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Ezekiel 14:19-21

19Orא֛וֹ'oH176ifI were to sendאֲשַׁלַּ֖ח'a.sha.LachH7971aplagueדֶּ֥בֶרDe.verH1698againstאֶל־'el-H413that countryהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776and pourוְשָׁפַכְתִּ֨יve.sha.fakh.TiH8210outH8210My wrathחֲמָתִ֤יcha.ma.TiH2534on it in bloodבְּדָ֔םbe.DamH1818to eliminateלְהַכְרִ֥יתle.hakh.RitH3772manאָדָ֥ם'a.DamH120and animalוּבְהֵמָֽה׃u.ve.he.MahH929from it,

20even thoughNoahוְנֹ֨חַve.No.achH5146,DanielH1840,and Jobוְאִיּוֹב֮ve.'i.yOvH347were in its midstבְּתוֹכָהּ֒be.to.KhahH8432,as I liveחַי־chai-H2416,”declaresנְאֻם֙ne.'UmH5002the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136 GodH3068, “they could not saveיַצִּ֑ילוּya.Tzi.luH5337eitherאִם־'im-H518theirsonבֵּ֥ןbenH1121orאִם־'im-H518theirdaughterבַּ֖תbatH1323.They would saveיַצִּ֥ילוּya.Tzi.luH5337only themselvesנַפְשָֽׁם׃ פnaf.ShamH5315by their righteousnessבְצִדְקָתָ֖םve.tzid.ka.TamH6666.”

21For thisH3541isH3541whatH3541the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136 GodH3068saysאָמַ֜ר'a.MarH559: “HowH637muchH637moreכִּי֩kiH637 H3588whenכִּֽי־ki-H3588I sendשִׁלַּ֖חְתִּיshi.Lach.tiH7971My fourאַרְבַּ֣עַת'ar.Ba.'atH702severeהָרָעִ֡יםha.ra.'ImH7451judgmentsשְׁפָטַ֣י׀she.fa.TaiH8201againstאֶל־'el-H413Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389:swordחֶ֠רֶבChe.revH2719,famineוְרָעָ֞בve.ra.'AvH7458,viciousרָעָה֙ra.'AhH7451animalsH2421,and plagueוָדֶ֔בֶרva.De.verH1698to eliminateלְהַכְרִ֥יתle.hakh.RitH3772humanאָדָ֥ם'a.DamH120and animalוּבְהֵמָֽה׃u.ve.he.MahH929life from it!

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