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Isaiah 24:1-8

1Beholdהִנֵּ֧הhi.NehH2009,the LORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068lays wasteבּוֹקֵ֥קbo.KekH1238the earthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776and leaves it in ruinsוּבֽוֹלְקָ֑הּu.Vol.KahH1110.He will twistוְעִוָּ֣הve.'i.VahH5753its surfaceפָנֶ֔יהָfa.Nei.haH6440and scatterוְהֵפִ֖יץve.he.FitzH6327its inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃yo.she.Vei.haH3427—

2וְהָיָ֤הve.ha.YahH1961peopleכָעָם֙kha.'AmH5971and priest alikeכַּכֹּהֵ֔ןka.ko.HenH3548,servantכַּעֶ֙בֶד֙ka.'E.vedH5650and masterכַּֽאדֹנָ֔יוka.do.NavH113,maidכַּשִּׁפְחָ֖הka.shif.ChahH8198and mistressכַּגְּבִרְתָּ֑הּka.ge.vir.TahH1404,buyerכַּקּוֹנֶה֙ka.ko.NehH7069and sellerכַּמּוֹכֵ֔רka.mo.KherH4376,lenderכַּמַּלְוֶה֙ka.mal.VehH3867and borrowerכַּלֹּוֶ֔ה כַּנֹּשֶׁ֕הka.lo.Veh ka.no.ShehH3867 H5383כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.SherH834,creditorנֹשֶׁ֥אno.She'H5378and debtor.

3The earthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776will be utterlyהִבּ֧וֹק׀hi.BokH1238laid wasteתִּבּ֛וֹקti.BokH1238and thoroughlyוְהִבּ֣וֹז׀ve.hi.BozH962plunderedתִּבּ֑וֹזti.BozH962.Forכִּ֣יkiH3588the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068has spokenדִּבֶּ֖רdi.BerH1696אֶת־'et-H853thisהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088wordהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697.

4The earthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776mournsאָבְלָ֤ה'a.ve.LahH56and withersנָֽבְלָה֙na.ve.LahH5034;the worldתֵּבֵ֑לte.VelH8398languishesאֻמְלְלָ֥ה'um.le.LahH535and fadesנָבְלָ֖הna.ve.LahH5034;the exaltedמְר֥וֹםme.RomH4791עַם־'am-H5971of the earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776waste awayאֻמְלָ֖לוּ'um.La.luH535.

5The earthוְהָאָ֥רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776is defiledחָנְפָ֖הcha.ne.FahH2610byתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478its peopleיֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָyo.she.Vei.haH3427כִּֽי־ki-H3588;they have transgressedעָבְר֤וּ'a.ve.RuH5674the lawsתוֹרֹת֙to.RotH8451;they have oversteppedחָ֣לְפוּChal.fuH2498the decreesחֹ֔קChokH2706and brokenהֵפֵ֖רוּhe.Fe.ruH6565the everlastingעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769covenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285.

6Thereforeעַל־ כֵּ֗ן'al- KenH5921 H3651a curseאָלָה֙'a.LahH423has consumedאָ֣כְלָה'A.khe.lahH398the earthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,and its inhabitantsיֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427must bear the guiltוַֽיֶּאְשְׁמ֖וּvai.ye'.she.MuH816;the earth’sאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776dwellersיֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427עַל־'al-H5921כֵּ֗ןKenH3651have been burnedחָרוּ֙cha.RuH2787,and only a fewאֱנ֖וֹשׁ מִזְעָֽר׃'e.No.osh miz.'ArH582 H4213surviveוְנִשְׁאַ֥רve.nish.'ArH7604.

7The new wineתִּיר֖וֹשׁti.Ro.oshH8492dries upאָבַ֥ל'a.ValH56,the vineגָ֑פֶןGa.fenH1612withersאֻמְלְלָה־'um.le.lah-H535.Allכָּל־kol-H3605the merrymakersשִׂמְחֵי־ לֵֽב׃sim.chei- LevH8056 H3820now groanנֶאֶנְח֖וּne.'en.ChuH584.

8The joyfulמְשׂ֣וֹשׂme.SosH4885tambourinesתֻּפִּ֔יםtu.PimH8596have ceasedשָׁבַת֙sha.VatH7673;the noiseשְׁא֣וֹןshe.'onH7588of revelersעַלִּיזִ֑ים'a.li.ZimH5947has stoppedחָדַ֖לcha.DalH2308;the joyfulמְשׂ֥וֹשׂme.SosH4885harpכִּנּֽוֹר׃ki.NorH3658is silentשָׁבַ֖תsha.VatH7673.

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