Nahum 2:7

Nahum 2:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)It is decreed that Nineveh be exiled and carried away. Her female slaves moan like doves and beat on their breasts.
• New King James Version (NKJV)It is decreed: She shall be led away captive, She shall be brought up; And her maidservants shall lead her as with the voice of doves, Beating their breasts.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Nineveh’s exile has been decreed, and all the servant girls mourn its capture. They moan like doves and beat their breasts in sorrow.

Context of Nahum 2:7

5He remembers his officers; they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall; the siege tower is set up. 6The river gates are opened; the palace melts away; its mistress is stripped; she is carried off, her slave girls lamenting, moaning like doves and beating their breasts. 8Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. "Halt! Halt!" they cry, but none turns back. 9Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of the treasure or of the wealth of all precious things.

Nahum 2:7 word by word

וְהֻצַּ֖ב גֻּלְּתָ֣ה הֹֽעֲלָ֑תָה וְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָ מְנַֽהֲגוֹת֙ כְּק֣וֹל יוֹנִ֔ים מְתֹפְפֹ֖ת עַל־לִבְבֵהֶֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Huzzabנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• shall be led away captiveגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: uncoverH1540
• she shall be brought upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• and her maidsאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
• shall leadנָהַגnâhag · to moanH5090
• as with the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of dovesיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• taberingתָּפַףtâphaph · to beatH8608
• upon their breastsלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824

Cross-references for Nahum 2:7

• Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
• Isaiah 59:11We all growl like bears; we moan and moan like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
• Luke 23:27And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him.

Commentaries on Nahum 2:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7And Huzzab shall be led away captive - Perhaps Huzzab means the queen of Nineveh, who had escaped the burning mentioned above by Diodorus. As there is no account of the queen being burnt, but only of the king, the concubines, and the eunuchs, we may, therefore, naturally conclude that the queen escaped; and is represented here as brought up and delivered to the conqueror; her maids at the same time bewailing her lot. Some think Huzzab signifies Nineveh…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The first word should he rendered, “And it is decreed; She shall be laid bare. It is decreed.” All this took place, otherwise than man would have thought, because it was the will of God. She (the people of the city, under the figure of a captive woman) “shall be laid bare,” in shame, to her reproach; “she shall be brought up”, to judgment, or from Nineveh as being now sunk low and depressed; “and her maids,” the lesser cities, as female attendants on the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Because God had decreed Nineveh’s exile, it would certainly happen. beat upon their breasts: This was a common sign of mourning. People did this to show sorrow and regret (see, for example, Luke 18:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Huzzab--the name of the queen of Nineveh, from a Hebrew root implying that she stood by the king (Psa 45:9), [Vatablus]. Rather, Nineveh personified as a queen. She who had long stood in the most supreme prosperity. Similarly Calvin. Maurer makes it not a proper name, and translates, "It is established," or "determined" (compare Ge 41:32). English Version is more supported by the parallelism. led away captive--The Hebrew requires rather, "she is laid…Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 2:7

• Huzzab

In the dictionaries

• Devour
• Empty
• Hole
• Justle
• Mightily
• Nineveh
• Rage
• Raven
• Smite
• Tabering

Commentaries on Nahum 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings