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2 Chronicles 20:3-12

3AndJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֛טye.ho.sha.FatH3092fearedוַיִּרָ֕אvai.yi.Ra'H3372, andsetוַיִּתֵּ֧ןvai.yi.TenH5414himselfפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440toseekלִדְר֣וֹשׁlid.Ro.oshH1875theLORDלַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068, andproclaimedוַיִּקְרָא־vai.yik.ra'-H7121afastצ֖וֹםTzomH6685throughoutעַל־'al-H5921allJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

4AndJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063gathered themselvestogetherוַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּvai.yi.ka.ve.TzuH6908, toaskלְבַקֵּ֖שׁle.va.KeshH1245help of theLORDמֵֽיְהוָ֑הme.Yah.wehH3068: even from all thecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063theycameבָּ֖אוּBa.'uH935toseekלְבַקֵּ֥שׁle.va.KeshH1245theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

5AndJehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טye.ho.sha.FatH3092stoodוַיַּעֲמֹ֣דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975in thecongregationבִּקְהַ֧לbik.HalH6951ofJudahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םvi.ru.sha.LimH3389, in thehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,beforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440thenewהַחֲדָשָֽׁה׃ha.cha.da.ShahH2319courtהֶחָצֵ֥רhe.cha.TzerH2691,

6Andsaidוַיֹּאמַ֗רvai.yo.MarH559, OLORDיְהוָ֞הYah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430of ourfathersאֲבֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.vo.Tei.nuH1, art not thouGodאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430inheavenבַּשָּׁמַ֔יִםba.sha.Ma.yimH8064? andrulestמוֹשֵׁ֔לmo.ShelH4910thou not over all thekingdomsמַמְלְכ֣וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467of theheathenהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471? and in thyhandוּבְיָדְךָ֙u.ve.ya.de.KhaH3027is there notpowerכֹּ֣חַKo.achH3581andmightוּגְבוּרָ֔הu.ge.vu.RahH1369, so that none is able towithstandלְהִתְיַצֵּֽב׃le.hit.ya.TzevH3320thee?

7Art not thou ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430, who didst driveoutהוֹרַ֙שְׁתָּ֙ho.Rash.taH3423theinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵי֙yo.she.VeiH3427of thislandהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776beforeמִלִּפְנֵ֖יmi.lif.NeiH6440thypeopleעַמְּךָ֣'a.me.KhaH5971Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, andgiveוַֽתִּתְּנָ֗הּva.ti.te.NahH5414it to theseedלְזֶ֛רַעle.Ze.ra'H2233ofAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֥ם'av.ra.HamH85thyfriendאֹֽהַבְךָ֖'o.hav.KhaH157foreverלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769?

8And theydweltוַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ־vai.ye.she.Vu-H3427in it, and havebuiltוַיִּבְנ֨וּvai.yiv.NuH1129thee asanctuaryמִקְדָּ֖שׁmik.DashH4720in it for thynameלְשִׁמְךָ֥le.shim.KhaH8034,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

9If, whenevilרָעָ֗הra.'AhH7451comethתָּב֨וֹאta.Vo'H935upon us, as theswordחֶרֶב֮che.RevH2719,judgmentשְׁפוֹט֮she.fOtH8196, orpestilenceוְדֶ֣בֶרve.De.verH1698, orfamineוְרָעָב֒ve.ra.'AvH7458, westandנַֽעַמְדָ֞הna.'am.DahH5975beforeלִפְנֵ֨יlif.NeiH6440thishouseהַבַּ֤יִתha.Ba.yitH1004, and in thypresenceוּלְפָנֶ֔יךָu.le.fa.Nei.khaH6440, (for thynameשִׁמְךָ֖shim.KhaH8034is in thishouseבַּבַּ֣יִתba.Ba.yitH1004,) andcryוְנִזְעַ֥קve.niz.'AkH2199to thee in ourafflictionמִצָּרָתֵ֖נוּmi.tza.ra.Te.nuH6869, then thou wilthearוְתִשְׁמַ֥עve.tish.Ma'H8085andhelpוְתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ve.to.Shi.a'H3467.

10And now, behold, thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofAmmonעַמּ֨וֹןa.MonH5983andMoabוּמוֹאָ֜בu.mo.'AvH4124andmountוְהַר־ve.har-H2022Seirשֵׂעִ֗ירse.'IrH8165, whom thou wouldest notletנָתַ֤תָּהna.Ta.tahH5414Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478invadeלָב֣וֹאla.Vo'H935, when they camefromבְּבֹאָ֖םbe.vo.'AmH935thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, but theyturnedסָ֥רוּSa.ruH5493from them, anddestroyedהִשְׁמִידֽוּם׃hish.mi.DumH8045them not;

11Behold, I say, how theyrewardגֹּמְלִ֖יםgo.me.LimH1580us, tocomeלָבוֹא֙la.Vo'H935to cast usoutלְגָ֣רְשֵׁ֔נוּle.Ga.re.She.nuH1644of thypossessionמִיְּרֻשָּׁתְךָ֖mi.ye.ru.sha.te.KhaH3425, which thou hast given us toinheritהֽוֹרַשְׁתָּֽנוּ׃Ho.rash.Ta.nuH3423.

12O ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuH430, wilt thou notjudgeתִשְׁפָּט־tish.pot-H8199them? for we have nomightכֹּ֔חַKo.achH3581againstלִ֠פְנֵיLif.neiH6440thisgreatהָרָ֛בha.RavH7227companyהֶהָמ֥וֹןhe.ha.MonH1995thatcomethהַבָּ֣אha.Ba'H935against us; neitherknowנֵדַע֙ne.Da'H3045weוַאֲנַ֗חְנוּva.'a.Nach.nuH587what todoנַּעֲשֶׂ֔הna.'a.SehH6213: but oureyesעֵינֵֽינוּ׃'ei.Nei.nuH5869are upon thee.

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