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Isaiah 43:22-28

22But thou hast not calledקָרָ֖אתָka.Ra.taH7121upon me, O Jacobיַֽעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290;but thou hast been wearyיָגַ֥עְתָּya.Ga'.taH3021of me, O Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

23Thou hast not broughtהֵבֵ֤יאתָhe.Vei.taH935me the small cattleשֵׂ֣הsehH7716of thy burnt offeringsעֹלֹתֶ֔יךָ'o.lo.Tei.khaH5930;neither hast thou honouredכִבַּדְתָּ֑נִיkhi.bad.Ta.niH3513me with thy sacrificesוּזְבָחֶ֖יךָu.ze.va.Chei.khaH2077.I have not caused thee to serveהֶעֱבַדְתִּ֙יךָ֙he.'e.vad.Ti.khaH5647with an offeringבְּמִנְחָ֔הbe.min.ChahH4503,nor weariedהוֹגַעְתִּ֖יךָho.ga'.Ti.khaH3021thee with incenseבִּלְבוֹנָֽה׃bil.vo.NahH3828.

24Thou hast boughtקָנִ֨יתָka.Ni.taH7069me no sweet caneקָנֶ֔הka.NehH7070with moneyבַכֶּ֙סֶף֙va.Ke.sefH3701,neither hast thou filledהִרְוִיתָ֑נִיhir.vi.Ta.niH7301me with the fatוְחֵ֥לֶבve.Che.levH2459of thy sacrificesזְבָחֶ֖יךָze.va.Chei.khaH2077:but thou hast made me to serveהֶעֱבַדְתַּ֙נִי֙he.'e.vad.Ta.niH5647with thy sinsבְּחַטֹּאותֶ֔יךָbe.cha.to.Tei.khaH2403,thou hast weariedהוֹגַעְתַּ֖נִיho.ga'.Ta.niH3021me with thine iniquitiesבַּעֲוֹנֹתֶֽיךָ׃ סba.'a.vo.no.Tei.khaH5771.

25I, even I, amhe that blotteth outמֹחֶ֥הmo.ChehH4229thy transgressionsפְשָׁעֶ֖יךָfe.sha.'Ei.khaH6588for mine own sake, and will not rememberאֶזְכֹּֽר׃'ez.KorH2142thy sinsוְחַטֹּאתֶ֖יךָve.cha.to.Tei.khaH2403.

26Put me in remembranceהַזְכִּירֵ֕נִיhaz.ki.Re.niH2142:let us pleadנִשָּׁפְטָ֖הni.sha.fe.TahH8199togetherיָ֑חַדYa.chadH3162:declareסַפֵּ֥רsa.PerH5608thou, that thou mayest be justifiedתִּצְדָּֽק׃titz.DakH6663.

27Thy firstהָרִאשׁ֖וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223fatherאָבִ֥יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1hath sinnedחָטָ֑אcha.Ta'H2398,and thy teachersוּמְלִיצֶ֖יךָu.me.li.Tzei.khaH3887have transgressedפָּ֥שְׁעוּPa.she.'uH6586against me.

28Therefore I have profanedוַאֲחַלֵּ֖לva.'a.cha.LelH2490the princesשָׂ֣רֵיSa.reiH8269of the sanctuaryקֹ֑דֶשׁKo.deshH6944,and have givenוְאֶתְּנָ֤הve.'e.te.NahH5414Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290to the curseלַחֵ֙רֶם֙la.Che.remH2764,and Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478to reproachesלְגִדּוּפִֽים׃ סle.gi.du.FimH1421.

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