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The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

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.

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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The river gates(A) are thrown open
    and the palace collapses.
It is decreed[a] that Nineveh
    be exiled and carried away.
Her female slaves moan(B) like doves
    and beat on their breasts.(C)
Nineveh is like a pool
    whose water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
    but no one turns back.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.