Nahum 2 · Verse 7

Nahum 2:7

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.

Nahum 2:7, King James Version

Nahum 2:7 in other translations

BSB	It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
WEB	It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
ASV	And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.
YLT	And it is established--she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
DARBY	And it is decreed: she shall be uncovered, she shall be led away, and her maids shall moan as with the voice of doves, drumming upon their breasts.
BBE	And the queen is uncovered, she is taken away and her servant-girls are weeping like the sound of doves, hammering on their breasts.
Webster	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.

What does Nahum 2:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. 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 bare"; brought forth from the apartments where Eastern women remained secluded, and is stripped of her ornamental attire. Compare Is 47:2, 3, where the same image of a woman with face and legs exposed is used of a city captive and dismantled (compare Na 3:5), [Maurer]. brought up--Her people shall be made to go up to Babylon. Compare the use of "go up" for moving from a place in Jr 21:2. her maids ... as ... doves--As Nineveh is compared to a queen dethroned and dishonored, so she has here assigned to her in the image handmaids attending her with dove-like plaints (Is 38:14; 59:11. The image implies helplessness and grief suppressed, but at times breaking out). The minor cities and dependencies of Nineveh may be meant, or her captive women [Jerome]. Grotius and Maurer translate, for "lead her," "moan," or "sigh." tabering--beating on their breasts as on a tambourine.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 7 And 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 itself.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nahum 2:1-10

Nineveh shall not put aside this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. Particular account is given of the terrors wherein the invading enemy shall appear against Nineveh. The empire of Assyria is represented as a queen, about to be led captive to Babylon. Guilt in the conscience fills men with terror in an evil day; and what will treasures or…

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Nahum 2:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהֻצַּ֖בve.hu.Tzavand it has been fixedH5324

גֻּלְּתָ֣הgu.le.Tahit was uncoveredH1540

הֹֽעֲלָ֑תָהho.'a.La.tahit was taken awayH5927

וְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָve.'am.ho.Tei.haand maidservants itsH519

מְנַֽהֲגוֹת֙me.na.ha.goyT[are] moaningH5090

כְּק֣וֹלke.Kollike [the] sound ofH6963

יוֹנִ֔יםyo.NimdovesH3123

מְתֹפְפֹ֖תme.to.fe.Fot[they are] beatingH8608

עַל\־'al-onH5921

לִבְבֵהֶֽן\׃li.ve.Henhearts theirH3824

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Cross references for Nahum 2:7

Isaiah 59:11
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Isaiah 38:14
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Isaiah 32:12
They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
Luke 23:27
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
Luke 23:48
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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Huzzab. or, that which was established; or, there was astand made. led away captive. or, discovered. doves.
Isa 38:14; 59:11; Lu 23:27,48

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Context

Nahum 2:6
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
Nahum 2:7
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.
Nahum 2:8
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

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Nahum 2:7 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y la reina fué cautiva; mandarle han que suba, y sus criadas la llevarán gimiendo como palomas, batiendo sus pechos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Les portes des fleuves sont ouvertes, et le palais s’effondre.
German Elberfelder 1871	Denn es ist beschlossen: sie wird entblößt, weggeführt; und ihre Mägde stöhnen wie die Stimme der Tauben, sie schlagen an ihre Brust.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et miles captivus abductus est, et ancillæ ejus minabantur gementes ut columbæ, murmurantes in cordibus suis.