1He that dasheth in pieces is comeupH5921beforeעַל־'al-H5921thy face:keepH3254the munition,watchH2009thewayH3605,makeH3772thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
2For the LORD bringethagainפָּנַ֖יִךְpa.Na.yikhH6440the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied themoutחַזֵּ֣קcha.ZekH2388, and marred their vine branches.
3The shield of his mightymenH3478ismadeשָׁ֤בshavH7725red, the valiantmenH3478are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the spears are shaken terribly.
4ThechariotsH7393rage in the streets, they justle oneagainstH376anotherH376in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like the lightnings.
5He remembereth his worthies: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
7And Huzzab is uncovered, she is carriedawayנָמֽוֹג׃na.MogH4127, andherשַׁעֲרֵ֥יsha.'a.ReiH8179handmaids mourn as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
8ButNinevehH5324hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they fleeawayגֻּלְּתָ֣הgu.le.TahH1540;StandH5324,standH5324, theycryכְּק֣וֹלke.KolH6963; but none lookethbackהֹֽעֲלָ֑תָהho.'a.La.tahH5927.
9Takeעִמְד֥וּ'im.DuH5975ye the spoil of silver,takeעֲמֹ֖דוּ'a.Mo.duH5975the spoil of gold: for there isnoneH369end of the store, the glory ofallמִ֣ימֵיMi.meiH3117pleasant furniture.
10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is inallH3605loins, and the faces of themallH3605are waxed pale.
11Where is the den of the lions, and the feedingplaceH3605of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion’s whelp, andnoneH3605madeH3605them afraid?
12ThelionH738didאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.
13Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burnherH4390chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy younglionsאַרְיֵ֤ה'ar.YehH738: and I will cut off thypreyH2964from the earth, and the voice of thymessengersH4390shall no more be heard.
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