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Isaiah 48:4-8

4Because I knewH1847that thou artobstinateקָשֶׁ֖הka.ShehH7186,and thy neckעָרְפֶּ֔ךָ'a.re.Pe.khaH6203isan ironבַּרְזֶל֙bar.ZelH1270sinewוְגִ֤ידve.GidH1517,and thy browוּמִצְחֲךָ֖u.mitz.cha.KhaH4696brassנְחוּשָֽׁה׃ne.chu.ShahH5154;

5I have even from the beginningמֵאָ֔זme.'AzH227declaredוָאַגִּ֤ידva.'a.GidH5046itto thee; before it came to passתָּב֖וֹאta.Vo'H935I shewedהִשְׁמַעְתִּ֑יךָhish.ma'.Ti.khaH8085itthee: lest thou shouldest sayתֹּאמַר֙to.MarH559,Mine idolעָצְבִּ֣י'a.tze.BiH6090hath doneעָשָׂ֔ם'a.SamH6213them, and my graven imageוּפִסְלִ֥יu.fis.LiH6459,and my molten imageוְנִסְכִּ֖יve.nis.KiH5262,hath commandedצִוָּֽם׃tzi.VamH6680them.

6Thou hast heardשָׁמַ֤עְתָּֽsha.Ma'.taH8085,seeחֲזֵה֙cha.ZehH2372all this; and will not ye declareתַגִּ֑ידוּta.Gi.duH5046it?I have shewedהִשְׁמַעְתִּ֤יךָhish.ma'.Ti.khaH8085thee new thingsחֲדָשׁוֹת֙cha.da.shOtH2319from this timeמֵעַ֔תָּהme.'A.tahH6258,even hidden thingsוּנְצֻר֖וֹתu.ne.tzu.RotH5341,and thou didst not knowיְדַעְתָּֽם׃ye.da'.TamH3045them.

7They are createdנִבְרְאוּ֙niv.re.'UH1254now, and not from the beginning; even beforeוְלִפְנֵי־ve.lif.nei-H6440the dayי֖וֹםYomH3117when thou heardestשְׁמַעְתָּ֑םshe.ma'.TamH8085them not; lest thou shouldest sayתֹּאמַ֖רto.MarH559,Behold, I knewיְדַעְתִּֽין׃ye.da'.TinH3045them.

8Yea, thou heardestשָׁמַ֗עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085not; yea, thou knewestיָדַ֔עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045not; yea, from that time thatthine earאָזְנֶ֑ךָ'a.ze.Ne.khaH241was not openedפִתְּחָ֣הfi.te.ChahH6605:for I knewיָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ya.Da'.tiH3045that thou wouldest deal veryבָּג֣וֹדba.GodH898treacherouslyתִּבְגּ֔וֹדtiv.GodH898,and wast calledקֹ֥רָאKo.ra'H7121a transgressorוּפֹשֵׁ֥עַu.fo.She.a'H6586from the wombמִבֶּ֖טֶןmi.Be.tenH990.

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