Revised Version 1895

Nahum 3

1Woeה֖וֹיHoH1945to thebloodyדָּמִ֑יםda.MimH1818cityעִ֣יר'irH5892! it isallH3605fullH3605ofliesכַּ֤חַשׁKa.chashH3585and rapine; thepreyטָֽרֶף׃Ta.refH2964departethnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808.

2Thenoiseק֣וֹלKolH6963of thewhipשׁ֔וֹטShotH7752, and thenoiseוְק֖וֹלve.KolH6963of therattlingרַ֣עַשׁRa.'ashH7494ofwheelsאוֹפָ֑ן'o.FanH212; and pransinghorsesוְס֣וּסve.SusH5483, andjumpingמְרַקֵּדָֽה׃me.ra.ke.DahH7540chariotsוּמֶרְכָּבָ֖הu.mer.ka.VahH4818;

3the horseman mounting, and theflashingוְלַ֤הַבve.La.havH3851swordחֶ֙רֶב֙che.revH2719, and theglitteringוּבְרַ֣קu.ve.RakH1300spearחֲנִ֔יתcha.NitH2595; and amultitudeוְרֹ֥בve.RoH7230ofslainחָלָ֖לcha.LalH2491, and agreatH7230heap of carcases: and there isnoneוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369endקֵ֙צֶה֙ke.tzehH7097of thecorpsesפָּ֑גֶרPa.gerH6297; theystumbleוְכָשְׁל֖וּve.yikh.she.luH3782upon theircorpsesH6297:

4becauseH7230of themultitudeH7230of the whoredoms of thewellט֥וֹבַתToatH2896favouredharlotזוֹנָ֔הzo.NahH2181, themistressבַּעֲלַ֣תba.'a.LatH1172ofwitchcraftsכְּשָׁפִ֑יםke.sha.FimH3785, that sellethnationsגּוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471through her whoredoms, andfamiliesוּמִשְׁפָּח֖וֹתu.mish.pa.ChotH4940through herwitchcraftsבִּכְשָׁפֶֽיהָ׃bikh.sha.Fei.haH3785.

5Beholdהִנְנִ֣יhi.NiH2005, I amagainstH5921thee, saith theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, and I will discover thyskirtsשׁוּלַ֖יִךְshu.La.yikhH7757uponH5921thyfaceפָּנָ֑יִךְpa.Na.yikhH6440; and I will shew thenationsגוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471thynakednessמַעְרֵ֔ךְma'.RekhH4626, and thekingdomsוּמַמְלָכ֖וֹתu.mam.la.KhotH4467thyshameקְלוֹנֵֽךְ׃ke.lo.NekhH7036.

6And I willcastוְהִשְׁלַכְתִּ֥יve.hish.lakh.TiH7993abominableH8251filthH8251uponעָלַ֛יִךְ'a.La.yikhH5921thee, andmakeוְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךְve.sam.TikhH7760thee vile, and willsetH7760thee as a gazingstock.

7And it shallcomeH1961topassH1961, thatallH3605they thatlookרֹאַ֙יִךְ֙ro.'A.yikhH7200uponH1961thee shallfleeיִדּ֣וֹדyi.DodH5074from thee, andsayוְאָמַר֙ve.'a.MarH559,Ninevehנִֽינְוֵ֔הnin.VehH5210is laidwasteשָׁדְּדָ֣הsha.de.DahH7703: who will bemoanherH3605? whence shall Iseekאֲבַקֵּ֥שׁ'a.va.KeshH1245comfortersמְנַחֲמִ֖יםme.na.cha.MimH5162for thee?

8Art thoubetterהֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙ha.tei.te.ViH3190than No-amon, that was situate among theriversבַּיְאֹרִ֔יםbay.'o.RimH2975, that had thewatersמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325roundH5439aboutH5439herH5439;whoseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834rampartחֵ֣ילcheilH2426was theseaיָ֔םYamH3220, andherH5439wallחוֹמָתָֽהּ׃cho.ma.TahH2346was of theseaמִיָּ֖םmi.YamH3220?

9Ethiopiaכּ֥וּשׁkushH3568andEgyptוּמִצְרַ֖יִםu.mitz.Ra.yimH4714wereherהָי֖וּha.YuH1961strength, and it was infinite;Putפּ֣וּטputH6316andLubimוְלוּבִ֔יםve.lu.VimH3864were thyhelpersבְּעֶזְרָתֵֽךְ׃be.'ez.ra.TekhH5833.

10Yet wassheH1931carriedH1980awayH1980,sheH1931wentH1980intoH1980captivityבַשֶּׁ֔בִיva.She.viH7628:herH3605youngchildrenעֹלָלֶ֛יהָ'o.la.Lei.haH5768also weredashedיְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּye.ru.te.ShuH7376inpiecesH7376at thetopH7218ofallH3605thestreetsחוּצ֑וֹתchu.TzotH2351: and theycastיַדּ֣וּya.DuH3032lotsגוֹרָ֔לgo.RalH1486forherH3605honourablemenH7218, andallH3605herH3605greatגְּדוֹלֶ֖יהָge.do.Lei.haH1419menH7218wereboundרֻתְּק֥וּru.te.KuH7576in chains.

