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Nahum 3:14-17

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.

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