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Isaiah 23:1-4

1The burdenמַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'H4853of Tyreצֹ֑רTzorH6865.Howlהֵילִ֣ילוּ׀hei.Li.luH3213,ye shipsאֳנִיּ֣וֹת'o.ni.YotH591of Tarshishתַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁtar.ShishH8659;for it is laid wasteשֻׁדַּ֤דshu.DadH7703,so that there is no houseמִבַּ֙יִת֙mi.Ba.yitH1004,no entering inמִבּ֔וֹאmi.Bo'H935:from the landמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Chittimכִּתִּ֖יםki.TimH3794it is revealedנִגְלָה־nig.lah-H1540to them.

2Be stillדֹּ֖מּוּDo.muH1826,ye inhabitantsיֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427of the isleאִ֑י'IH339;thou whom the merchantsסֹחֵ֥רso.CherH5503of Zidonצִיד֛וֹןtzi.DonH6721,that pass overעֹבֵ֥ר'o.VerH5674the seaיָ֖םyamH3220,have replenishedמִלְאֽוּךְ׃mil.'UkhH4390.

3And by greatרַבִּים֙ra.BimH7227watersוּבְמַ֤יִםu.ve.Ma.yimH4325the seedזֶ֣רַעZe.ra'H2233of Sihorשִׁחֹ֔רshi.ChorH7883,the harvestקְצִ֥ירke.TzirH7105of the riverיְא֖וֹרye.'orH2975, isher revenueתְּבֽוּאָתָ֑הּte.vu.'a.TahH8393;and she is a martH5505of nationsגּוֹיִֽם׃go.YimH1471.

4Be thou ashamedבּ֣וֹשִׁיBo.o.shiH954,O Zidonצִיד֔וֹןtzi.DonH6721:for the seaיָ֔םYamH3220hath spokenאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559, eventhe strengthמָע֥וֹזma.'ozH4581of the seaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,I travailחַ֣לְתִּיChal.tiH2342not, nor bring forth childrenיָלַ֗דְתִּיya.Lad.tiH3205,neither do I nourish upגִדַּ֛לְתִּיgi.Dal.tiH1431young menבַּחוּרִ֖יםba.chu.RimH970, norbring upרוֹמַ֥מְתִּיro.Mam.tiH7311virginsבְתוּלֽוֹת׃ve.tu.LotH1330.

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