World English Bible
"It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts."
— Nahum 2:7, World English 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. ”
“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.”
The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the broad ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.
He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back.
Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.