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Isaiah 3:8-12

8For Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389is ruinedכָשְׁלָה֙kha.she.LahH3782,and Judahוִיהוּדָ֖הvi.hu.DahH3063is fallenנָפָ֑לna.FalH5307:because their tongueלְשׁוֹנָ֤םle.sho.NamH3956and their doingsוּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶם֙u.ma.'a.lei.HemH4611areagainst the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,to provokeלַמְר֖וֹתlam.RotH4784the eyesעֵנֵ֥י'e.NeiH5869of his gloryכְבוֹדֽוֹ׃khe.vo.DoH3519.

9The shewהַכָּרַ֤תha.ka.RatH1971of their countenanceפְּנֵיהֶם֙pe.nei.HemH6440doth witness against themעָ֣נְתָה'A.ne.tahH6030;and they declareהִגִּ֖ידוּhi.Gi.duH5046their sinוְחַטָּאתָ֛םve.cha.ta.TamH2403as Sodomכִּסְדֹ֥םkis.DomH5467,they hideכִחֵ֑דוּkhi.Che.duH3582itnot. Woeא֣וֹי'oH188unto their soulלְנַפְשָׁ֔םle.naf.ShamH5315!for they have rewardedגָמְל֥וּga.me.LuH1580evilרָעָֽה׃ra.'AhH7451unto themselves.

10Sayאִמְר֥וּ'im.RuH559ye to the righteousצַדִּ֖יקtza.DikH6662, that it shall bewellH2896with him:for they shall eatיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃yo.Khe.luH398the fruitפְרִ֥יfe.RiH6529of their doingsמַעַלְלֵיהֶ֖םma.'a.lei.HemH4611.

11Woeא֖וֹי'oH188unto the wickedלְרָשָׁ֣עle.ra.Sha'H7563! it shall beillH7451with him:for the rewardגְמ֥וּלge.MulH1576of his handsיָדָ֖יוya.DavH3027shall be givenיֵעָ֥שֶׂהye.'A.sehH6213him.

12As formy peopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971,childrenמְעוֹלֵ֔לme.'o.LelH5953aretheir oppressorsנֹגְשָׂ֣יוno.ge.SavH5065,and womenוְנָשִׁ֖יםve.na.ShimH802ruleמָ֣שְׁלוּMa.she.luH4910over them. O my peopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971,they which leadמְאַשְּׁרֶ֣יךָme.'a.she.Rei.khaH833thee cause theeto errמַתְעִ֔יםmat.'ImH8582,and destroyבִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ סbi.Le.'uH1104the wayוְדֶ֥רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870of thy pathsאֹֽרְחֹתֶ֖יךָ'o.re.cho.Tei.khaH734.

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