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Nahum 3:8-13

8Art thoubetterהֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙ha.tei.te.ViH3190than No-amon,thatwassituateamongtheriversH2975,thathadthewatersמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325roundH5439abouther;whoserampartחֵ֣ילcheilH2426wastheseaיָ֔םYamH3220,andherwallחוֹמָתָֽהּ׃cho.ma.TahH2346wasoftheseaמִיָּ֖םmi.YamH3220?

9EthiopiaandEgyptוּמִצְרַ֖יִםu.mitz.Ra.yimH4714wereH1961herstrength,anditwasinfinite;Putפּ֣וּטputH6316andLubimwereH1961thyhelpers.

10Yetwasshecarriedaway,shewentH1980intocaptivityבַשֶּׁ֔בִיva.She.viH7628;heryoungchildrenH5768alsoH1571weredashedיְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּye.ru.te.ShuH7376inpiecesattheheadבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218ofallthestreetsחוּצ֑וֹתchu.TzotH2351;andtheycastיַדּ֣וּya.DuH3032lotsגוֹרָ֔לgo.RalH1486forherhonorablemen,andallhergreatגְּדוֹלֶ֖יהָge.do.Lei.haH1419menwereboundinchains.

11Thoualsoגַּם־gam-H1571shaltbeתְּהִ֖יte.HiH1961drunken; thou shaltbeH1961hid; thoualsoגַּם־gam-H1571shaltseekתְּבַקְשִׁ֥יte.vak.ShiH1245astrongholdH4581becauseoftheenemyמֵאוֹיֵֽב׃me.'o.YevH341.

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.

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