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2 Chronicles 7:20-22

20Then will I pluck them up by the rootsוּנְתַשְׁתִּ֗יםu.ne.tash.TimH5428out of my landאַדְמָתִי֙'ad.ma.TiH127which I have givenנָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414them; and this houseהַבַּ֤יִתha.Ba.yitH1004,which I have sanctifiedהִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּיhik.Dash.tiH6942for my nameלִשְׁמִ֔יlish.MiH8034,will I cast outאַשְׁלִ֖יךְ'ash.LikhH7993of my sightפָּנָ֑יpa.NaiH6440,and will makeוְאֶתְּנֶ֛נּוּve.'et.te.Ne.nuH5414it to bea proverbלְמָשָׁ֥לle.ma.ShalH4912and a bywordוְלִשְׁנִינָ֖הve.lish.ni.NahH8148among all nationsהָעַמִּֽים׃ha.'a.MimH5971.

21And this houseוְהַבַּ֤יִתve.ha.Ba.yitH1004,which is highעֶלְי֔וֹןel.YonH5945,shall be an astonishmentיִשֹּׁ֑םyi.ShomH8074to every one that passethעֹבֵ֥ר'o.VerH5674by it; so that he shall sayוְאָמַ֗רve.'a.MarH559,Why hath the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068doneעָשָׂ֤ה'a.SahH6213thus unto this landלָאָ֥רֶץla.'A.retzH776,and unto this houseוְלַבַּ֥יִתve.la.Ba.yitH1004?

22And it shall be answeredוְאָמְר֗וּve.'a.me.RuH559,Because they forsookעָֽזְב֜וּ'a.ze.VuH5800the Lordיְהוָ֣ה׀Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of their fathersאֲבֹתֵיהֶ֗ם'a.vo.tei.HemH1,which brought them forthהוֹצִיאָם֮ho.tzi.'AmH3318out of the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרַיִם֒mitz.ra.YimH4714,and laid holdוַֽיַּחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙vai.ya.cha.Zi.kuH2388on otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsבֵּאלֹהִ֣יםbe.lo.HimH430,and worshippedוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812them, and servedוַיַּֽעַבְד֑וּםvai.ya.'av.DumH5647them: therefore hath he broughtהֵבִ֣יאhe.Vi'H935all this evilהָרָעָ֖הha.ra.'AhH7451upon them.

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