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Isaiah 41:21-29

21ProduceyourcauseH7379, saithJehovah;bringקָרְב֥וּka.re.VuH7126forwardyourarguments, saiththeKingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290.

22LetthembringH935themforward,anddeclareH5046touswhatshallhappen: shewtheformerהָרִאשֹׁנ֣וֹת׀ha.ri.sho.NotH7223thingsH7223,whattheyare,thatwemaygiveattentiontothem,andknowוְנֵדְעָ֣הve.ne.de.'AhH3045theendאַחֲרִיתָ֔ן'a.cha.ri.TanH319ofthem; —orletushearH8085thingsH7223tocomeH935:

23declareH5046thethingsהָאֹתִיּ֣וֹתha.'o.ti.YotH857thataretohappenhereafter,thatwemayknowוְנֵ֣דְעָ֔הve.Ne.de.'AhH3045thatyearegodsאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430;yea,dogoodתֵּיטִ֣יבוּtei.Ti.vuH3190,ordoevilH7489,thatwemaybeastonished,andbeholdittogetherH3162.

24Behold, yeareless thannothingמֵאַ֔יִןme.'A.yinH369,andyourworkוּפָעָלְכֶ֖םu.fa.'a.le.KhemH6467isofnought;anabominationתּוֹעֵבָ֖הto.'e.VahH8441ishethatchoosethyou. ...

25Ihaveraiseduponefromthenorthמִצָּפוֹן֙mi.tza.fOnH6828,andheshallcomeוְיָבֹ֤אve.ya.Vo'H935, —fromtherisingofthesunשֶׁ֖מֶשׁShe.meshH8121,hewhowillcallיִקְרָ֣אyik.Ra'H7121uponmynameבִשְׁמִ֑יvish.MiH8034;andheshallcomeH935uponprincesasonmortar,andasthepotterיוֹצֵ֖רyo.TzerH3335treadethclayטִֽיט׃TitH2916.

26WhohathdeclaredH5046[it]fromthebeginning,thatwemayknowוְנֵדָ֔עָהve.ne.Da.'ahH3045?andbeforetime,thatwemaysayוְנֹאמַ֣רve.no.MarH559, [Itis]right?IndeedH637,thereisnonethatdeclareth;no,nonethatsheweth;no,nonethathearethyourwordsאִמְרֵיכֶֽם׃'im.rei.KhemH561.

27Thefirstרִאשׁ֥וֹןri.ShonH7223, [Isaid]toZionלְצִיּ֖וֹןle.tzi.YonH6726,Behold,beholdthem!andtoJerusalemוְלִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םve.li.ru.sha.LimH3389,IwillgiveH5414oneH7223thatbringethgladtidings.

28AndIbeheld,andtherewasnomanH376; evenamongthem, —andtherewasnocounsellor,that,whenIaskedוְאֶשְׁאָלֵ֖םve.'esh.'a.LemH7592ofthem,couldanswerawordדָבָֽר׃da.VarH1697.

29Behold,theyareallvanity,theirworksH4639arenought,theirmolten imagesarewindר֥וּחַRu.achH7307andemptinessוָתֹ֖הוּva.To.huH8414.

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