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Isaiah 40:9-17

9OZionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726,thatbringestgladtidings,gettheeupintoahighגָּבֹ֤הַga.Vo.haH1364mountainהַר־har-H2022;OJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,thatbringestgladtidings,liftהָרִ֤ימִיha.Ri.miH7311upthyvoiceקוֹלֵ֔ךְko.LekhH6963withstrengthבַכֹּ֙חַ֙va.Ko.achH3581:liftהָרִ֙ימִי֙ha.Ri.miH7311itup,benotafraidתִּירָ֔אִיti.Ra.'iH3372;sayאִמְרִי֙'im.RiH559untothecitiesלְעָרֵ֣יle.'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,BeholdyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.KhemH430!

10Behold,theLordאֲדֹנָ֤י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovahwillcomeיָב֔וֹאya.Vo'H935withmight,andhisarmוּזְרֹע֖וֹu.ze.ro.'OH2220shallruleH4910forhim;behold,hisrewardשְׂכָרוֹ֙se.kha.RoH7939iswithhim,andhisrecompencebeforehim.

11HewillfeedH7462hisflockעֶדְר֣וֹed.RoH5739likeashepherdH7462:hewillgatherיְקַבֵּ֣ץye.ka.BetzH6908thelambswithhisarmבִּזְרֹעוֹ֙biz.ro.'OH2220,andcarryיִשָּׂ֑אyi.Sa'H5375theminhisbosomוּבְחֵיק֖וֹu.ve.chei.KoH2436;hewillgentlyleadיְנַהֵֽל׃ סye.na.HelH5095those thatgivesuck.

12WhohathmeasuredH4058thewatersמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325inthehollowofhishand,andmetedouttheheavensוְשָׁמַ֙יִם֙ve.sha.Ma.yimH8064with[his]spanבַּזֶּ֣רֶתba.Ze.retH2239,andgraspedthedustעֲפַ֣ר'a.FarH6083oftheearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776inameasureH4058,andweighedוְשָׁקַ֤לve.sha.KalH8254themountainsהָרִ֔יםha.RimH2022inabalanceבַּפֶּ֙לֶס֙ba.Pe.lesH6425,andthehillsוּגְבָע֖וֹתu.ge.va.'otH1389inscales?

13WhohathdirectedtheSpiritר֖וּחַRu.achH7307ofJehovah,and, [as]hiscounsellor, hathtaughthim?

14Withwhomtookhecounselנוֹעָץ֙no.'AtzH3289,and[who]gaveוַיְבִינֵ֔הוּvay.vi.Ne.huH995himintelligence,andinstructedhiminthepathבְּאֹ֣רַחbe.'O.rachH734ofjudgmentH4941,andtaughtH3925himknowledgeדַ֔עַתDa.'atH1847,andshewedhimthewayוְדֶ֥רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870ofunderstandingH8394?

15Behold,thenationsגּוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471areesteemedH2803asadropofthebucket,andasthefineכַּדַּ֥קka.DakH1851dustonthescales;behold,hetaketh uptheislesasanatom.

16AndLebanonוּלְבָנ֕וֹןu.le.va.NonH3844isnotsufficienttoburnבָּעֵ֑רba.'ErH1197,northebeaststhereofsufficientforaburnt-offering.

17Allthenationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.YimH1471areasnothingכְּאַ֣יִןke.'A.yinH369beforehim;theyareesteemedH2803byhimlessthanacipher,andvanity.

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