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The mistress is led forth captive,
    and her maidservants[a] led away,
Moaning like doves,
    beating their breasts.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:8 Mistress…and her maidservants: either the queen of Nineveh with the ladies of her court, or the city of Nineveh itself, pictured as a noblewoman (3:4).

Nineveh is like a pool
    whose water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
    but no one turns back.

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