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Isaiah 42:20-22

20Though seeingרָא֥וֹתra.'i.taH7200many thingsרַבּ֖וֹתra.BotH7227,you do notוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808keep watchתִשְׁמֹ֑רtish.MorH8104.Though your earsאָזְנַ֖יִם'a.ze.Na.yimH241are openפָּק֥וֹחַpa.Ko.achH6491,you do notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808hearיִשְׁמָֽע׃yish.Ma'H8085.”

21The LORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068was pleasedחָפֵ֖ץcha.FetzH2654,for the sake ofלְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anH4616His righteousnessצִדְק֑וֹtzid.KoH6664,to magnifyיַגְדִּ֥ילyag.DilH1431His lawתּוֹרָ֖הto.RahH8451and make it gloriousוְיַאְדִּֽיר׃ve.ya'.DirH142.

22But thisוְהוּא֮ve.Hu'H1931is a peopleעַם־'am-H5971plunderedבָּז֣וּזba.ZuzH962and lootedוְשָׁסוּי֒ve.sha.SuiH8154,allכֻּלָּ֔םku.LamH3605trappedהָפֵ֤חַha.Fe.achH6351in cavesבַּֽחוּרִים֙ba.chu.RimH2352or imprisonedהָחְבָּ֑אוּha.che.Ba.'uH2244in dungeonsוּבְבָתֵּ֥י כְלָאִ֖יםu.ve.va.Tei khe.la.'ImH1004 H3608.They have becomeהָי֤וּha.YuH1961plunderלָבַז֙la.VazH957with noוְאֵ֣יןve.'EinH369one to rescue themמַצִּ֔ילma.TzilH5337,and lootמְשִׁסָּ֖הme.shi.SahH4933with noוְאֵין־ve.'ein-H369one to sayאֹמֵ֥ר'o.MerH559, “Send them backהָשַֽׁב׃ha.ShavH7725!”

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