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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)its mistress is stripped; she is carried off, her slave girls lamenting, moaning like doves and beating 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.

Context of Nahum 2:7

5He remembers his best fighting men. They stumble over themselves as they march. They hurry to Nineveh’s wall. The shield has been set up for the battering ram. 6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melts away. The Lord has determined: “It will be stripped. It will be carried away. Its young women will be mourning like doves as they beat their breasts.” 8Nineveh was like a pool of water from its first day on. But now its people are fleeing. “Stop! Stop!” But no one turns around. 9Steal the silver! Steal the gold! There is no end to what is stored here— everything a person could ever want.

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 38:14I chirped like swallows and cranes. I cooed like doves. My eyes were tired from looking up to heaven. I’ve suffered miserably, O Lord! Please help me!
• Isaiah 59:11We all growl like bears. We coo like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none. We hope for salvation, but it’s far from us.
• Luke 23:27A large crowd followed Jesus. The women in the crowd cried and sang funeral songs 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