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Isaiah 1:5-9

5Why should ye be strickenתֻכּ֛וּtu.KuH5221any more? ye will revoltסָרָ֑הsa.RahH5627more and moreתּוֹסִ֣יפוּto.Si.fuH3254:the whole headרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218is sickלָחֳלִ֔יlo.cho.LiH2483,and the whole heartלֵבָ֖בle.VavH3824faintדַּוָּֽי׃da.VaiH1742.

6From the soleמִכַּף־mi.kaf-H3709of the footרֶ֤גֶלRe.gelH7272even unto the headרֹאשׁ֙roShH7218there isno soundnessמְתֹ֔םme.TomH4974in it; butwoundsפֶּ֥צַעPe.tza'H6482,and bruisesוְחַבּוּרָ֖הve.cha.bu.RahH2250,and putrifyingטְרִיָּ֑הte.ri.YahH2961soresוּמַכָּ֣הu.ma.KahH4347:they have not been closedזֹ֙רוּ֙zo.ruH2115,neither bound upחֻבָּ֔שׁוּchu.Ba.shuH2280,neither mollifiedרֻכְּכָ֖הru.ke.KhahH7401with ointmentבַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃ba.Sha.menH8081.

7Your countryאַרְצְכֶ֣ם'ar.tze.KhemH776isdesolateשְׁמָמָ֔הshe.ma.MahH8077,your citiesעָרֵיכֶ֖ם'a.rei.KhemH5892areburnedשְׂרֻפ֣וֹתse.ru.FotH8313with fireאֵ֑שׁ'EshH784:your landאַדְמַתְכֶ֗ם'ad.mat.KhemH127,strangersזָרִים֙za.RimH2114devourאֹכְלִ֣ים'o.khe.LimH398it in your presence, and it isdesolateוּשְׁמָמָ֖הu.she.ma.MahH8077,as overthrownכְּמַהְפֵּכַ֥תke.mah.pe.KhatH4114by strangersזָרִֽים׃za.RimH2114.

8And the daughterבַת־vat-H1323of Zionצִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonH6726is leftוְנוֹתְרָ֥הve.not.RahH3498as a cottageכְּסֻכָּ֣הke.su.KahH5521in a vineyardבְכָ֑רֶםve.Kha.remH3754,as a lodgeכִּמְלוּנָ֥הkim.lu.NahH4412in a garden of cucumbersבְמִקְשָׁ֖הve.mik.ShahH4750,as a besiegedנְצוּרָֽה׃ne.tzu.RahH5341cityכְּעִ֥ירke.'IrH5892.

9Exceptלוּלֵי֙lu.LeiH3884Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of Armiesצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635had leftהוֹתִ֥ירho.TirH3498unto us a very smallכִּמְעָ֑טkim.'AtH4592remnantשָׂרִ֖ידsa.RidH8300,we should have beenהָיִ֔ינוּha.Yi.nuH1961as Sodomכִּסְדֹ֣םkis.DomH5467, andwe should have been likeדָּמִֽינוּ׃ סda.Mi.nuH1819unto Gomorrahלַעֲמֹרָ֖הla.'a.mo.RahH6017.

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