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Nahum 3:8-13

8Art thoubetterהֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙ha.tei.te.ViH3190than No-Amon,thatwassituateamongtheriversH2975, [thathad]thewatersמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325roundH5439abouther,whoserampartחֵ֣ילcheilH2426wastheseaיָ֔םYamH3220, [and]oftheseaמִיָּ֖םmi.YamH3220washerwallחוֹמָתָֽהּ׃cho.ma.TahH2346?

9Ethiopiawasherstrength,andEgyptוּמִצְרַ֖יִםu.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,anditwasinfinite; PhutandtheLibyansוְלוּבִ֔יםve.lu.VimH3864wereH1961herhelpers.

10Shetoowascarriedaway,shewentH1980intocaptivityבַשֶּׁ֔בִיva.She.viH7628:herinfantsalsoH1571weredashedיְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּye.ru.te.ShuH7376inpieces,atthetopH7218ofallthestreetsחוּצ֑וֹתchu.TzotH2351;andtheycastיַדּ֣וּya.DuH3032lotsגוֹרָ֔לgo.RalH1486forherhonourablemen,andallhergreatגְּדוֹלֶ֖יהָge.do.Lei.haH1419menwereboundwithchains.

11Thoualsoגַּם־gam-H1571shaltbeתְּהִ֖יte.HiH1961drunken: thou shaltbeH1961hid; thoualsoגַּם־gam-H1571shaltseekתְּבַקְשִׁ֥יte.vak.ShiH1245arefugeמָע֖וֹזma.'ozH4581fromtheenemyמֵאוֹיֵֽב׃me.'o.YevH341.

12AllthystrongholdsH4013are[like] fig-treeswiththefirst-ripefigsתְּאֵנִ֖יםte.'e.NimH8384:iftheybeshakenיִנּ֕וֹעוּyi.No.'uH5128,theyevenfallוְנָפְל֖וּve.na.fe.LuH5307intothemouthפִּ֥יpiH6310oftheeater.

13Behold, thypeopleעַמֵּ֤ךְ'a.MekhH5971inthemidstבְּקִרְבֵּ֔ךְbe.kir.BekhH7130oftheeare[as]womenH802:thegatesH8179ofthylandאַרְצֵ֑ךְ'ar.TzekhH776areset wideopenH6605unto thineenemiesלְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְle.'O.ye.Va.yikhH341;thefireאֵ֖שׁ'eshH784devoureth thybarsבְּרִיחָֽיִך׃be.ri.Cha.yikhH1280.

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