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Joel 1:13-18

13Girdחִגְר֨וּchig.RuH2296yourselves, and lamentוְסִפְד֜וּve.sif.DuH5594,ye priestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548:howlהֵילִ֙ילוּ֙hei.Li.luH3213,ye ministersמְשָׁרְתֵ֣יme.sha.re.TeiH8334of the altarמִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achH4196:comeבֹּ֚אוּBo.'uH935,lie all nightלִ֣ינוּLi.nuH3885in sackclothבַשַּׂקִּ֔יםva.sa.KimH8242,ye ministersמְשָׁרְתֵ֖יme.sha.re.TeiH8334of my Godאֱלֹהָ֑י'e.lo.HaiH430:for the meat offeringמִנְחָ֥הmin.ChahH4503and the drink offeringוָנָֽסֶךְ׃va.Na.sekhH5262is withholdenנִמְנַ֛עnim.Na'H4513from the houseמִבֵּ֥יתmi.BeitH1004of your Godאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

14Sanctifyקַדְּשׁוּ־ka.de.shu-H6942ye a fastצוֹם֙tzOmH6685,callקִרְא֣וּkir.'UH7121a solemn assemblyעֲצָרָ֔ה'a.tza.RahH6116,gatherאִסְפ֣וּ'is.FuH622the eldersזְקֵנִ֗יםze.ke.NimH2205andall the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427of the landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776intothe houseבֵּ֖יתbeitH1004of the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,and cryוְזַעֲק֖וּve.za.'a.KuH2199unto the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068,

15Alasאֲהָ֖הּ'a.HahH162for the dayלַיּ֑וֹםlai.YomH3117!for the dayי֣וֹםYomH3117of the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068isat handקָרוֹב֙ka.rOvH7138,and as a destructionוּכְשֹׁ֖דu.khe.ShodH7701from the Almightyמִשַׁדַּ֥יmi.sha.DaiH7706shall it comeיָבֽוֹא׃ya.Vo'H935.

16Is not the meatאֹ֣כֶל'O.khelH400cut offנִכְרָ֑תnikh.RatH3772before our eyesעֵינֵ֖ינוּ'ei.Nei.nuH5869, yea,joyשִׂמְחָ֥הsim.ChahH8057and gladnessוָגִֽיל׃va.GilH1524from the houseמִבֵּ֥יתmi.BeitH1004of our Godאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430?

17The seedפְרֻד֗וֹתfe.ru.DotH6507is rottenעָבְשׁ֣וּ'a.ve.ShuH5685under their clodsמֶגְרְפֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םmeg.re.Fo.tei.HemH4053,the garnersאֹֽצָר֔וֹת'o.tza.RotH214are laid desolateנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙na.Sha.muH8074,the barnsמַמְּגֻר֑וֹתma.me.gu.RotH4460are broken downנֶהֶרְס֖וּne.her.SuH2040;for the cornדָּגָֽן׃da.GanH1715is witheredהֹבִ֖ישׁho.VishH3001.

18How do the beastsבְהֵמָ֗הve.he.MahH929groanנֶּאֶנְחָ֣הne.'en.ChahH584!the herdsעֶדְרֵ֣י'ed.ReiH5739of cattleבָקָ֔רva.KarH1241are perplexedנָבֹ֙כוּ֙na.Vo.khuH943,because they have no pastureמִרְעֶ֖הmir.'EhH4829;yea, the flocksעֶדְרֵ֥י'ed.ReiH5739of sheepהַצֹּ֖אןha.TzonH6629are made desolateנֶאְשָֽׁמוּ׃ne'.Sha.muH816.

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