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Isaiah 44:16-19

16He burnethשָׂרַ֣ףsa.RafH8313partחֶצְיוֹ֙chetz.YoH2677thereof inבְּמוֹ־be.mov-H1119the fireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784;with partחֶצְיוֹ֙chetz.YoH2677thereof he eatethיֹאכֵ֔לyo.KhelH398fleshבָּשָׂ֣רba.SarH1320;he roastethיִצְלֶ֥הyitz.LehH6740roastצָלִ֖יtza.LiH6748,and is satisfiedוְיִשְׂבָּ֑עve.yis.Ba'H7646:yea, he warmethיָחֹם֙ya.ChomH2552himself,and saithוְיֹאמַ֣רve.yo.MarH559,Ahaהֶאָ֔חhe.'AchH1889,I am warmחַמּוֹתִ֖יcha.mo.TiH2552,I have seenרָאִ֥יתִיra.'I.tiH7200the fireאֽוּר׃'UrH217:

17And the residueוּשְׁאֵ֣רִית֔וֹu.she.'E.ri.ToH7611thereof he makethעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213a godלְאֵ֥לle.'ElH410, evenhis graven imageלְפִסְל֑וֹle.fis.LoH6459:he falleth downH5456unto it, and worshippethוְיִשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ve.yish.Ta.chuH7812it,and prayethוְיִתְפַּלֵּ֣לve.yit.pa.LelH6419unto it, and saithוְיֹאמַר֙ve.yo.MarH559,Deliverהַצִּילֵ֔נִיha.tzi.Le.niH5337me; for thou artmy godאֵלִ֖י'e.LiH410.

18They have not knownיָדְע֖וּya.de.'UH3045nor understoodיָבִ֑ינוּya.Vi.nuH995:for he hath shutטַ֤חtachH2902their eyesעֵֽינֵיהֶ֔ם'ei.nei.HemH5869,that they cannot seeמֵֽרְאוֹת֙me.re.'OtH7200; andtheir heartsH3826,that they cannot understandמֵהַשְׂכִּ֖ילme.has.KilH7919.

19And none considerethיָשִׁ֣יבya.ShivH7725in his heartלִבּ֗וֹli.BoH3820, neither is thereknowledgeדַ֥עַתDa.'atH1847nor understandingתְבוּנָה֮te.vu.NahH8394to sayלֵאמֹר֒le.MorH559,I have burnedשָׂרַ֣פְתִּיsa.Raf.tiH8313partחֶצְי֞וֹchetz.YoH2677of it inבְמוֹ־ve.mov-H1119the fireאֵ֗שׁ'EshH784;yea, also I have bakedאָפִ֤יתִי'a.Fi.tiH644breadלֶ֔חֶםLe.chemH3899upon the coalsגֶּחָלָיו֙ge.cha.LavH1513thereof; I have roastedאֶצְלֶ֥ה'etz.LehH6740fleshבָשָׂ֖רva.SarH1320,and eatenוְאֹכֵ֑לve.'o.KhelH398it:and shall I makeאֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה'e.'e.SehH6213the residueוְיִתְרוֹ֙ve.yit.RoH3499thereof an abominationלְתוֹעֵבָ֣הle.to.'e.VahH8441?shall I fall downאֶסְגּֽוֹד׃'es.GodH5456to the stockלְב֥וּלle.VulH944of a treeעֵ֖ץ'etzH6086?

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