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Nahum 1

1Theburdenמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853ofNinevehנִֽינְוֵ֑הnin.VehH5210. Thebookסֵ֧פֶרSe.ferH5612of thevisionחֲז֛וֹןcha.ZonH2377ofNahumנַח֖וּםna.ChumH5151theElkoshiteהָאֶלְקֹשִֽׁי׃ha.'el.ko.ShiH512.

2Godאֵ֣ל'elH410isjealousקַנּ֤וֹאka.No'H7072, and theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068avengethוְנֹקֵם֙ve.no.KemH5358; theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068avengethנֹקֵ֥םno.KemH5358, and isfuriousוּבַ֣עַל חֵמָ֑הu.Va.'al che.MahH1167 H2534; theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068will takevengeanceנֹקֵ֤םno.KemH5358on hisadversariesלְצָרָ֔יוle.tza.RavH6862, and hereservethוְנוֹטֵ֥רve.no.TerH5201wrath for hisenemiesלְאֹיְבָֽיו׃le.'o.ye.VavH341.

3TheLORDיְהֹוָ֗הYah.wehH3068isslowאֶ֤רֶךְ'E.rekhH750toangerאַפַּ֙יִם֙'a.Pa.yimH639, andgreatוּגְדָלu.ge.dol-H1419inpowerכֹּ֔חַKo.achH3581, and will not atallוְנַקֵּ֖הve.na.KehH5352acquitיְנַקֶּ֑הye.na.KehH5352the wicked : theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068hath hiswayדַּרְכּ֔וֹdar.KoH1870in thewhirlwindבְּסוּפָ֤הbe.su.FahH5492and in thestormוּבִשְׂעָרָה֙u.vis.'a.RahH8183, and thecloudsוְעָנָ֖ןve.'a.NanH6051are thedustאֲבַ֥ק'a.VakH80of hisfeetרַגְלָֽיו׃rag.LavH7272.

4Herebukethגּוֹעֵ֤רgo.'ErH1605theseaבַּיָּם֙bai.YamH3220, and maketh itdryהֶֽחֱרִ֑יבhe.che.RivH2717, and driethupוַֽיַּבְּשֵׁ֔הוּvai.ya.be.She.huH3001all theriversהַנְּהָר֖וֹתha.ne.ha.RotH5104:Bashanבָּשָׁן֙ba.ShanH1316languishethאֻמְלַ֤ל'um.LalH535, andCarmelוְכַרְמֶ֔לve.khar.MelH3760, and theflowerוּפֶ֥רַחu.Fe.rachH6525ofLebanonלְבָנ֖וֹןle.va.NonH3844languishethאֻמְלָֽל׃'um.LalH535.

5Themountainsהָרִים֙ha.RimH2022quakeרָעֲשׁ֣וּra.'a.ShuH7493at him, and thehillsוְהַגְּבָע֖וֹתve.ha.ge.va.'otH1389meltהִתְמֹגָ֑גוּhit.mo.Ga.guH4127, and theearthהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776isburnedוַתִּשָּׂ֤אva.ti.Sa'H5375at hispresenceמִפָּנָ֔יוmi.pa.NavH6440, even theworldוְתֵבֵ֖לve.te.VelH8398, and all thatdwellיֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427in it.

6Who canstandיַֽעֲמ֔וֹדya.'a.ModH5975beforeלִפְנֵ֤יlif.NeiH6440hisindignationזַעְמוֹ֙za'.MoH2195? and who canabideיָק֖וּםya.KumH6965in thefiercenessבַּחֲר֣וֹןba.cha.RonH2740of hisangerאַפּ֑וֹ'a.PoH639? hisfuryחֲמָתוֹ֙cha.ma.ToH2534is pouredoutנִתְּכָ֣הni.te.KhahH5413likefireכָאֵ֔שׁkha.'EshH784, and therocksוְהַצֻּרִ֖יםve.ha.tzu.RimH6697are throwndownנִתְּצ֥וּni.te.TzuH5422by him.

7TheLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068isgoodט֣וֹבTovH2896, a strongholdלְמָע֖וֹזle.ma.'ozH4581in thedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117oftroubleצָרָ֑הtza.RahH6869; and heknowethוְיֹדֵ֖עַve.yo.De.a'H3045them thattrustחֹ֥סֵיCho.seiH2620in him.

