Judges 5:23

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Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

In other translations

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

Hebrew words

אוֹרוּ'orucurseH779מֵרוֹזmerozMerozH4789אָמַר'amarhe saysH559מַלְאַךְmal'akh[the] angel ofH4397יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֹרוּ'orucurseH779אָרוֹר'arorcontinuously <to curse>H779יֹשְׁבֶיהָyosheveihainhabitants itsH3427כִּיkiforH3588לֹא־lo'-notH3808בָאוּva'uthey cameH935לְעֶזְרַתle'ezratto [the] help ofH5833יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לְעֶזְרַתle'ezratto [the] help ofH5833יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068בַּגִּבּוֹרִים׃bagiborimon the mighty [ones]H1368

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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