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Obadiah 1:8-15

8Shall I not in that dayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117,saithנְאֻםne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,even destroyוְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֤יve.ha.'a.vad.TiH6the wiseחֲכָמִים֙cha.kha.MimH2450menout of Edomמֵֽאֱד֔וֹםme.'e.DomH123,and understandingוּתְבוּנָ֖הu.te.vu.NahH8394out of the mountמֵהַ֥רme.HarH2022of Esauעֵשָֽׂו׃'e.SavH6215?

9And thy mightyגִבּוֹרֶ֖יךָgi.bo.Rei.khaH1368men,O Temanתֵּימָ֑ןtei.ManH8487,shall be dismayedוְחַתּ֥וּve.cha.TuH2865,to the end that every oneאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376of the mountמֵהַ֥רme.HarH2022of Esauעֵשָׂ֖ו'e.SavH6215may be cut offיִכָּֽרֶת־yi.ka.ret-H3772by slaughterמִקָּֽטֶל׃mi.Ka.telH6993.

10For thyviolenceמֵחֲמַ֛סme.cha.MasH2555against thy brotherאָחִ֥יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290shameבוּשָׁ֑הvu.ShahH955shall coverתְּכַסְּךָ֣te.kha.se.KhaH3680thee, and thou shalt be cut offוְנִכְרַ֖תָּve.nikh.Ra.taH3772for everלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769.

11In the dayבְּיוֹם֙be.yOmH3117that thou stoodestעֲמָֽדְךָ֣'a.ma.de.KhaH5975on the other side, in the dayבְּי֛וֹםbe.YomH3117that the strangersזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114carried away captiveשְׁב֥וֹתshe.VotH7617his forcesחֵיל֑וֹchei.LoH2428,and foreignersוְנָכְרִ֞יםve.na.khe.RimH5237enteredבָּ֣אוּBa.'uH935into his gatesשְׁעָרָ֗יוsha.'a.rovH8179,and castיַדּ֣וּya.DuH3032lotsגוֹרָ֔לgo.RalH1486upon Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimH3389, even thou wastas oneכְּאַחַ֥דke.'a.ChadH259of them.

12But thou shouldest not have lookedתֵּ֤רֶאTe.re'H7200on the dayבְיוֹם־ve.yom-H3117of thy brotherאָחִ֙יךָ֙'a.Chi.khaH251in the dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117that he became a strangerנָכְר֔וֹna.khe.RoH5235;neither shouldest thou have rejoicedתִּשְׂמַ֥חtis.MachH8055over the childrenלִבְנֵֽי־liv.nei-H1121of Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063in the dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of their destructionאָבְדָ֑ם'a.ve.DamH6;neither shouldest thou have spokenפִּ֖יךָPi.khaH6310proudlyתַּגְדֵּ֥לtag.DelH1431in the dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117of distressצָרָֽה׃tza.RahH6869.

13Thou shouldest not have enteredתָּב֤וֹאta.Vo'H935into the gateבְשַֽׁעַר־ve.sha.'ar-H8179of my peopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971in the dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of their calamityאֵידָ֔ם'ei.DamH343;yea, thou shouldest not have lookedתֵּ֧רֶאTe.re'H7200on their afflictionבְּרָעָת֖וֹbe.ra.'a.ToH7451in the dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of their calamityאֵיד֑וֹ'ei.DoH343,nor have laidתִּשְׁלַ֥חְנָהtish.Lach.nahH7971handson their substanceבְחֵיל֖וֹve.chei.LoH2428in the dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117of their calamityאֵידֽוֹ׃'ei.DoH343;

14Neither shouldest thou have stoodתַּעֲמֹד֙ta.'a.ModH5975in the crosswayהַפֶּ֔רֶקha.Pe.rekH6563,to cut offלְהַכְרִ֖יתle.hakh.RitH3772those of his that did escapeפְּלִיטָ֑יוpe.li.TavH6412;neither shouldest thou have delivered upתַּסְגֵּ֥רtas.GerH5462those of his that did remainשְׂרִידָ֖יוse.ri.DavH8300in the dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117of distressצָרָֽה׃tza.RahH6869.

15For the dayיוֹם־yom-H3117of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068isnearקָר֥וֹבka.RovH7138upon all the heathenהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471:as thou hast doneעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙'a.Si.taH6213,it shall be doneיֵעָ֣שֶׂהye.'A.sehH6213unto thee: thy rewardגְּמֻלְךָ֖ge.mul.KhaH1576shall returnיָשׁ֥וּבya.ShuvH7725upon thine own headבְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃be.ro.She.khaH7218.

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