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Haggai 1:4-6

4Is ittimeהַעֵ֤תha.'EtH6256for you, O ye, to dwellלָשֶׁ֖בֶתla.She.vetH3427in your cieledסְפוּנִ֑יםse.fu.NimH5603housesבְּבָתֵּיכֶ֣םbe.va.tei.KhemH1004,and this houseוְהַבַּ֥יִתve.ha.Ba.yitH1004liewasteחָרֵֽב׃cha.RevH2720?

5Now therefore thus saithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of Armiesצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635;Considerשִׂ֥ימוּ לְבַבְכֶ֖םSi.mu le.vav.KhemH3824 H7760your waysדַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃dar.khei.KhemH1870.

6Ye have sownזְרַעְתֶּ֨םze.ra'.TemH2232muchהַרְבֵּ֜הhar.BehH7235,and bringוְהָבֵ֣אve.ha.Ve'H935in littleמְעָ֗טme.'AtH4592;ye eatאָכ֤וֹל'a.KholH398,but ye have not enoughלְשָׂבְעָה֙le.sa.ve.'AhH7654;ye drinkשָׁת֣וֹsha.ToH8354,but ye are not filled with drinkלְשָׁכְרָ֔הle.sha.khe.RahH7937;ye clotheלָב֖וֹשׁla.Vo.oshH3847you, but there is none warmH2527;and he that earneth wagesוְהַ֨מִּשְׂתַּכֵּ֔רve.Ham.mis.ta.KerH7936earneth wagesמִשְׂתַּכֵּ֖רmis.ta.KerH7936to put itinto a bagצְר֥וֹרtze.RorH6872with holesנָקֽוּב׃ פna.KuvH5344.

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