Revised Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 29:23-28

23And thatthe whole landH776thereof isbrimstoneגָּפְרִ֣יתga.fe.RitH1614,and saltוָמֶלַח֮va.me.LachH4417, andburningשְׂרֵפָ֣הse.re.FahH8316, thatit is not sownתִזָּרַע֙ti.za.Ra'H2232,nor bearethתַצְמִ֔חַtatz.Mi.achH6779,nor any grassעֵ֑שֶׂב'E.sevH6212growethיַעֲלֶ֥הya.'a.LehH5927therein, like the overthrowכְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞תke.mah.pe.KhatH4114of Sodomסְדֹ֤םse.DomH5467,and Gomorrahוַעֲמֹרָה֙va.'a.mo.RahH6017,Admahאַדְמָ֣ה'ad.MahH126,and Zeboimוּצְבוֹיִ֔םu.tze.v.yimH6636,which YhwhH3068overthrewהָפַ֣ךְha.FakhH2015in his angerH639,and in his wrathוּבַחֲמָתֽוֹ׃u.va.cha.ma.ToH2534:

24Even all nationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471shall sayH559,Wherefore hath YhwhH3068doneעָשָׂ֧ה'a.SahH6213thus unto this landH776? what meaneththe heatחֳרִ֛יcho.RiH2750of this greatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419angerהָאַ֥ףha.'AfH639?

25Then men shall sayוְאָ֣מְר֔וּve.'A.me.RuH559,Because they have forsakenעָֽזְב֔וּ'a.ze.VuH5800the covenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285of Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068GodH430of their fathersאֲבֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.TamH1,which he madeכָּרַ֣תka.RatH3772with them when he brought them forthבְּהוֹצִיא֥וֹbe.ho.tzi.'OH3318out of the landמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714:

26For they wentH3212and servedוַיַּֽעַבְדוּ֙vai.ya.'av.DuH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,and worshippedוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812them, godsאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430whom they knewיְדָע֔וּםye.da.'UmH3045not, and whomhe had not givenחָלַ֖קcha.LakH2505unto them:

27And the angerH639of YhwhH3068was kindledוַיִּֽחַר־vai.yi.char-H2734against this landH776,to bringלְהָבִ֤יאle.ha.Vi'H935upon it all the cursesהַקְּלָלָ֔הha.ke.la.LahH7045that are writtenהַכְּתוּבָ֖הha.ke.tu.VahH3789in this bookבַּסֵּ֥פֶרba.Se.ferH5612:

28And YhwhH3068rootedוַיִּתְּשֵׁ֤םvai.yi.te.ShemH5428them out of their landאַדְמָתָ֔ם'ad.ma.TamH127in angerבְּאַ֥ףbe.'AfH639,and in wrathוּבְחֵמָ֖הu.ve.che.MahH2534,and in greatגָּד֑וֹלga.DolH1419indignationוּבְקֶ֣צֶףu.ve.Ke.tzefH7110,and castוַיַּשְׁלִכֵ֛םvai.yash.li.KhemH7993them into anotherאַחֶ֖רֶת'a.Che.retH312landאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776, as it isthis dayכַּיּ֥וֹםkai.YomH3117.

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