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Nahum 2:6-8
Lexham English Bible
Nahum 2:6-8
Lexham English Bible
6 The gates of the river are opened;
the palace trembles.
7 Her goddess is taken out and taken into exile;[a]
her maidservants moan like doves;
they beat on their breasts.
8 Nineveh is like a pool of water without its water.[b]
As they flee,[c] she cries, “Stop! Stop!”
But there is no one who turns back.
Footnotes
- Nahum 2:7 Literally “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
- Nahum 2:8 MT reads “from her days.” Greek LXX and Syriac Peshitta reflect “from her waters”
- Nahum 2:8 Literally “And they flee away”
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