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Isaiah 40:3-8

3Thevoiceק֣וֹלKolH6963ofonethatcrieth,Prepareyeinthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֕רba.mid.BarH4057thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870ofJehovah;makeיַשְּׁרוּ֙ya.she.RuH3474levelinthedesertבָּעֲרָבָ֔הba.'a.ra.VahH6160ahighwayמְסִלָּ֖הme.si.LahH4546forourGodלֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃le.lo.Hei.nuH430.

4Everyvalleyגֶּיא֙gei'H1516shallbeH1961exalted,andeverymountainהַ֥רharH2022andhillH2022shallbeH1961madelowיִשְׁפָּ֑לוּyish.Pa.luH8213;andtheunevenshallbeH1961madelevelלְמִישׁ֔וֹרle.mi.ShorH4334,andtheroughplacesaplainH4334:

5andthegloryכְּב֣וֹדke.VodH3519ofJehovahshallberevealedוְנִגְלָ֖הve.nig.LahH1540,andallfleshבָּשָׂר֙ba.SarH1320shallseeוְרָא֤וּve.ra.'UH7200ittogetherיַחְדָּ֔וyach.DavH3162;forthemouthפִּ֥יpiH6310ofJehovahhathspokenדִּבֵּֽר׃ סdi.BerH1696it.

6Thevoiceק֚וֹלKolH6963ofonesayingH559,Cry.AndonesaidH559,WhatshallIcry?Allfleshהַבָּשָׂ֣רha.ba.SarH1320isgrassחָצִ֔ירcha.TzirH2682,andallthegoodliness thereofisastheflowerכְּצִ֥יץke.TzitzH6731ofthefieldהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ha.sa.DehH7704.

7Thegrassחָצִיר֙cha.TzirH2682withereth,theflowerצִ֔יץTzitzH6731fadeth,becausethebreathר֥וּחַRu.achH7307ofJehovahblowethuponit;surelythepeopleהָעָֽם׃ha.'AmH5971isgrassחָצִ֖ירcha.TzirH2682.

8Thegrassחָצִ֖ירcha.TzirH2682withereth,theflowerצִ֑יץTzitzH6731fadeth; butthewordוּדְבַר־u.de.var-H1697ofourGodאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430shallstandיָק֥וּםya.KumH6965foreverH5769.

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