Verse 15
Nahum 3:15
World English Bible, British Edition
15
There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will
devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שָׁ֚ם תֹּאכְלֵ֣/ךְ אֵ֔שׁ תַּכְרִיתֵ֣/ךְ חֶ֔רֶב תֹּאכְלֵ֖/ךְ כַּ/יָּ֑לֶק הִתְכַּבֵּ֣ד כַּ/יֶּ֔לֶק הִֽתְכַּבְּדִ֖י כָּ/אַרְבֶּֽה
English Translation
There you will be eaten by fire; the sword will consume you like the locust. Be esteemed like the locust; be esteemed like the grasshopper.
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will
devour you like the grasshopper....
16
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17
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18
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19
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