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Joel 1:13-20

13Girdחִגְר֨וּchig.RuH2296yourselvesH2296,andlamentוְסִפְד֜וּve.sif.DuH5594, yepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548;howl,ministersofthealtarמִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achH4196;comeבֹּ֚אוּBo.'uH935, lie all nightinsackclothבַשַּׂקִּ֔יםva.sa.KimH8242, yeministersofmyGodאֱלֹהָ֑י'e.lo.HaiH430:fortheoblationandthedrink-offeringarewithholdenfromthehouseמִבֵּ֥יתmi.BeitH1004ofyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

14Hallowafastצוֹם֙tzOmH6685,proclaimH7121asolemnH6116assemblyעֲצָרָ֔ה'a.tza.RahH6116,gatherאִסְפ֣וּ'is.FuH622theeldersזְקֵנִ֗יםze.ke.NimH2205, [and]alltheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776tothehouseבֵּ֖יתbeitH1004ofJehovahyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,andcryוְזַעֲק֖וּve.za.'a.KuH2199untoJehovah.

15Alasאֲהָ֖הּ'a.HahH162forthedayלַיּ֑וֹםlai.YomH3117!forthedayי֣וֹםYomH3117ofJehovahisathand,andasdestructionH7701fromtheAlmightyמִשַׁדַּ֥יmi.sha.DaiH7706shallitcomeיָבֽוֹא׃ya.Vo'H935.

16Isnotthefoodאֹ֣כֶל'O.khelH400cutנִכְרָ֑תnikh.RatH3772offbeforeoureyesעֵינֵ֖ינוּ'ei.Nei.nuH5869,joyשִׂמְחָ֥הsim.ChahH8057andgladnessH8057fromthehouseמִבֵּ֥יתmi.BeitH1004ofourGodאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430?

17Theseedsarerottenundertheirclods,thegranariesarelaiddesolateנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙na.Sha.muH8074,thebarnsarebrokenH2040downנֶהֶרְס֖וּne.her.SuH2040;forthecorniswitheredH3001.

18Howמַה־mah-H4100dothebeastsgroanנֶּאֶנְחָ֣הne.'en.ChahH584!TheherdsH1241ofcattleH929arebewildered,fortheyhavenopastureמִרְעֶ֖הmir.'EhH4829;theflocksH6629ofsheepהַצֹּ֖אןha.TzonH6629alsoגַּם־gam-H1571areinsuffering.

19Tothee,Jehovah,doIcry;forthefireאֵ֗שׁ'EshH784hathdevouredH398thepasturesofthewildernessמִדְבָּ֔רmid.BarH4057,andtheflameוְלֶ֣הָבָ֔הve.Le.ha.VahH3852hathburnedupallthetreesH6086ofthefieldהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ha.sa.DehH7704.

20Thebeastsofthefieldשָׂדֶ֖הsa.DehH7704alsoגַּם־gam-H1571cry unto thee;forthewater-coursesaredriedH3001,andthefireוְאֵ֕שׁve.'EshH784hathdevouredH398thepasturesofthewildernessהַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ פha.mid.BarH4057.

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