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 nobles; They stumble in their march, They hurry to her wall, And the mantelet is set up. 6The gates of the rivers are opened And the palace is dissolved. It is fixed: She is stripped, she is carried away, And her handmaids are moaning like the sound of doves, Beating on their breasts. 8Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Now they are fleeing; “Stop, stop,” But no one turns back. 9Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! For there is no limit to the treasure-- Wealth from every kind of desirable object.

Nahum 2:7 word by word

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

• It is fixedנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• She is strippedגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: uncoverH1540
• she is carriedעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• And her handmaidsאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
• moaningנָהַגnâhag · to moanH5090
• like the soundקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of dovesיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• Beatingתָּפַףtâphaph · to beatH8608
• breastsלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824

Cross-references for Nahum 2:7

• Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.
• Isaiah 59:11All of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from us.
• Luke 23:27And following Him was a large crowd of the people, and of women who were mourning and lamenting 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