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Joel 2:12-17

12Yetevennowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258, saithJehovah,turnH7725ye untomewithallyourheartלְבַבְכֶ֑םle.vav.KhemH3824,andwithfastingוּבְצ֥וֹםu.ve.TzomH6685,andwithweepingוּבְבְכִ֖יu.ve.ve.KhiH1065,andwithmourningH4553:

13andrendyourheartלְבַבְכֶם֙le.vav.KhemH3824,andnotyourgarmentsבִּגְדֵיכֶ֔םbig.dei.KhemH899,andturnH7725untoJehovahyourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430;forheisgraciousחַנּ֤וּןcha.NunH2587andmerciful,slowtoangerאַפַּ֙יִם֙'a.Pa.yimH639,andabundantinlovingkindness,andrepentethhimoftheevilH7451.

14Whoknoweth whetherhewillnotturnיָשׁ֣וּבya.ShuvH7725andrepent,andleaveוְהִשְׁאִ֤ירve.hish.'IrH7604ablessingבְּרָכָ֔הbe.ra.KhahH1293behindhim, evenameal-offeringandadrink-offering untoJehovahyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ פ'e.lo.hei.KhemH430?

15BlowH8628thetrumpetH7782inZionבְּצִיּ֑וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726,sanctifyH6942afastצ֖וֹםTzomH6685,callקִרְא֥וּkir.'UH7121asolemnH6116assemblyעֲצָרָֽה׃'a.tza.RahH6116;

16gatherקִבְצ֣וּkiv.TzuH6908thepeopleעָ֞ם'amH5971,sanctifyH6942theassemblyקָהָל֙ka.HalH6951,assembletheoldH2205men,gatherH6908thechildrenH5768,andthosethatsuckH3243thebreastsשָׁדָ֑יִםsha.Da.yimH7699; letthebridegroomgoיֵצֵ֤אye.Tze'H3318forthH3318fromhischamberH2315,andthebrideוְכַלָּ֖הve.kha.LahH3618outofhercloset.

17Letthepriestsהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.NimH3548,theministersofJehovah,weepיִבְכּוּ֙yiv.KuH1058betweentheporchהָאוּלָם֙ha.'u.LamH197andthealtarוְלַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַve.la.miz.Be.achH4196,andletthemsayוְֽיֹאמְר֞וּve.yo.me.RuH559,SparethypeopleH5971,OJehovah,andgiveH5414notthyheritagetoreproachלְחֶרְפָּה֙le.cher.PahH2781,thatthenationsגּוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471shouldruleH4910overthem: whereforeshouldtheysayיֹאמְר֣וּyo.me.RuH559amongthepeoplesH5971,Whereאַיֵּ֖ה'ai.YehH346istheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.HemH430?

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