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Joel 1:8-14

8Lamentlikeavirginכִּבְתוּלָ֥הkiv.tu.LahH1330girdedחֲגֻֽרַת־cha.gu.rat-H2296withsackclothשַׂ֖קsakH8242forthehusbandבַּ֥עַלBa.'alH1167ofheryouthנְעוּרֶֽיהָ׃ne.'u.Rei.haH5271.

9Themeal-offeringandthedrink-offeringarecutהָכְרַ֥תha.khe.RatH3772offfromthehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004ofJehovah;thepriestsהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.NimH3548, Jehovah’sministers,mournאָֽבְלוּ֙'a.ve.LuH56.

10Thefieldשָׂדֶ֔הsa.DehH7704islaidwaste,thelandH127mourneth;forthegrainדָּגָ֔ןda.GanH1715isdestroyedH7703,thenewתִּיר֖וֹשׁti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492isdriedH3001up,theoilיִצְהָֽר׃yitz.HarH3323languisheth.

11Beconfounded, O ye husbandmen,wailהֵילִ֙ילוּ֙hei.Li.luH3213, O yevinedressersכֹּֽרְמִ֔יםko.re.MimH3755,forthewheatחִטָּ֖הchi.TahH2406andforthebarleyשְׂעֹרָ֑הse.'o.RahH8184;fortheharvestקְצִ֥ירke.TzirH7105ofthefieldשָׂדֶֽה׃sa.DehH7704isperishedאָבַ֖ד'a.VadH6.

12Thevineהַגֶּ֣פֶןha.Ge.fenH1612iswitheredH3001,andthefig-tree languisheth;thepomegranate-tree,thepalm-treealsoגַּם־gam-H1571,andtheapple-tree,evenallthetreesH6086ofthefieldהַשָּׂדֶה֙ha.sa.DehH7704arewitheredH3001:forjoyשָׂשׂ֖וֹןsa.SonH8342iswitheredH3001awayfromthesonsH1121ofmenH120.

13Girdחִגְר֨וּchig.RuH2296yourselvesH2296withsackclothבַשַּׂקִּ֔יםva.sa.KimH8242,andlamentוְסִפְד֜וּve.sif.DuH5594, yepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548;wailהֵילִ֙ילוּ֙hei.Li.luH3213, yeministersofthealtarמִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achH4196;comeבֹּ֚אוּBo.'uH935, lie all nightinsackclothH8242, yeministersofmyGodאֱלֹהָ֑י'e.lo.HaiH430:forthemeal-offeringandthedrink-offeringarewithholdenfromthehouseמִבֵּ֥יתmi.BeitH1004ofyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

14SanctifyH6942afastצוֹם֙tzOmH6685,callקִרְא֣וּkir.'UH7121asolemnH6116assemblyעֲצָרָ֔ה'a.tza.RahH6116,gatherאִסְפ֣וּ'is.FuH622theoldH2205menH2205andalltheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776untothehouseבֵּ֖יתbeitH1004ofJehovahyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,andcryוְזַעֲק֖וּve.za.'a.KuH2199untoJehovah.

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