Joel 1:6
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For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
In other translations
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-forH3588גוֹיgoya nationH1471עָלָה'alahit has come upH5927עַל־'al-onH5921אַרְצִי'artziland myH776עָצוּם'atzummightyH6099וְאֵיןve'einand there notH369מִסְפָּרmispar[is] numberH4557שִׁנָּיוshinavteeth itsH8127שִׁנֵּיshinei[are the] teeth ofH8127אַרְיֵה'aryeha lionH738וּמְתַלְּעוֹתumetale'otand [the] fangs ofH4973לָבִיאlavi'a lionessH3833לוֹ׃lo[belong] to it
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