Revised Version 1895

Nahum 3:12-19

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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