3Wherefore are wecountedנֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּnech.Shav.nuH2803asbeastsכַבְּהֵמָ֑הkha.be.he.MahH929, and are become unclean in yoursightבְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃be.'ei.nei.KhemH5869?
4Thou that tearest thyself in thineangerבְּאַ֫פּ֥וֹbe.'A.PoH639, shall theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776be forsaken for thee? or shall therockצ֝֗וּרTzurH6697be removedoutH4725of itsplaceמִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃mi.me.ko.MoH4725?
5Yea, thelightא֣וֹר'orH216of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563shall beputH1846outH1846, and the spark of hisfireאִשּֽׁוֹ׃'i.ShoH784shallnotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808shineיִ֝גַּ֗הּyi.GahH5050.
6Thelightא֭וֹר'orH216shall bedarkחָשַׁ֣ךְcha.ShakhH2821in histentבְּאָהֳל֑וֹbe.'o.ho.LoH168, and hislampוְ֝נֵר֗וֹve.ne.RoH5216aboveH5921him shall beputיִדְעָֽךְ׃yid.'AkhH1846outH5921.
7Thestepsצַעֲדֵ֣יtza.'a.DeiH6806of hisstrengthאוֹנ֑וֹ'o.NoH202shall be straitened, and his owncounselעֲצָתֽוֹ׃a.tza.ToH6098shallcastH7993himdownוְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּve.tash.li.Khe.huH7993.
8For he iscastשֻׁלַּ֣חshu.LachH7971intoיִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃yit.ha.LakhH1980anetבְּרֶ֣שֶׁתbe.Re.shetH7568by his ownfeetבְּרַגְלָ֑יוbe.rag.LavH7272, and he walkethuponוְעַל־ve.'a.lS-H5921the toils.
9A gin shalltakeH2388him by theheelבְּעָקֵ֣בbe.'a.KevH6119, and asnareפָּ֑חPachH6341shalllayיֹאחֵ֣זyo.ChezH270holdיַחֲזֵ֖קya.cha.ZekH2388on him.
10A noose ishidטָמ֣וּןta.MunH2934for him in thegroundבָּאָ֣רֶץba.'A.retzH776, and atrapוּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹu.mal.kud.ToH4434for him in thewayעֲלֵ֣י'a.LeiH5921.
11Terrorsבַלָּה֑וֹתva.la.HotH1091shallmakeH7272him afraid oneveryH5439sideH5439, and shall chase him at hisheelsH7272.
12Hisstrengthאֹנ֑וֹ'o.NoH202shall be hunger-bitten andcalamityוְ֝אֵ֗ידve.'EidH343shall bereadyנָכ֥וֹןna.KhonH3559for his halting.
13It shalldevourיֹ֭אכַלYo.khalH398the members of hisbodyעוֹר֑וֹo.RoH5785, yea, thefirstbornבְּכ֣וֹרbe.KhorH1060ofdeathמָֽוֶת׃Ma.vetH4194shalldevourיֹאכַ֥לyo.KhalH398his members.
14He shall be rooted out of histentמֵ֭אָהֳלוֹme.'o.ho.loH168wherein he trusteth; and he shall be brought to thekingלְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofterrorsבַּלָּהֽוֹת׃ba.la.HotH1091.
15There shalldwellתִּשְׁכּ֣וֹןtish.KonH7931in histentבְּ֭אָהֳלוֹbe.'o.ho.loH168that which is none of his:brimstoneגָפְרִֽית׃ga.fe.RitH1614shall bescatteredיְזֹרֶ֖הye.zo.RehH2219uponעַל־'al-H5921his habitation.
16Hisrootsשָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יוsha.ra.ShavH8328shall bedriedH3001upH3001beneathמִ֭תַּחַתMi.ta.chatH8478, andaboveוּ֝מִמַּ֗עַלu.mi.Ma.'alH4605shall his branch be cut off.
17Hisremembranceזִֽכְרוֹ־zikh.rov-H2143shallperishאָ֭בַד'A.vadH6from theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776, and he shall havenoוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808nameשֵׁ֥םshemH8034in thestreetחֽוּץ׃ChutzH2351.
19He shall haveneitherH3808sonnorH3808son’s son among hispeopleבְּעַמּ֑וֹbe.'a.MoH5971,norH3808anyוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369remainingwhereH4033hesojournedH4033.
20They thatcomeאַחֲרֹנִ֑ים'a.cha.ro.NimH314afterH5921shall be astonied at hisdayי֭וֹמוֹyo.moH3117, as they that wentbeforeH5921were affrighted.
21Surelyאַךְ־'akh-H389suchוְ֝זֶ֗הve.ZehH2088are thedwellingsמִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹתmish.ke.NotH4908of the unrighteous, and this is theplaceמְק֣וֹםme.KomH4725of him that knowethnotלֹא־lo'-H3808Godאֵֽל׃ ס'ElH410.
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