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Isaiah 1:5-9

5Whyעַ֣ל מֶ֥ה'al mehH5921 H4100do you want moreע֖וֹדodH5750beatingsתֻכּ֛וּtu.KuH5221?Why do you keepתּוֹסִ֣יפוּto.Si.fuH3254rebellingסָרָ֑הsa.RahH5627?Your headרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218has a massiveכָּל־kol-H3605woundלָחֳלִ֔יlo.cho.LiH2483,and your wholeוְכָל־ve.kholH3605heartלֵבָ֖בle.VavH3824is afflictedדַּוָּֽי׃da.VaiH1742.

6From the soleמִכַּף־mi.kaf-H3709of your footרֶ֤גֶלRe.gelH7272to the topוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704of your headרֹאשׁ֙roShH7218, there isnoאֵֽין־'ein-H369soundnessמְתֹ֔םme.TomH4974—only woundsפֶּ֥צַעPe.tza'H6482and weltsוְחַבּוּרָ֖הve.cha.bu.RahH2250and festeringטְרִיָּ֑הte.ri.YahH2961soresוּמַכָּ֣הu.ma.KahH4347neitherלֹא־lo'-H3808cleansedזֹ֙רוּ֙zo.ruH2115norוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808bandagedחֻבָּ֔שׁוּchu.Ba.shuH2280norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808soothedרֻכְּכָ֖הru.ke.KhahH7401with oilבַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃ba.Sha.menH8081.

7Your landאַרְצְכֶ֣ם'ar.tze.KhemH776is desolateשְׁמָמָ֔הshe.ma.MahH8077;your citiesעָרֵיכֶ֖ם'a.rei.KhemH5892areburnedשְׂרֻפ֣וֹתse.ru.FotH8313with fireאֵ֑שׁ'EshH784.Foreignersזָרִים֙za.RimH2114devourאֹכְלִ֣ים'o.khe.LimH398אֹתָ֔הּ'o.TahH853your fieldsאַדְמַתְכֶ֗ם'ad.mat.KhemH127before youלְנֶגְדְּכֶם֙le.neg.de.KhemH5048—a desolationוּשְׁמָמָ֖הu.she.ma.MahH8077demolishedכְּמַהְפֵּכַ֥תke.mah.pe.KhatH4114by strangersזָרִֽים׃za.RimH2114.

8And the Daughterבַת־vat-H1323of Zionצִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonH6726is abandonedוְנוֹתְרָ֥הve.not.RahH3498like a shelterכְּסֻכָּ֣הke.su.KahH5521in a vineyardבְכָ֑רֶםve.Kha.remH3754,like a shackכִּמְלוּנָ֥הkim.lu.NahH4412in a cucumber fieldבְמִקְשָׁ֖הve.mik.ShahH4750,like a cityכְּעִ֥ירke.'IrH5892besiegedנְצוּרָֽה׃ne.tzu.RahH5341.

9Unlessלוּלֵי֙lu.LeiH3884the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635had leftהוֹתִ֥ירho.TirH3498usa fewכִּמְעָ֑טkim.'AtH4592survivorsשָׂרִ֖ידsa.RidH8300,we would have becomeהָיִ֔ינוּha.Yi.nuH1961like Sodomכִּסְדֹ֣םkis.DomH5467,we would have resembledדָּמִֽינוּ׃ סda.Mi.nuH1819Gomorrahלַעֲמֹרָ֖הla.'a.mo.RahH6017.

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