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Nahum 2:7 KJV
Nahum · chapter 2 · verse 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 context
5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
7And 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.
8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
9Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- taberingtâphaphto drumH8608 →
- captivegâlâhto denudeH1540 →
- Huzzabnâtsabto station, in various applicationsH5324 →
- maidsʼâmâha maidservant or female slaveH519 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- dovesyôwnâha doveH3123 →
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Here is, I. An alarm of war sent to Nineveh, Nah 2:1. The prophet speaks of it as just at hand, for it is neither doubtful nor far distant: "Look about thee, and see, he that dashes in pieces has come up before thy face.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10