters are like a fish pond. Yet truly, they have fled away: “Stand, stand!” But there is no one who will turn back.
Despoil the silver, despoil the gold. And there is no end to all the riches of desirable equipment.
She has been scattered, and cut, and torn apart. And the heart melts, and the knees buckle, and weakness is in every temperament. And the faces of them all are like a black kettle.