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Daniel 3:4-12

4Thentheheraldcriedaloud,Toyou itiscommanded, OpeoplesH5972,nationsH524,andlanguages,

5thatatwhattimeבְּעִדָּנָ֡אbe.'i.da.Na'H5732yehearתִשְׁמְע֡וּןtish.me.'UnH8086thesoundofthecornet,fluteמַ֠שְׁרוֹקִיתָאMash.ro.ki.ta'H4953,harpפְּסַנְתֵּרִין֙pe.san.te.RinH6460, sackbut,psaltery, dulcimer,andallkindsזְנֵ֣יze.NeiH2178ofmusic, yefallתִּפְּל֤וּןti.pe.LunH5308downH5308andworshipthegoldenimageלְצֶ֣לֶםle.Tze.lemH6755thatNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020thekingמַלְכָּֽא׃mal.Ka'H4430hathsetהֲקֵ֖יםha.KeimH6966up;

6andwhoso fallethnotdownיִפֵּ֖לyi.PelH5308andworshippethshallthesame hourbecastintothemidstלְגֽוֹא־le.goy'-H1459ofa burning fieryfurnaceאַתּ֥וּן'a.TunH861.

7Thereforeatthattimeזִמְנָ֡אzim.Na'H2166,whenallthepeoplesH5972heardשָֽׁמְעִ֣יןsha.me.'InH8086thesoundofthecornet,fluteמַשְׁר֨וֹקִיתָ֜אmash.Ro.ki.Ta'H4953,harpפְּסַנְטֵרִ֔יןpe.san.te.RinH6460, sackbut,psaltery,andallkindsזְנֵ֣יze.NeiH2178ofmusic,allthepeoplesH5972,thenationsאֻמַיָּ֣א'u.mai.Ya'H524,andthelanguages,fellH5308downנָֽפְלִ֨יןna.fe.LinH5308andworshippedthegoldenimageלְצֶ֣לֶםle.Tze.lemH6755thatNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020thekingמַלְכָּֽא׃mal.Ka'H4430hadsetהֲקֵ֖יםha.KeimH6966up.

8Wherefore atthattimeזִמְנָ֔אzim.Na'H2166certainChaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאִ֑יןkas.da.'InH3779camenear,andbroughtaccusationagainsttheJewsיְהוּדָיֵֽא׃ye.hu.da.Ye'H3062.

9Theyansweredandsaidוְאָ֣מְרִ֔יןve.'A.me.RinH560toNebuchadnezzarלִנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֖רlin.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020thekingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430, Okingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430,liveחֱיִֽי׃che.YiH2418foreverלְעָלְמִ֥יןle.'al.MinH5957.

10Thou, Okingמַלְכָּא֮mal.Ka'H4430, hastmadeH7761adecreeטְּעֵם֒te.'EmH2942,thateverymanH606thatshallhearיִשְׁמַ֡עyish.Ma'H8086thesoundofthecornet,fluteמַ֠שְׁרֹקִיתָאMash.ro.ki.ta'H4953,harpפְסַנְתֵּרִין֙fe.san.te.RinH6460, sackbut,psaltery,anddulcimer,andallkindsזְנֵ֣יze.NeiH2178ofmusic,shallfallיִפֵּ֥לyi.PelH5308downH5308andworshipthegoldenimageלְצֶ֥לֶםle.Tze.lemH6755;

11andwhoso fallethnotdownיִפֵּ֖לyi.PelH5308andworshippeth,shallbecastintothemidstלְגֽוֹא־le.goy'-H1459ofa burning fieryfurnaceאַתּ֥וּן'a.TunH861.

12TherearecertainJewsH3062whomthou hastappointedמַנִּ֤יתָma.Ni.taH4483overtheaffairsoftheprovinceמְדִינַ֣תme.di.NatH4083ofBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH895:Shadrachשַׁדְרַ֥ךְshad.RakhH7715,Meshachמֵישַׁ֖ךְmei.ShakhH4336,andAbed-negoH5665;thesemenH1400, Okingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430,havenotregarded thee:theyservenotthygodsלֵֽאלָהָךְ֙le.la.ha.yikhH426,norworshipthegoldenimageוּלְצֶ֧לֶםu.le.Tze.lemH6755whichthou hastsetהֲקֵ֖ימְתָּha.Kei.me.taH6966up.

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