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Jeremiah 49:23-27

23Concerning Damascusלְדַמֶּ֗שֶׂקle.da.Me.sekH1834.Hamathחֲמָת֙cha.MatH2574is confoundedבּ֤וֹשָֽׁהBo.o.shahH954,and Arpadוְאַרְפָּ֔דve.'ar.PadH774:for they have heardשָׁמְע֖וּsha.me.'UH8085evilרָעָ֛הra.'AhH7451tidingsשְׁמֻעָ֥הshe.mu.'AhH8052:they are faintheartedנָמֹ֑גוּna.Mo.guH4127; there issorrowדְּאָגָ֔הde.'a.GahH1674on the seaבַּיָּ֣םbai.YamH3220;it cannotיוּכָֽל׃yu.KhalH3201be quietהַשְׁקֵ֖טhash.KetH8252.

24Damascusדַמֶּ֛שֶׂקda.Me.sekH1834is waxed feebleרָפְתָ֥הra.fe.TahH7503, andturnethהִפְנְתָ֥הhif.ne.TahH6437herself to fleeלָנ֖וּסla.NusH5127,and fearוְרֶ֣טֶט׀ve.Re.tetH7374hath seizedהֶחֱזִ֑יקָהhe.che.Zi.kahH2388on her:anguishצָרָ֧הtza.RahH6869and sorrowsוַחֲבָלִ֛יםva.cha.va.LimH2256have takenאֲחָזַ֖תָּה'a.cha.Za.tahH270her, as a woman in travailכַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃kai.yo.le.DahH3205.

25How is the cityעִ֣יר'irH5892of praiseתְּהִלָּ֑תte.hi.lahH8416not leftעֻזְּבָ֖ה'u.ze.VahH5800,the cityקִרְיַ֖תkir.YatH7151of my joyמְשׂוֹשִֽׂי׃me.so.SiH4885!

26Therefore her young menבַחוּרֶ֖יהָva.chu.Rei.haH970shall fallיִפְּל֥וּyi.pe.LuH5307in her streetsבִּרְחֹבֹתֶ֑יהָbir.cho.Tei.haH7339,and all the menאַנְשֵׁ֨י'an.SheiH582of warהַמִּלְחָמָ֤הha.mil.cha.MahH4421shall be cut offיִדַּ֙מּוּ֙yi.Da.muH1826in that dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117,saithנְאֻ֖םne.'UmH5002the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068of hostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635.

27And I will kindleוְהִצַּ֥תִּיve.hi.Tza.tiH3341a fireאֵ֖שׁ'eshH784in the wallבְּחוֹמַ֣תbe.cho.MatH2346of Damascusדַּמָּ֑שֶׂקda.Ma.sekH1834,and it shall consumeוְאָכְלָ֖הve.'a.khe.LahH398the palacesאַרְמְנ֥וֹת'ar.me.NotH759of Ben–hadadH1130.

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