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Nahum 3:8-13

8Art thoubetterהֲתֵֽיטְבִי֙ha.tei.te.ViH3190thanpopulousאָמ֔וֹן'a.MonH527 H528Noמִנֹּ֣אmi.No'H4996, thatdweltהַיֹּֽשְׁבָה֙hai.yo.she.VahH3427among theriversבַּיְאֹרִ֔יםbay.'o.RimH2975, that had thewatersמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325aroundסָבִ֣יבsa.VivH5439it, whoserampartחֵ֣ילcheilH2426was theseaיָ֔םYamH3220, and herwallחוֹמָתָֽהּ׃cho.ma.TahH2346was from theseaמִיָּ֖םmi.YamH3220?

9Cushכּ֥וּשׁkushH3568andEgyptוּמִצְרַ֖יִםu.mitz.Ra.yimH4714were herstrengthעָצְמָ֛ה'a.tze.MahH6109, and it wasinfiniteוְאֵ֣ין קֵ֑צֶהve.'Ein Ke.tzehH369 H7097;Putפּ֣וּטputH6316andLubimוְלוּבִ֔יםve.lu.VimH3864were thyhelpersבְּעֶזְרָתֵֽךְ׃be.'ez.ra.TekhH5833.

10Yet was she carriedawayלַגֹּלָה֙la.go.LahH1473, shewentהָלְכָ֣הha.le.KhahH1980intocaptivityבַשֶּׁ֔בִיva.She.viH7628: her youngchildrenעֹלָלֶ֛יהָ'o.la.Lei.haH5768also were dashed inpiecesיְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּye.ru.te.ShuH7376at theheadבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218of all thestreetsחוּצ֑וֹתchu.TzotH2351: and theycastיַדּ֣וּya.DuH3032lotsגוֹרָ֔לgo.RalH1486for her honourablemenנִכְבַּדֶּ֙יהָ֙nikh.ba.Dei.haH3513, and all her greatmenגְּדוֹלֶ֖יהָge.do.Lei.haH1419wereboundרֻתְּק֥וּru.te.KuH7576inchainsבַזִּקִּֽים׃va.zi.KimH2131.

11Thou also shalt bedrunkתִּשְׁכְּרִ֔יtish.ke.RiH7937: thou shalt behiddenנַֽעֲלָמָ֑הna.'a.la.MahH5956, thou also shaltseekתְּבַקְשִׁ֥יte.vak.ShiH1245strengthמָע֖וֹזma.'ozH4581because of theenemyמֵאוֹיֵֽב׃me.'o.YevH341.

12All thy strongholdsמִבְצָרַ֔יִךְmiv.tza.Ra.yikhH4013shall be like figtreesתְּאֵנִ֖יםte.'e.NimH8384with the firstripefigsבִּכּוּרִ֑יםbi.ku.RimH1061: if they beshakenיִנּ֕וֹעוּyi.No.'uH5128, they shall evenfallוְנָפְל֖וּve.na.fe.LuH5307into themouthפִּ֥יpiH6310of theeaterאוֹכֵֽל׃'o.KhelH398.

13Behold, thypeopleעַמֵּ֤ךְ'a.MekhH5971in themidstבְּקִרְבֵּ֔ךְbe.kir.BekhH7130of thee arewomenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802: thegatesשַׁעֲרֵ֣יsha.'a.ReiH8179of thylandאַרְצֵ֑ךְ'ar.TzekhH776shall be setwideפָּת֥וֹחַpa.To.achH6605openנִפְתְּח֖וּnif.te.ChuH6605to thyenemiesלְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְle.'O.ye.Va.yikhH341: thefireאֵ֖שׁ'eshH784shalldevourאָכְלָ֥ה'a.khe.LahH398thybarsבְּרִיחָֽיִך׃be.ri.Cha.yikhH1280.

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