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Amos 5:12-15

12For I knowיָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ya.Da'.tiH3045your manifoldרַבִּ֣יםra.BimH7227transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיכֶ֔םpish.'ei.KhemH6588and your mightyוַעֲצֻמִ֖יםva.'a.tzu.MimH6099sinsחַטֹּֽאתֵיכֶ֑םcha.to.tei.KhemH2403:they afflictצֹרְרֵ֤יtzo.re.ReiH6887the justצַדִּיק֙tza.DikH6662,they takeלֹ֣קְחֵיLo.ke.cheiH3947a bribeכֹ֔פֶרKho.ferH3724,and they turn asideהִטּֽוּ׃hi.TuH5186the poorוְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםve.'ev.yo.NimH34in the gateבַּשַּׁ֥עַרba.Sha.'arH8179from their right.

13Therefore the prudentהַמַּשְׂכִּ֛ילha.mas.KilH7919shall keep silenceיִדֹּ֑םyi.DomH1826in that timeבָּעֵ֥תba.'EtH6256; for it isan evilרָעָ֖הra.'AhH7451timeעֵ֥ת'etH6256.

14Seekדִּרְשׁוּ־dir.shu-H1875goodט֥וֹבTovH2896,and not evilרָ֖עra'H7451,that ye may liveתִּֽחְי֑וּtich.YuH2421:and so Yhwhיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068,the Godאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430of Armiesצְבָא֛וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,shall be with you, as ye have spokenאֲמַרְתֶּֽם׃'a.mar.TemH559.

15Hateשִׂנְאוּ־sin.'u-H8130the evilרָע֙ra'H7451,and loveוְאֶ֣הֱבוּve.'E.he.vuH157the goodט֔וֹבTovH2896,and establishוְהַצִּ֥יגוּve.ha.Tzi.guH3322judgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941in the gateבַשַּׁ֖עַרva.Sha.'arH8179:it may be that Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430of Armiesצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635will be graciousיֶֽחֱנַ֛ןye.che.NanH2603unto the remnantשְׁאֵרִ֥יתshe.'e.RitH7611of Josephיוֹסֵֽף׃ סyo.SefH3130.

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