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.

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It is decreed[a] that Nineveh
    be exiled and carried away.
Her female slaves moan(A) like doves
    and beat on their breasts.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

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48 When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts(A) and went away.

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