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1. O city of blood, wholly false, full of unrighteousness; the prey shall not be Or, felt after; See Ac 17:27 handled.
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1. Woe H1945 to the bloody H1818 city H5892 ! it is all H3605 full H4392 of lies H3585 and robbery H6563 ; the prey H2964 departeth H4185 not H3808 ;
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2. The noise of whips, and the noise of the rumbling of wheels, and of the pursuing horse, and of the bounding chariot,
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2. The noise H6963 of a whip H7752 , and the noise H6963 of the rattling H7494 of the wheels H212 , and of the prancing H1725 horses H5483 , and of the jumping H7540 chariots H4818 .
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3. and of the Or, rider on horseback mounting rider, and of the glittering sword, and of the gleaming arms, and of a multitude of slain, and of heavy falling: and there was no end to her nations, but they shall be weak in their bodies
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3. The horseman H6571 lifteth up H5927 both the bright H3851 sword H2719 and the glittering H1300 spear H2595 : and there is a multitude H7230 of slain H2491 , and a great number H3514 of carcasses H6297 ; and there is none H369 end H7097 of their corpses H1472 ; they stumble H3782 upon their corpses H1472 :
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4. because of the abundance of fornication: she is a fair harlot, and well-favoured, skilled in sorcery, that sells the nations by her fornication, and peoples by her sorceries.
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4. Because of the multitude H4480 H7230 of the whoredoms H2183 of the well favored H2896 H2580 harlot H2181 , the mistress H1172 of witchcrafts H3785 , that selleth H4376 nations H1471 through her whoredoms H2183 , and families H4940 through her witchcrafts H3785 .
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5. Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord God Almighty, and I will uncover thy skirts in thy presence, and I will shew the nations thy shame, and the kingdoms thy disgrace.
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5. Behold H2009 , I am against H413 thee, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ; and I will discover H1540 thy skirts H7757 upon H5921 thy face H6440 , and I will show H7200 the nations H1471 thy nakedness H4626 , and the kingdoms H4467 thy shame H7036 .
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6. And I will cast abominable filth upon thee according to thine unclean ways, and will make thee a public example.
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6. And I will cast H7993 abominable filth H8251 upon H5921 thee , and make thee vile H5034 , and will set H7760 thee as a gazingstock H7210 .
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7. And it shall be that every one that sees thee shall go down from thee, and shall say, Wretched Nineve! who shall lament for her? whence shall I seek comfort for her?
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7. And it shall come to pass H1961 , that all H3605 they that look upon H7200 thee shall flee H5074 from H4480 thee , and say H559 , Nineveh H5210 is laid waste H7703 : who H4310 will bemoan H5110 her? whence H4480 H370 shall I seek H1245 comforters H5162 for thee?
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8. Prepare thee a portion, tune the chord, prepare a portion for Ammon: she that dwells among the rivers, water is round about her, whose dominion is the sea, and whose walls are water.
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8. Art thou better H3190 than populous H528 No H4480 H4996 , that was situate H3427 among the rivers H2975 , that had the waters H4325 round about H5439 it, whose H834 rampart H2426 was the sea H3220 , and her wall H2346 was from the sea H4480 H3220 ?
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9. And Ethiopia is her strength, and Egypt; and there was no limit of the flight of her enemies; and the Libyans became her helpers.
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9. Ethiopia H3568 and Egypt H4714 were her strength H6109 , and it was infinite H369 H7097 ; Put H6316 and Lubim H3864 were H1961 thy helpers H5833 .
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10. Yet she shall go as a prisoner into captivity, and they shall dash her infants against the ground at the top of all her ways: and they shall cast lots upon all her glorious possessions, and all her nobles shall be bound in chains.
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10. Yet H1571 was she H1931 carried away H1473 , she went H1980 into captivity H7628 : her young children H5768 also H1571 were dashed in pieces H7376 at the top H7218 of all H3605 the streets H2351 : and they cast H3032 lots H1486 for H5921 her honorable men H3513 , and all H3605 her great men H1419 were bound H7576 in chains H2131 .
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11. And thou shalt be drunken, and shalt be Or, despised overlooked; and thou shalt seek for thyself q. d. establishment strength because of thine enemies.
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11. Thou H859 also H1571 shalt be drunken H7937 : thou shalt be H1961 hid H5956 , thou H859 also H1571 shalt seek H1245 strength H4581 because of the enemy H4480 H341 .
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12. All thy strong-holds are as fig-trees rwkb probably read as rqb having watchers: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.
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12. All H3605 thy strongholds H4013 shall be like fig trees H8384 with H5973 the firstripe figs H1061 : if H518 they be shaken H5128 , they shall even fall H5307 into H5921 the mouth H6310 of the eater H398 .
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13. Behold, thy people within thee are as women: the gates of thy land shall surely be opened to thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
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13. Behold H2009 , thy people H5971 in the midst H7130 of thee are women H802 : the gates H8179 of thy land H776 shall be set wide open H6605 H6605 unto thine enemies H341 : the fire H784 shall devour H398 thy bars H1280 .
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14. Draw thee water Gr. of for a siege, and well secure thy strong-holds: enter into the clay, and Alex. tread thou be thou trodden in the chaff, make the fortifications stronger than brick.
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14. Draw H7579 thee waters H4325 for the siege H4692 , fortify H2388 thy strongholds H4013 : go H935 into clay H2916 , and tread H7429 the mortar H2563 , make strong H2388 the brickkiln H4404 .
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15. There the fire shall devour thee; the sword shall utterly destroy thee, it shall devour thee as the locust, and thou shalt be pressed down as a palmerworm.
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15. There H8033 shall the fire H784 devour H398 thee ; the sword H2719 shall cut thee off H3772 , it shall eat thee up H398 like the cankerworm H3218 : make thyself many H3513 as the cankerworm H3218 , make thyself many H3513 as the locusts H697 .
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16. Thou hast multiplied thy merchandise beyond the stars of heaven: the palmerworm has attacked it, and has flown away.
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16. Thou hast multiplied H7235 thy merchants H7402 above the stars H4480 H3556 of heaven H8064 : the cankerworm H3218 spoileth H6584 , and flieth away H5774 .
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17. Thy mixed multitude has suddenly departed as the grasshopper, as the locust perched on a hedge in a frosty day; the sun arises, and it flies off, and knows not its place: woe to them!
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17. Thy crowned H4502 are as the locusts H697 , and thy captains H2951 as the great grasshoppers H1462 H1462 , which camp H2583 in the hedges H1448 in the cold H7135 day H3117 , but when the sun H8121 ariseth H2224 they flee away H5074 , and their place H4725 is not known H3045 H3808 where H335 they are .
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18. Thy shepherds have slumbered, the Assyrian king has laid low thy mighty men: thy people departed to the mountains, and there was none to Or, wait for receive them.
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18. Thy shepherds H7462 slumber H5123 , O king H4428 of Assyria H804 : thy nobles H117 shall dwell H7931 in the dust : thy people H5971 is scattered H6335 upon H5921 the mountains H2022 , and no man H369 gathereth H6908 them .
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19. There is no healing for thy bruise; thy wound has rankled: all that hear the report of thee shall clap their hands against thee; for upon whom has not thy wickedness passed continually?
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19. There is no H369 healing H3545 of thy bruise H7667 ; thy wound H4347 is grievous H2470 : all H3605 that hear H8085 the bruit H8088 of thee shall clap H8628 the hands H3709 over H5921 thee: for H3588 upon H5921 whom H4310 hath not H3808 thy wickedness H7451 passed H5674 continually H8548 ?
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