World English Bible
Nahum 2:7
โIt is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.โ
Verse in context โ Nahum 2
5
He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
6
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
7
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
8
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back.
9
Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
