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Micah 3:1-4

1And I saidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559,Hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085,I pray you, O headsרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218of Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290,and ye princesוּקְצִינֵ֖יu.ke.tzi.NeiH7101of the houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478; Is itnot for you to knowלָדַ֖עַתla.Da.'atH3045judgmentהַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ha.mish.PatH4941?

2Who hateשֹׂ֥נְאֵיSo.ne.'eiH8130the goodט֖וֹבTovH2896,and loveוְאֹ֣הֲבֵיve.'O.ha.veiH157the evilרָ֑עra.'ahH7451;who pluck offגֹּזְלֵ֤יgo.ze.LeiH1497their skinעוֹרָם֙o.RamH5785from off them, and their fleshוּשְׁאֵרָ֖םu.she.'e.RamH7607from off their bonesעַצְמוֹתָֽם׃atz.mo.TamH6106;

3Who also eatאָכְלוּ֮'a.khe.LuH398the fleshשְׁאֵ֣רshe.'ErH7607of my peopleעַמִּי֒'a.MiH5971,and flayהִפְשִׁ֔יטוּhif.Shi.tuH6584their skinוְעוֹרָם֙ve.'o.RamH5785from off them; and they breakפִּצֵּ֑חוּpi.Tze.chuH6476their bonesעַצְמֹֽתֵיהֶ֖ם'atz.mo.tei.HemH6106,and chop them in piecesוּפָרְשׂוּ֙u.fa.re.SuH6566,as for the potבַּסִּ֔ירba.SirH5518,and as fleshוּכְבָשָׂ֖רu.khe.va.SarH1320withinבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432the caldronקַלָּֽחַת׃ka.La.chatH7037.

4Then shall they cryיִזְעֲק֣וּyiz.'a.KuH2199unto the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,but he will not hearיַעֲנֶ֖הya.'a.NehH6030them: he will even hideוְיַסְתֵּ֨רve.yas.TerH5641his faceפָּנָ֤יוpa.NavH6440from them at that timeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256,as they have behaved themselves illהֵרֵ֖עוּhe.Re.'uH7489in their doingsמַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ פma.'a.lei.HemH4611.

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