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Nahum 3:12-19

12AllthyfortressesH4013shallbelikefig-treeswiththefirst-ripefigsתְּאֵנִ֖יםte.'e.NimH8384:iftheybeshakenיִנּ֕וֹעוּyi.No.'uH5128,theyfallוְנָפְל֖וּve.na.fe.LuH5307intothemouthפִּ֥יpiH6310oftheeater.

13Behold, thypeopleעַמֵּ֤ךְ'a.MekhH5971inthemidstבְּקִרְבֵּ֔ךְbe.kir.BekhH7130oftheearewomenH802;thegatesH8179ofthylandאַרְצֵ֑ךְ'ar.TzekhH776areset wideopenH6605unto thineenemiesלְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְle.'O.ye.Va.yikhH341:thefireאֵ֖שׁ'eshH784hathdevouredH398thybarsבְּרִיחָֽיִך׃be.ri.Cha.yikhH1280.

14Drawשַֽׁאֲבִי־sha.'a.vi-H7579theewaterמֵ֤יmeiH4325forthesiegeמָצוֹר֙ma.tzOrH4692;strengthenH2388thyfortressesH4013;goבֹּ֧אִיBo.'iH935intotheclayבַטִּ֛יטva.TitH2916,andtreadthemortar;makeH2388strongH2388thebrickkiln.

15Thereshallthefireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784devourH398thee;theswordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719shallcutתַּכְרִיתֵ֣ךְtakh.ri.TekhH3772theeoff;itshalldevourH398theelikethecanker-worm:makeH3772thyself manyasthecanker-worm;makeH3772thyself manyasthelocustכָּאַרְבֶּֽה׃ka.'ar.BehH697.

16Thou hastmultipliedH7235thymerchantsabovethestarsמִכּוֹכְבֵ֖יmi.kokh.VeiH3556ofheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064:thecanker-worm ravageth,andfleeth away.

17Thy princesareasthelocustsכָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔הka.'ar.BehH697,andthymarshalsastheswarmsofgrasshoppers, whichencampהַֽחוֹנִ֤יםha.cho.NimH2583inthehedgesinthecolddayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117,butwhenthesunשֶׁ֤מֶשׁShe.meshH8121ariseththeyfleeH5074awayH5074,andtheirplaceמְקוֹמ֖וֹme.ko.MoH4725isnotknownH3045whereאַיָּֽם׃'ai.YamH335theyare.

18Thyshepherdsרֹעֶ֙יךָ֙ro.'Ei.khaH7462slumberH5123, Okingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804; thynoblesH117areatrest; thypeopleעַמְּךָ֛'a.me.KhaH5971arescattereduponthemountainsהֶהָרִ֖יםhe.ha.RimH2022,andthereisnonetogatherמְקַבֵּֽץ׃me.ka.BetzH6908them.

19Thereisnoassuagingofthy hurt; thywoundמַכָּתֶ֑ךָma.ka.Te.khaH4347isgrievous:allthathearשֹׁמְעֵ֣יsho.me.'EiH8085thereportשִׁמְעֲךָ֗shim.'a.KhaH8088oftheeclaptheirhandsH3709overthee;foruponwhomhathnotthywickednessH7451passedH5674continuallyתָּמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548?

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