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Isaiah 47:11-15

11Therefore shall evilרָעָ֗הra.'AhH7451comeוּבָ֧אu.Va'H935upon thee; thou shalt not knowתֵדְעִי֙te.de.'IH3045from whence it risethשַׁחְרָ֔הּshach.RahH7837:and mischiefהֹוָ֔הho.VahH1943shall fallוְתִפֹּ֤לve.ti.PolH5307upon thee; thou shalt not be ableתוּכְלִ֖יtu.khe.LiH3201to put it offכַּפְּרָ֑הּka.pe.RahH3722:and desolationשׁוֹאָ֖הsho.'AhH7722shall comeוְתָבֹ֨אve.ta.Vo'H935upon thee suddenlyפִּתְאֹ֛םpit.'OmH6597, whichthou shalt not knowתֵדָֽעִי׃te.Da.'iH3045.

12Standעִמְדִי־'im.di-H5975now with thine enchantmentsבַחֲבָרַ֙יִךְ֙va.cha.va.Ra.yikhH2267,and with the multitudeוּבְרֹ֣בu.ve.RoH7230of thy sorceriesכְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְke.sha.Fa.yikhH3785,whereinבַּאֲשֶׁ֥רba.'a.SherH834thou hast labouredיָגַ֖עַתְּya.Ga.'atH3021from thy youthמִנְּעוּרָ֑יִךְmi.ne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271;if so be thou shalt be ableתּוּכְלִ֥יtu.khe.LiH3201to profitהוֹעִ֖ילho.'IlH3276,if so be thou mayest prevailתַּעֲרֽוֹצִי׃ta.'a.Ro.tziH6206.

13Thou art weariedנִלְאֵ֖יתnil.'EitH3811in the multitudeבְּרֹ֣בbe.RoH7230of thy counselsעֲצָתָ֑יִךְ'a.tza.Ta.yikhH6098.Let now the astrologersהֹבְרֵ֣י שָׁמַ֗יִםha.ve.ru sha.Ma.yimH8064 H1895,the stargazersבַּכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔יםba.Ko.kha.VimH3556 H2374,the monthlyלֶחֳדָשִׁ֔יםle.cho.da.ShimH2320prognosticatorsמֽוֹדִיעִם֙mo.di.'ImH3045,stand upיַעַמְדוּ־ya.'am.du-H5975,and saveוְיוֹשִׁיעֻ֜ךְve.yo.shi.'UkhH3467thee from these thingsthat shall comeיָבֹ֖אוּya.Vo.'uH935upon thee.

14Behold, they shall be as stubbleכְקַשׁ֙khe.KashH7179;the fireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784shall burnשְׂרָפָ֔תַםse.ra.Fa.tamH8313them; they shall not deliverיַצִּ֥ילוּya.Tzi.luH5337themselvesנַפְשָׁ֖םnaf.ShamH5315from the powerמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027of the flameלֶֽהָבָ֑הle.ha.VahH3852: there shall not bea coalגַּחֶ֣לֶתga.Che.letH1513to warmלַחְמָ֔םlach.MamH2552at, norfireא֖וּר'urH217to sitלָשֶׁ֥בֶתla.She.vetH3427before it.

15Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast labouredיָגָ֑עַתְּya.Ga.'atH3021, eventhy merchantsסֹחֲרַ֣יִךְso.cha.Ra.yikhH5503,from thy youthמִנְּעוּרַ֗יִךְmi.ne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271:they shall wanderתָּע֔וּta.'UH8582every oneאִ֤ישׁ'ishH376to his quarterלְעֶבְרוֹ֙le.'ev.RoH5676;none shall saveמוֹשִׁיעֵֽךְ׃ סmo.shi.'EkhH3467thee.

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