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Nahum 2:7

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7Her goddess is taken out and taken into exile;h

her maidservants moan like doves;

they beat on their breasts.

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  1. hLiterally “It is decreed that she be exiled and led away.” MT reads the very enigmatic “And he is placed, she is sent into exile, she is taken up.” The BHS editors suggest the conjectural emendation “And her goddess = the idol of the patron deity of Nineveh is taken and taken into exile.” This is adopted in the translation on the basis of internal evidence

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

its mistress is stripped; she is carried off,

her slave girls lamenting,

moaning like doves

and beating their breasts.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It is decreed that Nineveh

be exiled and carried away.

Her female slaves moan like doves

and beat on their breasts.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Beauty is stripped;

she is carried away;

her ladies-in-waiting moan

like the sound of doves

and beat their breasts.

NLTNew Living Translation

Nineveh’s exile has been decreed,

and all the servant girls mourn its capture.

They moan like doves

and beat their breasts in sorrow.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.