Nahum 2:7
New Living Translation
7 Nineveh’s exile has been decreed,
and all the servant girls mourn its capture.
They moan like doves
and beat their breasts in sorrow.
Isaiah 59:11
New Living Translation
11 We growl like hungry bears;
we moan like mournful doves.
We look for justice, but it never comes.
We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.
Isaiah 38:14
New Living Translation
14 Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane,
and then I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help.
I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”
Luke 23:48
New Living Translation
48 And when all the crowd that came to see the crucifixion saw what had happened, they went home in deep sorrow.[a]
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- 23:48 Greek went home beating their breasts.
Luke 23:27
New Living Translation
27 A large crowd trailed behind, including many grief-stricken women.
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Isaiah 32:12
New Living Translation
12 Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms
and your fruitful grapevines.
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