Nahum 2:7

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

It is decreed. She [Nineveh] is stripped and removed, and her maids are lamenting and moaning like doves [softly for fear], beating upon their breasts [and hearts].

Cross References

Isaiah 32:12

They shall beat upon their breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,

Isaiah 38:14

Like a twittering swallow or a crane, so do I chirp and chatter; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary and dim with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; take my side and be my security [as of a debtor being sent to prison].

Isaiah 59:11

We all groan and growl like bears and moan plaintively like doves. We look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Ezekiel 7:16

But those of them that escape shall escape, but shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity's [punishment].

Nahum 2:6

The gates or dams of the rivers [surrounding and guarding Nineveh] are opened and the [imperial] palace [of sun-dried brick] is dissolved [by the torrents] and is in dismay.

Nahum 3:13

Behold, your troops in the midst of you are [as weak and helpless as] women; the gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies [without effort]; fire consumes your bars.

Mark 14:66

While Peter was down below in the courtyard, one of the [serving] maids of the high priest came;

Luke 23:27

And there accompanied [Jesus] a great multitude of the people, [including] women who bewailed and lamented Him.

Luke 23:48

And all the throngs that had gathered to see this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned to their homes, beating their breasts.