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Isaiah 51:21-23

21Therefore hearשִׁמְעִי־shim.'i-H8085now this, thou afflictedעֲנִיָּ֑ה'a.ni.YahH6041,and drunkenוּשְׁכֻרַ֖תu.she.khu.RatH7937,but not with wineמִיָּֽיִן׃ סmi.Ya.yinH3196:

22Thus saithאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559thy Lordאֲדֹנַ֣יִךְ'a.do.Na.yikhH113Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,and thy Godוֵאלֹהַ֙יִךְ֙ve.lo.Ha.yikhH430thatpleadethיָרִ֣יבya.RivH7378the cause of his peopleעַמּ֔וֹa.MoH5971,Behold, I have taken outלָקַ֛חְתִּיla.Kach.tiH3947of thine handמִיָּדֵ֖ךְmi.ya.DekhH3027the cupכּ֣וֹסKosH3563of tremblingהַתַּרְעֵלָ֑הha.tar.'e.LahH8653, eventhe dregsקֻבַּ֙עַת֙ku.Ba.'atH6907of the cupכּ֣וֹסKosH3563of my furyחֲמָתִ֔יcha.ma.TiH2534;thou shalt no moreתוֹסִ֥יפִיto.Si.fiH3254drink it againלִשְׁתּוֹתָ֖הּlish.to.TahH8354:

23But I will putוְשַׂמְתִּ֙יהָ֙ve.sam.Ti.haH7760it into the handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of them that afflictמוֹגַ֔יִךְmo.Ga.yikhH3013thee; which have saidאָמְר֥וּ'a.me.RuH559to thy soulלְנַפְשֵׁ֖ךְle.naf.ShekhH5315,Bow downשְׁחִ֣יshe.ChiH7812,that we may go overוְנַעֲבֹ֑רָהve.na.'a.Vo.rahH5674:and thou hast laidוַתָּשִׂ֤ימִיva.ta.Si.miH7760thy bodyגֵּוֵ֔ךְge.VekhH1460as the groundכָאָ֙רֶץ֙kha.'A.retzH776,and as the streetוְכַח֖וּץve.kha.ChutzH2351,to them that went overלַעֹבְרִֽים׃ סla.'oe.RimH5674.

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