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Isaiah 28:16-18

16Therefore thus saithאָמַר֙'a.MarH559the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִ֔הYah.wehH3069,Behold, I layיִסַּ֥דyi.SadH3245in Zionבְּצִיּ֖וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726for a foundation a stoneאָ֑בֶן'A.venH68,a triedבֹּ֜חַןBo.chanH976stoneאֶ֣בֶן'E.venH68,a preciousיִקְרַת֙yik.RatH3368cornerפִּנַּ֤תpi.NatH6438stone,a sureמוּסָּ֔דmu.SadH3245foundationמוּסָ֣דmu.SadH4143:he that believethהַֽמַּאֲמִ֖יןha.ma.'a.MinH539shall not make hasteיָחִֽישׁ׃ya.ChishH2363.

17Judgmentמִשְׁפָּט֙mish.PatH4941also will I layוְשַׂמְתִּ֤יve.sam.TiH7760to the lineלְקָ֔וle.KavH6957,and righteousnessוּצְדָקָ֖הu.tze.da.KahH6666to the plummetלְמִשְׁקָ֑לֶתle.mish.Ka.letH4949:and the hailבָרָד֙va.RadH1259shall sweep awayוְיָעָ֤הve.ya.'AhH3261the refugeמַחְסֵ֣הmach.SehH4268of liesכָזָ֔בkha.ZavH3577,and the watersמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325shall overflowיִשְׁטֹֽפוּ׃yish.To.fuH7857the hiding placeוְסֵ֥תֶרve.Se.terH5643.

18And your covenantבְּרִֽיתְכֶם֙be.ri.te.KhemH1285with deathמָ֔וֶתMa.vetH4194shall be disannulledוְכֻפַּ֤רve.khu.ParH3722,and your agreementוְחָזוּתְכֶ֥םve.cha.zu.te.KhemH2380with hellשְׁא֖וֹלshe.'olH7585shall not standתָק֑וּםta.KumH6965;when the overflowingשׁוֹטֵף֙sho.TefH7857scourgeשׁ֤וֹטShotH7752shall pass throughיַֽעֲבֹ֔רya.'a.VorH5674,then ye shall be trodden downלְמִרְמָֽס׃le.mir.MasH4823by it.

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