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Micah 1:14

Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.

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ASV

Therefore shalt thou give a parting gift to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing unto the kings of Israel.

KJV

Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth–gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָכֵן֙la.Khen<to> thereforeH3651 →
תִּתְּנִ֣יti.te.Niyou will giveH5414 →
שִׁלּוּחִ֔יםshi.lu.Chimparting giftsH7964 →
עַ֖ל'altoH5921 →
מוֹרֶ֣שֶׁתmo.Re.shetMoreshethH4182 →
גַּ֑תGatGathH4182 →
בָּתֵּ֤יba.Tei[the] houses ofH1004 →
אַכְזִיב֙'akh.ZivAczibH392 →
לְאַכְזָ֔בle.'akh.Zav[will become] <into> a deceitful thingH391 →
לְמַלְכֵ֖יle.mal.Kheito [the] kings ofH4428 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →

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Joshua 15:44Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.2 Kings 16:8Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.Psalms 118:8–9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.Isaiah 30:6This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.2 Samuel 8:2David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.Psalms 146:3–4Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.2 Kings 18:14–16So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.2 Chronicles 16:1–3In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.Joshua 19:29The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,

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