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Joel 1:2-4

2Hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085thisזֹאת֙zoTH2063,O eldersהַזְּקֵנִ֔יםha.ze.ke.NimH2205;and give earוְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּve.ha.'a.Zi.nuH238,allכֹּ֖לkolH3605who dwellיוֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427in the landהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776.Has anything like thisזֹּאת֙zoTH2063ever happenedהֶהָ֤יְתָהhe.Ha.ye.tahH1961in your daysבִּֽימֵיכֶ֔םbi.mei.KhemH3117orוְאִ֖םve.'ImH518in the daysבִּימֵ֥יbi.MeiH3117of your fathersאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃'a.Vo.tei.KhemH1?

3Tellסַפֵּ֑רוּsa.Pe.ruH5608itעָלֶ֖יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921to your childrenלִבְנֵיכֶ֣םliv.nei.KhemH1121;let your childrenוּבְנֵיכֶם֙u.ve.nei.KhemH1121tell it to their childrenלִבְנֵיהֶ֔םliv.nei.HemH1121,and their childrenוּבְנֵיהֶ֖םu.ve.nei.HemH1121to the nextאַחֵֽר׃'a.CherH312generationלְד֥וֹרle.DorH1755.

4What the devouring locustהַגָּזָם֙ha.ga.ZamH1501has leftיֶ֤תֶרYe.terH3499,the swarming locustהָֽאַרְבֶּ֔הha.'ar.BehH697has eatenאָכַ֣ל'a.KhalH398;what the swarming locustהָאַרְבֶּ֖הha.'ar.BehH697has leftוְיֶ֥תֶרve.Ye.terH3499,the young locustהַיָּ֑לֶקhai.Ya.lekH3218has eatenאָכַ֣ל'a.KhalH398;and what the young locustהַיֶּ֔לֶקhai.Ye.lekH3218has leftוְיֶ֣תֶרve.Ye.terH3499,the destroying locustהֶחָסִֽיל׃he.cha.SilH2625has eatenאָכַ֖ל'a.KhalH398.

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