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Isaiah 24:4-9

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.

9They noלֹ֣אlo'H3808longer singבַּשִּׁ֖ירba.ShirH7892and drinkיִשְׁתּוּ־yish.tu-H8354wineיָ֑יִןYa.yinH3196;strong drinkשֵׁכָ֖רshe.KharH7941is bitterיֵמַ֥רye.MarH4843to those who consume itלְשֹׁתָֽיו׃le.sho.TavH8354.

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