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Deuteronomy 29:23-26

23AllH3605its soilH776will be a burning wasteשְׂרֵפָ֣הse.re.FahH8316of sulfurגָּפְרִ֣יתga.fe.RitH1614and saltוָמֶלַח֮va.me.LachH4417,unsownלֹ֤א תִזָּרַע֙lo' ti.za.Ra'H3808 H2232and unproductiveוְלֹ֣א תַצְמִ֔חַve.Lo' tatz.Mi.achH6779 H3808,with noוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808plantעֵ֑שֶׂב'E.sevH6212growingיַעֲלֶ֥הya.'a.LehH5927on itH3605,just like the destructionכְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞תke.mah.pe.KhatH4114of Sodomסְדֹ֤םse.DomH5467and Gomorrahוַעֲמֹרָה֙va.'a.mo.RahH6017,Admahאַדְמָ֣ה'ad.MahH126and Zeboiimוּצְבוֹיִ֔םu.tze.v.yimH6636,whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834the LORDH3068overthrewהָפַ֣ךְha.FakhH2015in His fierce angerוּבַחֲמָתֽוֹ׃u.va.cha.ma.ToH639 H2534.

24So allכָּל־kol-H3605the nationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471will askH559, ‘Whyמֶ֨הmehH5921 H4100has the LORDH3068doneעָשָׂ֧ה'a.SahH6213such a thingכָּ֖כָהKa.khahH3602to thisהַזֹּ֑אתha.ZotH2063landH776?Whyמֶ֥הmehH4100thisהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088greatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419outburstחֳרִ֛יcho.RiH2750of angerהָאַ֥ףha.'AfH639?’

25And the people will answerוְאָ֣מְר֔וּve.'A.me.RuH559, ‘It is becauseעַ֚ל'alH5921H834they abandonedעָֽזְב֔וּ'a.ze.VuH5800אֶת־'et-H853the covenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285of the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,the GodH430of their fathersאֲבֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.TamH1,whichH834He madeכָּרַ֣תka.RatH3772with themעִמָּ֔ם'i.MamH5973when He broughtבְּהוֹצִיא֥וֹbe.ho.tzi.'OH3318themאֹתָ֖ם'o.TamH853out of the landמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

26They wentוַיֵּלְכ֗וּvai.ye.le.KhuH1980and servedוַיַּֽעַבְדוּ֙vai.ya.'av.DuH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,and they worshipedוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812godsאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834they had notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808knownיְדָע֔וּםye.da.'UmH3045—gods that the LORD had notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808givenחָלַ֖קcha.LakH2505to them.

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