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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.'UmH5002Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068of Armiesצְבָאֽוֹת׃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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