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Ezekiel 6:2-10

2Sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of manאָדָ֕ם'a.DamH120,setשִׂ֥יםsimH7760thy faceפָּנֶ֖יךָpa.Nei.khaH6440toward the mountainsהָרֵ֣יha.ReiH2022of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,and prophesyוְהִנָּבֵ֖אve.hi.na.Ve'H5012against them,

3And sayוְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ve.'A.mar.taH559,Ye mountainsהָרֵי֙ha.ReiH2022of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,hearשִׁמְע֖וּshim.'UH8085the wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִ֑הYah.wehH3069;Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְ֠הוִהYah.wehH3069to the mountainsלֶהָרִ֨יםle.ha.RimH2022,and to the hillsוְלַגְּבָע֜וֹתve.la.ge.va.'otH1389,to the riversלָאֲפִיקִ֣יםla.'a.fi.KimH650,and to the valleysוְלַגֵּאָי֗וֹתve.la.ge.'a.yotH1516; Behold, I, evenI, will bringמֵבִ֤יאme.Vi'H935a swordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719upon you, and I will destroyוְאִבַּדְתִּ֖יve.'i.bad.TiH6your high placesבָּמֽוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ba.Mo.tei.KhemH1116.

4And your altarsמִזְבְּח֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םmiz.be.Cho.tei.KhemH4196shall be desolateוְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ve.na.Sha.muH8074,and your imagesחַמָּֽנֵיכֶ֑םcha.ma.nei.KhemH2553shall be brokenוְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּve.nish.be.RuH7665:and I will cast downוְהִפַּלְתִּי֙ve.hi.pal.TiH5307your slainחַלְלֵיכֶ֔םcha.lei.KhemH2491menbeforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440your idolsגִּלּוּלֵיכֶֽם׃gi.lu.lei.KhemH1544.

5And I will layוְנָתַתִּ֗יve.na.ta.TiH5414the dead carcasesפִּגְרֵי֙pig.ReiH6297of the childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478beforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440their idolsגִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑םgi.lu.lei.HemH1544;and I will scatterוְזֵרִיתִי֙ve.ze.ri.TiH2219your bonesעַצְמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םatz.Mo.tei.KhemH6106round aboutסְבִיב֖וֹתse.vi.VotH5439your altarsמִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃miz.be.cho.tei.KhemH4196.

6In all your dwellingplacesמוֹשְׁב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םmo.she.Vo.tei.KhemH4186the citiesהֶעָרִ֣יםhe.'a.RimH5892shall be laid wasteתֶּחֱרַ֔בְנָהte.che.Rav.nahH2717,and the high placesוְהַבָּמ֖וֹתve.ha.ba.MotH1116shall be desolateתִּישָׁ֑מְנָהti.Sha.me.nahH3456;that your altarsמִזְבְּחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗םmiz.be.cho.tei.KhemH4196may be laid wasteיֶחֶרְב֨וּye.cher.VuH2717and made desolateוְיֶאְשְׁמ֜וּve.ye'.she.MuH816,and your idolsגִּלּ֣וּלֵיכֶ֔םgi.Lu.lei.KhemH1544may be brokenוְנִשְׁבְּר֤וּve.nish.be.RuH7665and ceaseוְנִשְׁבְּתוּ֙ve.nish.be.TuH7673,and your imagesחַמָּ֣נֵיכֶ֔םcha.Ma.nei.KhemH2553may be cut downוְנִגְדְּעוּ֙ve.nig.de.'UH1438,and your worksמַעֲשֵׂיכֶֽם׃ma.'a.sei.KhemH4639may be abolishedוְנִמְח֖וּve.nim.ChuH4229.

7And the slainחָלָ֖לcha.LalH2491shall fallוְנָפַ֥לve.na.FalH5307in the midstבְּתֽוֹכְכֶ֑םbe.tokh.KhemH8432of you, and ye shall knowוִֽידַעְתֶּ֖םvi.da'.TemH3045that I amYhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

8Yet will I leave a remnantוְהוֹתַרְתִּ֗יve.ho.tar.TiH3498, that ye may have somethat shall escapeפְּלִ֥יטֵיpe.Li.teiH6412the swordחֶ֖רֶבChe.revH2719among the nationsבַּגּוֹיִ֑םba.go.YimH1471,when ye shall be scatteredבְּהִזָּרֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖םbe.hi.za.ro.tei.KhemH2219through the countriesבָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ba.'a.ra.TzotH776.

9And they that escapeפְלִֽיטֵיכֶ֜םfe.li.tei.KhemH6412of you shall rememberוְזָכְר֨וּve.za.khe.RuH2142me among the nationsבַּגּוֹיִם֮ba.go.YimH1471whither they shall be carried captivesנִשְׁבּוּ־nish.bu-H7617,because I am brokenנִשְׁבַּ֜רְתִּיnish.Bar.tiH7665with their whorishהַזּוֹנֶ֗הha.zo.NehH2181heartלִבָּ֣םli.BamH3820,which hath departedסָר֙sarH5493from me, and with their eyesעֵֽינֵיהֶ֔ם'ei.nei.HemH5869,which go a whoringהַזֹּנ֕וֹתha.zo.NotH2181afterאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310their idolsגִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑םgi.lu.lei.HemH1544:and they shall lotheוְנָקֹ֙טּוּ֙ve.na.Ko.tuH6962themselvesבִּפְנֵיהֶ֔םbif.nei.HemH6440for the evilsהָֽרָעוֹת֙ha.ra.'OtH7451which they have committedעָשׂ֔וּ'a.SuH6213in all their abominationsתּוֹעֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃to.'a.vo.tei.HemH8441.

10And they shall knowוְיָדְע֖וּve.ya.de.'UH3045that I amYhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, and thatI have not saidדִּבַּ֔רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696in vainחִנָּם֙chi.NamH2600that I would doלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213this evilהָרָעָ֥הha.ra.'AhH7451unto them.

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