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Amos 5:10-13

10They hateשָׂנְא֥וּsa.ne.'UH8130him that rebukethמוֹכִ֑יחַmo.Khi.achH3198in the gateבַשַּׁ֖עַרva.Sha.'arH8179,and they abhorיְתָעֵֽבוּ׃ye.ta.'E.vuH8581him that speakethוְדֹבֵ֥רve.do.VerH1696uprightlyתָּמִ֖יםta.MimH8549.

11Forasmuchיַ֣עַןYa.'anH3282therefore as your treadingבּוֹשַׁסְכֶ֞םbo.shas.KhemH1318isupon the poorדָּ֗לDalH1800,and ye takeתִּקְח֣וּtik.ChuH3947from him burdensוּמַשְׂאַת־u.mas.'at-H4864of wheatבַּר֙barH1250:ye have builtבְּנִיתֶ֖םbe.ni.TemH1129housesבָּתֵּ֥יba.TeiH1004of hewn stoneגָזִ֛יתga.ZitH1496,but ye shall not dwellתֵ֣שְׁבוּTe.she.vuH3427in them; ye have plantedנְטַעְתֶּ֔םne.ta'.TemH5193pleasantחֶ֣מֶדChe.medH2531vineyardsכַּרְמֵי־kar.mei-H3754,but ye shall not drinkתִשְׁתּ֖וּtish.TuH8354wineיֵינָֽם׃yei.NamH3196of them.

12For I knowיָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ya.Da'.tiH3045your manifoldרַבִּ֣יםra.BimH7227transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיכֶ֔םpish.'ei.KhemH6588and your mightyוַעֲצֻמִ֖יםva.'a.tzu.MimH6099sinsחַטֹּֽאתֵיכֶ֑םcha.to.tei.KhemH2403:they afflictצֹרְרֵ֤יtzo.re.ReiH6887the justצַדִּיק֙tza.DikH6662,they takeלֹ֣קְחֵיLo.ke.cheiH3947a bribeכֹ֔פֶרKho.ferH3724,and they turn asideהִטּֽוּ׃hi.TuH5186the poorוְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםve.'ev.yo.NimH34in the gateבַּשַּׁ֥עַרba.Sha.'arH8179from their right.

13Therefore the prudentהַמַּשְׂכִּ֛ילha.mas.KilH7919shall keep silenceיִדֹּ֑םyi.DomH1826in that timeבָּעֵ֥תba.'EtH6256; for it isan evilרָעָ֖הra.'AhH7451timeעֵ֥ת'etH6256.

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