8But with anoverrunningעֹבֵ֔ר'o.VerH5674floodוּבְשֶׁ֣טֶףu.ve.She.tefH7858he willmakeיַעֲשֶׂ֣הya.'a.SehH6213an utterendכָּלָ֖הka.LahH3617of itsplaceמְקוֹמָ֑הּme.ko.MahH4725, anddarknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822shallpursueיְרַדֶּף־ye.ra.def-H7291hisenemiesוְאֹיְבָ֖יוve.'o.ye.VavH341.

9What do yeimagineתְּחַשְּׁבוּן֙te.cha.she.VunH2803against theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068? he willmakeעֹשֶׂ֑ה'o.SehH6213an utterendכָּלָ֖הka.LahH3617:afflictionצָרָֽה׃tza.RahH6869shall not riseupתָק֥וּםta.KumH6965the secondtimeפַּעֲמַ֖יִםpa.'a.Ma.yimH6471.

10For while they are entangledtogetherסְבֻכִ֔יםse.vu.KhimH5440asthornsסִירִ֣יםsi.RimH5518, and while they aredrunkסְבוּאִ֑יםse.vu.'ImH5433asdrunkardsוּכְסָבְאָ֖םu.khe.sa.ve.'AmH5435, they shall bedevouredאֻ֨כְּל֔וּ'u.ke.LuH398asstubbleכְּקַ֥שׁke.KashH7179fullyמָלֵֽא׃ma.Le'H4392dryיָבֵ֖שׁya.VeshH3002.

11There is one comeoutיָצָ֔אya.Tza'H3318of thee, thatimaginethחֹשֵׁ֥בcho.ShevH2803evilרָעָ֑הra.'AhH7451against theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, awickedבְּלִיָּֽעַל׃ סbe.li.Ya.'alH1100counsellorיֹעֵ֖ץyo.'EtzH3289.

12Thussaithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068; Though they arequietשְׁלֵמִים֙she.le.MimH8003, and likewisemanyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227, yet thus shall they be cutdownנָגֹ֖זּוּna.Go.zuH1494, when he shall passthroughוְעָבָ֑רve.'a.VarH5674. Though I haveafflictedוְעִ֨נִּתִ֔ךְve.'I.ni.TikhH6031thee, I willafflictאֲעַנֵּ֖ךְ'a.'a.NekhH6031thee no more.

13For now I willbreakאֶשְׁבֹּ֥ר'esh.BorH7665hisyokeמֹטֵ֖הוּmo.Te.huH4132from off thee, and willburstH5423thybondsוּמוֹסְרֹתַ֖יִךְu.mos.ro.Ta.yikhH4147asunderH5423.

14And theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hath given acommandmentוְצִוָּ֤הve.tzi.VahH6680concerning thee, that no more of thynameמִשִּׁמְךָ֖mi.shim.KhaH8034besownיִזָּרַ֥עyi.za.Ra'H2232: out of thehouseמִבֵּ֨יתmi.BeitH1004of thygodsאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430will I cutoffאַכְרִ֨ית'akh.RitH3772the gravenimageפֶּ֧סֶלPe.selH6459and the moltenimageוּמַסֵּכָ֛הu.ma.se.KhahH4541: I willmakeאָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimH7760thygraveקִבְרֶ֖ךָkiv.Re.chaH6913; for thou artvileקַלּֽוֹתָ׃ פka.Lo.taH7043.

15Behold upon themountainsהֶהָרִ֜יםhe.ha.RimH2022thefeetרַגְלֵ֤יrag.LeiH7272of him that bringeth goodtidingsמְבַשֵּׂר֙me.va.SerH1319, thatproclaimethמַשְׁמִ֣יעַmash.Mi.a'H8085peaceשָׁל֔וֹםsha.LomH7965! OJudahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063,keepחָגִּ֧יcha.GiH2287thy solemnfeastsחַגַּ֖יִךְcha.Ga.yikhH2282,performשַׁלְּמִ֣יsha.le.MiH7999thyvowsנְדָרָ֑יִךְne.da.Ra.yikhH5088: for thewickedבְּלִיַּ֖עַלbe.li.Ya.'alH1100shall nomoreיוֹסִ֥יףyo.SifH3254passthroughלַֽעֲבָרla.'a.Vor-H5674thee; he is utterly cutoffנִכְרָֽת׃nikh.RatH3772.

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