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Isaiah 18:1-3

1Woeה֥וֹיHoH1945to the landאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776shadowingצִלְצַ֣לtzil.TzalH6767with wingsכְּנָפָ֑יִםke.na.Fa.yimH3671, which isbeyondמֵעֵ֖בֶרme.'E.verH5676the riversלְנַֽהֲרֵי־le.na.ha.rei-H5104of Ethiopiaכֽוּשׁ׃KhushH3568:

2That sendethהַשֹּׁלֵ֨חַha.sho.Le.achH7971ambassadorsצִירִ֗יםtzi.RimH6735by the seaבַּיָּ֜םbai.YamH3220,even in vesselsוּבִכְלֵי־u.vikh.lei-H3627of bulrushesגֹמֶא֮go.Me'H1573uponפְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440the watersמַיִם֒ma.YimH4325, saying,GoH3212,ye swiftקַלִּ֗יםka.LimH7031messengersמַלְאָכִ֣יםmal.'a.KhimH4397,to a nationגּוֹי֙goyH1471scatteredמְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְme.mu.ShakhH4900and peeledH4178,to a peopleעַ֥ם'amH5971terribleנוֹרָ֖אno.Ra'H3372from their beginning hithertoוָהָ֑לְאָהva.Hal.'ahH1973;a nationגּ֚וֹיGoyH1471meted outH6978and trodden downוּמְבוּסָ֔הu.me.vu.SahH4001,whose landאַרְצֽוֹ׃'ar.TzoH776the riversנְהָרִ֖יםne.ha.RimH5104have spoiledבָּזְא֥וּba.ze.'UH958!

3All ye inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427of the worldתֵבֵ֖לte.VelH8398,and dwellersוְשֹׁ֣כְנֵיve.Sho.khe.neiH7931on the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,seeתִּרְא֔וּtir.'UH7200ye, when he lifteth upכִּנְשֹׂא־kin.so'-H5375an ensignנֵ֤סnesH5251on the mountainsהָרִים֙ha.RimH2022;and when he blowethוְכִתְקֹ֥עַve.khit.Ko.a'H8628a trumpetשׁוֹפָ֖רsho.FarH7782,hearתִּשְׁמָֽעוּ׃ סtish.Ma.'uH8085ye.

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