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Nehemiah 9:22-29

22Andthou gavestthemkingdomsמַמְלָכוֹת֙mam.la.khOtH4467andpeoplesH5971,anddidstdivideH2505thembycountries;andtheypossessedH3423thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776ofSihonסִיח֗וֹןsi.ChonH5511,aswellthelandאֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retzH776ofthekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofHeshbonחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןchesh.BonH2809,asthelandאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776ofOgע֥וֹגogH5747kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBashanהַבָּשָֽׁן׃ha.ba.ShanH1316.

23Andtheirchildrenthou didstmultiplyH7235asthestarsכְּכֹכְבֵ֖יke.cho.khe.VeiH3556ofheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,andthou broughtestthemintothelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776concerningH413whichthou didstsayH559totheirfathersH1thattheyshouldgoH935intopossessH3423it.

24AndthechildrenwentH935inandpossessedH3423thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776;andthou subduedstbeforethemtheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֤יyo.she.VeiH3427ofthelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776,theCanaanitesהַכְּנַ֣עֲנִ֔יםha.ke.Na.'a.NimH3669,andgavestthemintotheirhandsבְּיָדָ֑םbe.ya.DamH3027, boththeirkingsמַלְכֵיהֶם֙mal.khei.HemH4428andthepeoplesH5971ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,thattheymightdowiththemastheywould.

25AndtheytookH3920strongcitiesעָרִ֣ים'a.RimH5892,andafatוַיַּשְׁמִ֔ינוּvai.yash.Mi.nuH8080landH127,andpossessedH3423housesH1004fullמְלֵֽאִים־me.le.'im-H4392ofallgoodט֠וּבtuvH2898things, wells digged,vineyardsכְּרָמִ֧יםke.ra.MimH3754andolive-gardens,andfruittreesוְעֵ֥ץve.'EtzH6086inabundanceלָרֹ֑בla.RoH7230.AndtheydideatH398andwerefilled,andbecamefatH8080,anddelighted themselvesinthygreatהַגָּדֽוֹל׃ha.ga.DolH1419goodnessבְּטוּבְךָ֥be.tu.ve.KhaH2898.

26Buttheyweredisobedientוַיַּמְר֨וּvai.yam.RuH4784,andrebelledH4784againstthee,andcastH7993thylawתּוֹרָֽתְךָ֙to.ra.te.KhaH8451behindtheirbacksגַוָּ֔םga.VamH1458,andslewH2026thyprophetsנְבִיאֶ֣יךָne.vi.'Ei.khaH5030whotestifiedH5749againstthemtoturnH7725themtothee,andtheywroughtgreatגְּדוֹלֹֽת׃ge.do.LotH1419provocations.

27Andthou gavestthemintothehandבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027oftheiroppressors,andtheyoppressedthem;andinthetimeוּבְעֵ֤תu.ve.'EtH6256oftheirdistressצָֽרָתָם֙tza.ra.TamH6869,whentheycriedH6817unto thee, thou heardestthemfromtheheavensמִשָּׁמַ֣יִםmi.sha.Ma.yimH8064,andaccordingtothy manifoldmerciesthou gavestthemsaviours,whosavedH3467themoutofthehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027oftheiroppressors.

28Butwhentheyhadrestוּכְנ֣וֹחַu.khe.No.achH5117,theydidevilרַ֖עra'H7451againbeforethee;andthou didstleaveH5800theminthehandבְּיַ֤דbe.YadH3027oftheirenemiesאֹֽיְבֵיהֶם֙'o.ye.vei.HemH341,andtheyhaddominionoverthem;andagaintheycriedH2199unto thee,andthou heardest [them]fromtheheavensמִשָּׁמַ֧יִםmi.sha.Ma.yimH8064,andmanyרַבּ֥וֹתra.BotH7227timesH6256didst thoudeliverH5337them,accordingtothymercies.

29Andthou testifiedstagainstthem,thatthou mightestbringלַהֲשִׁיבָ֣םla.ha.shi.VamH7725themagainunto thylawתּוֹרָתֶ֗ךָto.ra.Te.khaH8451;buttheydealtproudly,andhearkenednotunto thycommandmentsלְמִצְוֹתֶ֙יךָ֙le.mitz.vo.Tei.khaH4687,butsinnedH2398againstthineordinancesH4941(whichifamanH120do,heshallliveוְחָיָ֣הve.cha.YahH2421inthem);andtheywithdrewtheshoulderכָתֵף֙kha.TefH3802,andhardenedH7185theirneckוְעָרְפָּ֥םve.'a.re.PamH6203,andwouldnothearH8085.

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