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Isaiah 48:3-5

3I foretoldהִגַּ֔דְתִּיhi.Gad.tiH5046the former thingsהָרִֽאשֹׁנוֹת֙ha.ri.sho.nOtH7223long agoמֵאָ֣זme.'AzH227;they cameיָצְא֖וּya.tze.'UH3318out of My mouthוּמִפִּ֥יu.mi.PiH6310and I proclaimed themוְאַשְׁמִיעֵ֑םve.'ash.mi.'EmH8085.Suddenlyפִּתְאֹ֥םpit.'OmH6597I actedעָשִׂ֖יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213,and they came to passוַתָּבֹֽאנָה׃va.ta.Vo.nahH935.

4For I knewמִדַּעְתִּ֕יmi.da'.TiH3045thatכִּ֥יkiH3588youאָ֑תָּה וְגִ֤יד'A.tah ve.GidH859 H1517are stubbornקָשֶׁ֖הka.ShehH7186;your neckעָרְפֶּ֔ךָ'a.re.Pe.khaH6203is ironבַּרְזֶל֙bar.ZelH1270and your foreheadוּמִצְחֲךָ֖u.mitz.cha.KhaH4696isbronzeנְחוּשָֽׁה׃ne.chu.ShahH5154.

5Therefore I declared itוָאַגִּ֤ידva.'a.GidH5046to youlong agoמֵאָ֔זme.'AzH227;I announced itהִשְׁמַעְתִּ֑יךָhish.ma'.Ti.khaH8085beforeבְּטֶ֥רֶםbe.Te.remH2962it came to passתָּב֖וֹאta.Vo'H935,so that you could notפֶּן־pen-H6435claimתֹּאמַר֙to.MarH559, ‘My idolעָצְבִּ֣י'a.tze.BiH6090has done thisעָשָׂ֔ם'a.SamH6213;my carved imageוּפִסְלִ֥יu.fis.LiH6459and molten godוְנִסְכִּ֖יve.nis.KiH5262has ordained itצִוָּֽם׃tzi.VamH6680.’

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