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.

11 We all growl like bears;
    we moan mournfully like doves.(A)
We look for justice, but find none;
    for deliverance, but it is far away.

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14 I cried like a swift or thrush,
    I moaned like a mourning dove.(A)
My eyes grew weak(B) as I looked to the heavens.
    I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”(C)

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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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27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed(A) for him.

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12 Beat your breasts(A) for the pleasant fields,
    for the fruitful vines(B)

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