Nahum 1:14
The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
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ASV
And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
KJV
And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
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Commentary
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְצִוָּ֤ה | ve.tzi.Vah | and he has commanded | H6680 → |
| עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ | 'a.Lei.kha | on you | H5921 → |
| יְהוָ֔ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יִזָּרַ֥ע | yi.za.Ra' | it will be sown | H2232 → |
| מִשִּׁמְךָ֖ | mi.shim.Kha | from name your | H8034 → |
| ע֑וֹד | od | again | H5750 → |
| מִבֵּ֨ית | mi.Beit | from [the] house of | H1004 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | gods your | H430 → |
| אַכְרִ֨ית | 'akh.Rit | I will cut off | H3772 → |
| פֶּ֧סֶל | Pe.sel | idol | H6459 → |
| וּמַסֵּכָ֛ה | u.ma.se.Khah | and molten image | H4541 → |
| אָשִׂ֥ים | 'a.Sim | I will make | H7760 → |
| קִבְרֶ֖ךָ | kiv.Re.cha | grave your | H6913 → |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| קַלּֽוֹתָ׃ פ | ka.Lo.ta | you are insignificant | H7043 → |
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