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Deuteronomy 32:26-34

26I would have said thatאָמַ֖רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559I would cut them to piecesאַפְאֵיהֶ֑ם'af.'ei.HemH6284and blot outאַשְׁבִּ֥יתָה'ash.Bi.tahH7673their memoryזִכְרָֽם׃zikh.RamH2143from mankindמֵאֱנ֖וֹשׁme.'e.No.oshH582,

27if I had notלוּלֵ֗יlu.LeiH3884dreadedאָג֔וּר פֶּֽן־'a.Gur pen-H1481 H6435the tauntכַּ֤עַסKa.'asH3708of the enemyאוֹיֵב֙'o.YevH341,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435their adversariesצָרֵ֑ימוֹtza.Rei.movH6862misunderstandיְנַכְּר֖וּye.na.ke.RuH5234and sayיֹֽאמְרוּ֙yo.me.RuH559: ‘Our own handיָדֵ֣ינוּya.Dei.nuH3027has prevailedרָ֔מָהRa.mahH7311;it was notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068who didפָּעַ֥לpa.'AlH6466allכָּל־kol-H3605thisזֹֽאת׃ZotH2063.’”

28כִּי־ki-H3588Israelהֵ֑מָּהHe.mahH1992is a nationג֛וֹיGoyH1471devoidאֹבַ֥ד'o.VadH6of counselעֵצ֖וֹתe.TzotH6098,with noוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369understandingתְּבוּנָֽה׃te.vu.NahH8394among them.

29If onlyל֥וּluH3863they were wiseחָכְמ֖וּcha.khe.MuH2449,they would understandיַשְׂכִּ֣ילוּyas.Ki.luH7919itזֹ֑אתZotH2063;they would comprehendיָבִ֖ינוּya.Vi.nuH995their fateלְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃le.'a.cha.ri.TamH319.

30Howאֵיכָ֞ה'ei.KhahH349could one manאֶחָד֙'e.ChadH259pursueיִרְדֹּ֤ףyir.DofH7291a thousandאֶ֔לֶף'E.lefH505,or twoוּשְׁנַ֖יִםu.she.Na.yimH8147put ten thousandרְבָבָ֑הre.va.VahH7233to flightיָנִ֣יסוּya.Ni.suH5127,unlessאִם־ לֹא֙ כִּי־'im- lo' ki-H518 H3808 H3588their Rockצוּרָ֣םtzu.RamH6697had sold themמְכָרָ֔םme.kha.RamH4376,unless the LORDוַֽיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehH3068had given them upהִסְגִּירָֽם׃his.gi.RamH5462?

31Forכִּ֛יkiH3588their rockכְצוּרֵ֖נוּkhe.tzu.Re.nuH6697is notלֹ֥אlo'H3808like our Rockצוּרָ֑םtzu.RamH6697,even our enemiesוְאֹיְבֵ֖ינוּve.'o.ye.Vei.nuH341concedeפְּלִילִֽים׃pe.li.LimH6414.

32Butכִּֽי־ki-H3588their vineמִגֶּ֤פֶןmi.Ge.fenH1612isfrom the vineגַּפְנָ֔םgaf.NamH1612of Sodomסְדֹם֙se.DomH5467and from the fieldsוּמִשַּׁדְמֹ֖תu.mi.shad.MotH7709of Gomorrahעֲמֹרָ֑ה'a.mo.RahH6017.Their grapesH6025are poisonousר֔וֹשׁRo.oshH7219; theirclustersאַשְׁכְּלֹ֥ת'ash.ke.LotH811arebitterמְרֹרֹ֖תme.ro.RotH4846.

33Their wineיֵינָ֑םyei.NamH3196is the venomחֲמַ֥תcha.MatH2534of serpentsתַּנִּינִ֖םta.ni.NimH8577,the deadlyאַכְזָֽר׃'akh.ZarH393poisonוְרֹ֥אשׁve.RoshH7219of cobrasפְּתָנִ֖יםpe.ta.NimH6620.

34“Have I notהֲלֹא־ha.lo'-H3808stored upכָּמֻ֣סka.MusH3647these thingsה֖וּאhu'H1931,sealed upחָתֻ֖םcha.TumH2856within MyH5978vaultsבְּאוֹצְרֹתָֽי׃be.'otz.ro.TaiH214?

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