Revised Version 1895

Nahum 3:1-7

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?

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