NET Bible
"Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts."
— Nahum 2:7, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
The chariots race madly through the streets, they rush back and forth in the broad plazas; they look like lightning bolts, they dash here and there like flashes of lightning.
The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.
The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.
Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts.
Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, but now her people are running away; she cries out:“Stop! Stop!”– but no one turns back.
Her conquerors cry out:“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing.
Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Hearts faint; knees tremble; every stomach churns, all their faces have turned pale!