Isaiah 40
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Isaiah 40:22-24

22He sits enthronedהַיֹּשֵׁב֙hai.yo.ShevH3427aboveעַל־'al-H5921the circleח֣וּגchugH2329of the earthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776;its dwellersוְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָve.yo.she.Vei.haH3427are like grasshoppersכַּחֲגָבִ֑יםka.cha.ga.VimH2284.He stretches outהַנּוֹטֶ֤הha.no.TehH5186the heavensשָׁמַ֔יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064like a curtainכַדֹּק֙kha.DokH1852,and spreads them outוַיִּמְתָּחֵ֥םvai.yim.ta.ChemH4969like a tentכָּאֹ֖הֶלka.'O.helH168to dwell inלָשָֽׁבֶת׃la.Sha.vetH3427.
23He bringsהַנּוֹתֵ֥ןha.no.TenH5414the princesרוֹזְנִ֖יםroz.NimH7336to nothingלְאָ֑יִןle.'A.yinH369and makesעָשָֽׂה׃'a.SahH6213the rulersשֹׁ֥פְטֵיSho.fe.teiH8199of the earthאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776meaninglessכַּתֹּ֥הוּka.To.huH8414.
24No soonerאַ֣ף בַּל־'af bal-H637H1077are they plantedנִטָּ֗עוּni.Ta.'uH5193,no soonerאַ֚ף בַּל־'af bal-H637H1077are they sownזֹרָ֔עוּzo.Ra.'uH2232,no soonerאַ֛ף בַּל־'af bal-H637H1077have their stemsגִּזְעָ֑םgiz.'AmH1503taken rootשֹׁרֵ֥שׁsho.ReshH8327in the groundבָּאָ֖רֶץba.'A.retzH776,thanוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571He blowsנָשַׁ֤ףna.ShafH5398on themand they witherוַיִּבָ֔שׁוּvai.yi.Va.shuH3001,and a whirlwindוּסְעָרָ֖הu.se.'a.RahH5591sweeps them awayתִּשָּׂאֵֽם׃ סti.sa.'EmH5375like stubbleכַּקַּ֥שׁka.KashH7179.
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