“It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Nahum 2 contains 13 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.