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Amos 4:6-9

6And I also have givenנָתַ֨תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414you cleannessנִקְי֤וֹןnik.YonH5356of teethשִׁנַּ֙יִם֙shi.Na.yimH8127in all your citiesעָ֣רֵיכֶ֔ם'a.rei.KhemH5892,and wantוְחֹ֣סֶרve.Cho.serH2640of breadלֶ֔חֶםLe.chemH3899in all your placesמְקוֹמֹֽתֵיכֶ֑םme.ko.mo.tei.KhemH4725:yet have ye not returnedשַׁבְתֶּ֥םshav.TemH7725unto me, saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

7And also I have withholdenמָנַ֨עְתִּיma.Na'.tiH4513the rainהַגֶּ֗שֶׁםha.Ge.shemH1653from you, when there wereyet threeשְׁלֹשָׁ֤הshe.lo.ShahH7969monthsחֳדָשִׁים֙cho.da.ShimH2320to the harvestלַקָּצִ֔ירla.ka.TzirH7105:and I caused it to rainוְהִמְטַרְתִּי֙ve.him.tar.TiH4305upon oneאֶחָ֔ת'e.ChatH259cityעִ֣יר'irH5892,and caused it not to rainאַמְטִ֑יר'am.TirH4305upon anotherאַחַ֖ת'a.ChatH259cityעִ֥יר'irH5892:oneאַחַת֙'a.ChatH259pieceחֶלְקָ֤הchel.KahH2513was rainedתִּמָּטֵ֔רti.ma.TerH4305upon, and the pieceוְחֶלְקָ֛הve.chel.KahH2513whereupon it rainedתַמְטִ֥ירtam.TirH4305not witheredתִּיבָֽשׁ׃ti.VashH3001.

8So twoשְׁתַּיִם֩she.ta.YimH8147orthreeשָׁלֹ֨שׁsha.LoshH7969citiesעָרִ֜ים'a.RimH5892wanderedוְנָע֡וּve.na.'UH5128unto oneאַחַ֛ת'a.ChatH259cityעִ֥יר'irH5892,to drinkלִשְׁתּ֥וֹתlish.TotH8354waterמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325;but they were not satisfiedיִשְׂבָּ֑עוּyis.Ba.'uH7646:yet have ye not returnedשַׁבְתֶּ֥םshav.TemH7725unto me, saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

9I have smittenהִכֵּ֣יתִיhi.Kei.tiH5221you with blastingבַּשִּׁדָּפ֣וֹןba.shi.da.FonH7711and mildewוּבַיֵּרָקוֹן֒u.vai.ye.ra.kOnH3420:when your gardensגַּנּוֹתֵיכֶ֧םga.no.tei.KhemH1593and your vineyardsוְכַרְמֵיכֶ֛םve.khar.mei.KhemH3754and your fig treesוּתְאֵנֵיכֶ֥םu.te.'e.nei.KhemH8384and your olive treesוְזֵיתֵיכֶ֖םve.zei.tei.KhemH2132increasedהַרְבּ֨וֹתhar.BotH7235,the palmerwormהַגָּזָ֑םha.ga.ZamH1501devouredיֹאכַ֣לyo.KhalH398them:yet have ye not returnedשַׁבְתֶּ֥םshav.TemH7725unto me, saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

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