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Isaiah 37:24-27

24Byבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027thy servantsעֲבָדֶיךָ֮'a.va.dei.KhaH5650hast thou reproachedחֵרַ֣פְתָּ׀che.Raf.taH2778the Lordאֲדֹנָי֒'a.do.NaiH136,and hast saidוַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merH559,By the multitudeבְּרֹ֥בbe.RoH7230of my chariotsרִכְבִּ֛יrikh.BiH7393am I come upעָלִ֛יתִי'a.Li.tiH5927to the heightמְר֥וֹםme.RomH4791of the mountainsהָרִ֖יםha.RimH2022,to the sidesיַרְכְּתֵ֣יyar.ke.TeiH3411of Lebanonלְבָנ֑וֹןle.va.NonH3844;and I will cut downוְאֶכְרֹ֞תve.'ekh.RotH3772the tallקוֹמַ֤תko.MatH6967cedarsאֲרָזָיו֙'a.ra.ZavH730thereof, andthe choiceמִבְחַ֣רmiv.CharH4005fir treesבְּרֹשָׁ֔יוbe.ro.ShavH1265thereof: and I will enterוְאָבוֹא֙ve.'a.Vo'H935into the heightמְר֣וֹםme.RomH4791of his borderקִצּ֔וֹki.TzoH7093, andthe forestיַ֖עַרYa.'arH3293of his CarmelH3760.

25I have diggedקַ֖רְתִּיKar.tiH6979,and drunkוְשָׁתִ֣יתִיve.sha.Ti.tiH8354waterמָ֑יִםMa.yimH4325;and with the soleבְּכַף־be.khaf-H3709of my feetפְּעָמַ֔יpe.'a.MaiH6471have I dried upוְאַחְרִב֙ve.'ach.RivH2717all the riversיְאֹרֵ֥יye.'o.ReiH2975of the besieged placesמָצֽוֹר׃ma.TzorH4693.

26Hast thou not heardשָׁמַ֤עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085long agoלְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙le.me.ra.chOkH7350, howI have doneעָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213it; andof ancientקֶ֖דֶםKe.demH6924timesמִ֥ימֵיMi.meiH3117,that I have formedוִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָvi.tzar.Ti.haH3335it? now have I broughtהֲבֵאתִ֔יהָha.ve.Ti.haH935it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay wasteלְהַשְׁא֛וֹתle.hash.'otH7582defencedבְּצֻרֽוֹת׃be.tzu.RotH1219citiesעָרִ֥ים'a.RimH5892intoruinousנִצִּ֖יםni.TzimH5327heapsגַּלִּ֥יםga.LimH1530.

27Therefore their inhabitantsוְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ve.yo.she.vei.HenH3427wereof smallקִצְרֵי־kitz.rei-H7116powerיָ֔דYadH3027,they were dismayedחַ֖תּוּCha.tuH2865and confoundedוָבֹ֑שׁוּva.Vo.shuH954: they were asthe grassעֵ֤שֶׂב'E.sevH6212of the fieldשָׂדֶה֙sa.DehH7704, and asthe greenוִ֣ירַקVi.rakH3419herbדֶּ֔שֶׁאDe.she'H1877, asthe grassחֲצִ֣ירcha.TzirH2682on the housetopsגַּגּ֔וֹתga.GotH1406, and as grainblastedוּשְׁדֵמָ֖הu.she.de.MahH7709beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440it be grown upקָמָֽה׃ka.MahH7054.

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