Nahum 3:8-19 Tune the string of the lyre! Prepare a part for Amon, the one inhabiting in rivers! Water is round about her, whose rule is the sea, and her walls water.

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8 G718 Tune G5523.1 the string of the lyre! G2090 Prepare G3310 a part G* for Amon, G3588 the one G2730 inhabiting G1722 in G4215 rivers! G5204 Water G2945 is round about G1473 her, G3739 whose G3588 G746 rule G2281 is the sea, G2532 and G5204 [²water G3588 G5038 ¹her walls]. G1473

9 G* Ethiopia G2479 is her strength, G1473 G2532 and G* Egypt. G2532 And G3756 there stood no G2476 G4009 limit G3588 G5437 of your flight into exile. G1473 G* Put G2532 and G* Libya G1096 became G998 her helpers. G1473

10 G2532 And G1473 she G1519 into G3350 displacement G4198 shall go G164 captive; G2532 and G3588 G3516 her infants G1473 G1474 they shall dash G1909 upon G746 corners G3956 of all G3588 G3598 her ways; G1473 G2532 and G1909 over G3956 all G3588 G1741 her honorable things G1473 G906 they shall cast G2819 lots, G2532 and G3956 all G3588 G3175 her great men G1473 G1210 shall be tied G5498.1 with manacles.

11 G2532 And G1473 you G3184 shall be intoxicated. G2532 And G1510.8.2 you shall be G3948.1 for overlooking, G2532 and G1473 you G2212 shall seek G4572 for yourself G4714 a position G1537 from G2190 enemies. G1473

12 G3956 All G3588 G3794 your fortresses G1473 G5613 are as G1473 you, G2590 [²fruits G2192 ¹having], G1437 and if G4531 they should be shaken, G4098 they shall fall G1519 into G4750 the mouth G2068 of ones eating.

13 G2400 Behold, G3588 G2992 your people G1473 G5613 are as G1135 women G1722 among G1473 you G3588 to the ones G2190 your enemies. G1473 G455 By opening G455 [³shall be open G4439 ¹ the gates G3588 G1093 ²of your land]. G1473 G2719 [²shall devour G4442 ¹Fire] G3588 the G3449.2 bars G1473 of your gates .

14 G5204 [²water G4042 ⁴for being encompassed about G1986 ¹Draw G4572 ³to yourself]! G2629.2 Secure G3588 G3794 your fortresses! G1473 G1684 Step G1519 into G4081 the mortar, G2532 and G4841.1 trample it together G1722 with G892 straw! G2629.2 Secure it G5228 more than G4141.4 with a brick!

15 G1563 There G2719 [²shall devour G1473 ³you G4442 ¹ the fire]; G1842 [²shall utterly destroy G1473 ³you G4501 ¹ the broadsword]; G2719 it shall devour G1473 you G5613 as G200 a locust, G2532 and G925 you shall be oppressed G5613 as G1027.2 a grasshopper.

16 G4129 You multiplied G3588 G1711 your trade G1473 G5228 above G3588 the G798 stars G3588 of the G3772 heaven. G1027.2 The grasshopper G3729 advanced G2532 and G1600 spread forth.

17 G1814 [²leaped out G5613 ³as G825.1 ⁴ the small locust G3588 G4830.4 ¹Your consolidation], G1473 G5613 as G200 the locust G1910 mounted G1909 upon G5418 a fence G1722 on G2250 [²day G3803.1 ¹an icy]; G3588 the G2246 sun G393 rises, G2532 and G851.1 it hops, G2532 and G3756 knows not G1097 G3588 G5117 its place -- G1473 G3759 woe G1473 to them.

18 G3573 [²slumbered G3588 G4166 ¹Your shepherds], G1473 G935 O king G* of Assyria, G2838.1 [²rested G3588 G1413 ¹your mighty ones]. G1473 G522 [²departed G3588 G2992 ¹Your people] G1473 G1909 unto G3588 the G3735 mountains, G2532 and G3756 there was none G1510.7.3 G3588 G1551 looking out for them .

19 G3756 There is no G1510.2.3 G2392 healing G3588 to G4936.1 your destruction; G1473 G5392.1 [²is inflamed G3588 G4127 ¹your wound]. G1473 G3956 All G3588 the ones G191 hearing G3588 the G31 message G1473 of you G2924.8 clap G5495 hands G1909 over G1473 you. G1360 For G1909 upon G5100 whom G3756 [²not G1904 ³come upon G3588 G2549 ¹did your evil] G1473 G1275 continually?