11Thou also shalt be drunken, thou shalt be hid; thou also shaltseekתְּבַקְשִׁ֥יte.vak.ShiH1245astrongמָע֖וֹזma.'ozH4581hold because of theenemyמֵאוֹיֵֽב׃me.'o.YevH341.

12Allכָּ֨ל־Kal-H3605thyfortressesמִבְצָרַ֔יִךְmiv.tza.Ra.yikhH4013shall be likefigתְּאֵנִ֖יםte.'e.NimH8384treesH8384with the firstripefigsH8384:ifאִם־'im-H518they beshakenיִנּ֕וֹעוּyi.No.'uH5128, theyfallוְנָפְל֖וּve.na.fe.LuH5307intoעַל־'al-H5921themouthפִּ֥יpiH6310of theeaterאוֹכֵֽל׃'o.KhelH398.

13Beholdהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009, thypeopleעַמֵּ֤ךְ'a.MekhH5971in themidstבְּקִרְבֵּ֔ךְbe.kir.BekhH7130of thee arewomenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802; thegatesשַׁעֲרֵ֣יsha.'a.ReiH8179of thylandאַרְצֵ֑ךְ'ar.TzekhH776are set wideopenH6605unto thineenemiesלְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְle.'O.ye.Va.yikhH341: thefireאֵ֖שׁ'eshH784hathdevouredאָכְלָ֥ה'a.khe.LahH398thybarsבְּרִיחָֽיִך׃be.ri.Cha.yikhH1280.

14Drawשַֽׁאֲבִי־sha.'a.vi-H7579theewaterמֵ֤יmeiH4325for thesiegeמָצוֹר֙ma.tzOrH4692,strengthenH2388thyfortressesמִבְצָרָ֑יִךְmiv.tza.Ra.yikhH4013:goבֹּ֧אִיBo.'iH935intoH935theclayבַטִּ֛יטva.TitH2916, andtreadוְרִמְסִ֥יve.rim.SiH7429the mortar,makeH2388strongH2388thebrickkilnמַלְבֵּֽן׃mal.BenH4404.

15There shall thefireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784devourתֹּאכְלֵ֣ךְto.khe.LekhH398thee; theswordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719shallcutתַּכְרִיתֵ֣ךְtakh.ri.TekhH3772theeoffH3772, it shalldevourתֹּאכְלֵ֖ךְto.khe.LekhH398thee like the cankerworm:makeH3772thyself many as the cankerworm,makeH3772thyself many as thelocustכָּאַרְבֶּֽה׃ka.'ar.BehH697.

16Thou hastmultipliedהִרְבֵּית֙hir.BeitH7235thymerchantsרֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְro.khe.La.yikhH7402above thestarsמִכּוֹכְבֵ֖יmi.kokh.VeiH3556ofheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

17Thy crowned are as thelocustsכָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔הka.'ar.BehH697, and thymarshalsוְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְve.taf.se.Ra.yikhH2951as the swarms ofgrasshoppersH1462, whichcampהַֽחוֹנִ֤יםha.cho.NimH2583in the hedges in thecoldקָרָ֔הka.RahH7135dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117, but when thesunשֶׁ֤מֶשׁShe.meshH8121ariseth theyfleeH5074awayH5074, and theirplaceמְקוֹמ֖וֹme.ko.MoH4725isnotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808knownנוֹדַ֥עno.Da'H3045whereאַיָּֽם׃'ai.YamH335they are.

18Thyshepherdsרֹעֶ֙יךָ֙ro.'Ei.khaH7462slumberנָמ֤וּna.MuH5123, Okingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804: thy worthies are atrestיִשְׁכְּנ֖וּyish.ke.NuH7931: thypeopleעַמְּךָ֛'a.me.KhaH5971are scattereduponעַל־'al-H5921themountainsהֶהָרִ֖יםhe.ha.RimH2022, and there isnoneוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369togatherמְקַבֵּֽץ׃me.ka.BetzH6908them.

19There isnoH3808assuaging of thy hurt; thywoundמַכָּתֶ֑ךָma.ka.Te.khaH4347is grievous:allכֹּ֣ל׀kolH3605thathearשֹׁמְעֵ֣יsho.me.'EiH8085the bruit of theeclapתָּ֤קְעוּTa.ke.'uH8628thehandsכַף֙khafH3709over thee; foruponH5921whomמִ֛יmiH4310hathnotH3808thywickednessרָעָתְךָ֖ra.'a.te.KhaH7451passedעָבְרָ֥ה'a.ve.RahH5674continuallyתָּמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548?

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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain