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Isaiah 16:8-10

8For the fieldsשַׁדְמוֹת֩shad.mOtH7709of Heshbonחֶשְׁבּ֨וֹןchesh.BonH2809languishאֻמְלָ֜ל'um.LalH535, andthe vineגֶּ֣פֶןGe.fenH1612of Sibmahשִׂבְמָ֗הsiv.MahH7643:the lordsבַּעֲלֵ֤יba.'a.LeiH1167of the heathenגוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471have broken downהָלְמ֣וּhal.MuH1986the principal plantsשְׂרוּקֶּ֔יהָse.ru.Kei.haH8291thereof, they are comeנָגָ֖עוּna.Ga.'uH5060evenunto Jazerיַעְזֵ֥רya'.ZerH3270,they wanderedתָּ֣עוּTa.'uH8582throughthe wildernessמִדְבָּ֑רmid.BarH4057:her branchesשְׁלֻ֣חוֹתֶ֔יהָshe.Lu.cho.Tei.haH7976are stretched outנִטְּשׁ֖וּni.te.ShuH5203,they are gone overעָ֥בְרוּ'A.ve.ruH5674the seaיָֽם׃YamH3220.

9Therefore I will bewailאֶבְכֶּ֞ה'ev.KehH1058with the weepingבִּבְכִ֤יbiv.KhiH1065of Jazerיַעְזֵר֙ya'.ZerH3270the vineגֶּ֣פֶןGe.fenH1612of Sibmahשִׂבְמָ֔הsiv.MahH7643:I will waterאֲרַיָּ֙וֶךְ֙'a.rai.Ya.vekhH7301thee with my tearsדִּמְעָתִ֔יdim.'a.TiH1832,O Heshbonחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןchesh.BonH2809,and Elealehוְאֶלְעָלֵ֑הve.'el.'a.LehH500:for the shoutingהֵידָ֥דhei.DadH1959for thy summer fruitsקֵיצֵ֛ךְkei.TzekhH7019and for thy harvestקְצִירֵ֖ךְke.tzi.RekhH7105is fallenנָפָֽל׃na.FalH5307.

10And gladnessשִׂמְחָ֤הsim.ChahH8057is taken awayוְנֶאֱסַ֨ףve.ne.'e.SafH622,and joyוָגִיל֙va.GilH1524out of the plentiful fieldהַכַּרְמֶ֔לha.kar.MelH3759;and in the vineyardsוּבַכְּרָמִ֥יםu.va.ke.ra.MimH3754there shall be no singingיְרֻנָּ֖ןye.ru.NanH7442,neither shall there be shoutingיְרֹעָ֑עye.ro.'A'H7321:the treadersיִדְרֹ֥ךְyid.RokhH1869shall tread outהַדֹּרֵ֖ךְha.do.RekhH1869no wineיַ֗יִןYa.yinH3196in theirpressesבַּיְקָבִ֛יםbay.ka.VimH3342; I have made their vintageshoutingהֵידָ֥דhei.DadH1959to ceaseהִשְׁבַּֽתִּי׃hish.Ba.tiH7673.

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