OLD TESTAMENT

Nahum 2:7

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

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Verse 7. Soldier. Hebrew hutsab, ( Bible.) “the station” or guard; the queen, or the statue of the idol, with the women ( Calmet.) who prostituted themselves in its honour. Sanct. xxxi.—Ninive and its dependances are taken. Grot.

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