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Isaiah 7:4-8

4And sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559unto him, Take heedהִשָּׁמֵ֨רhi.sha.MerH8104,and be quietוְהַשְׁקֵ֜טve.hash.KetH8252;fearתִּירָ֗אti.Ra'H3372not, neither be faintheartedוּלְבָבְךָ֙ יֵרַ֔ךְu.le.va.ve.Kha ye.RakhH3824 H7401for the twoמִשְּׁנֵ֨יmi.she.NeiH8147tailsזַנְב֧וֹתzan.VotH2180of these smokingהָעֲשֵׁנִ֖יםha.'a.she.NimH6226firebrandsהָאוּדִ֛יםha.'u.DimH181,for the fierceבָּחֳרִי־bo.cho.ri-H2750angerאַ֛ף'afH639of Rezinרְצִ֥יןre.TzinH7526with Syriaוַאֲרָ֖םva.'a.RamH758,and of the sonוּבֶן־u.ven-H1121of Remaliahרְמַלְיָֽהוּ׃re.mal.Ya.huH7425.

5Because Syriaאֲרָ֖ם'a.RamH758,Ephraimאֶפְרַ֥יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,and the sonוּבֶן־u.ven-H1121of Remaliahרְמַלְיָ֖הוּre.mal.Ya.huH7425,have taken evilרָעָ֑הra.'AhH7451counselיָעַ֥ץya.'AtzH3289against thee, sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

6Let us go upנַעֲלֶ֤הna.'a.LehH5927against Judahבִֽיהוּדָה֙vi.hu.DahH3063,and vexוּנְקִיצֶ֔נָּהu.ne.ki.Tze.nahH6973it, and let us make a breachוְנַבְקִעֶ֖נָּהve.nav.ki.'E.nahH1234therein for us, and setוְנַמְלִ֥יךְve.nam.LikhH4427a kingמֶ֙לֶךְ֙Me.lekhH4428in the midstבְּתוֹכָ֔הּbe.to.KhahH8432of it, eventhe sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Tabealטָֽבְאַֽל׃ סTa.ve.'AlH2870:

7Thusכֹּ֥הkohH3541saithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559the Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִ֑הYah.wehH3069,It shall not standתָק֖וּםta.KumH6965, neither shall it come to pass.

8For the headרֹ֤אשׁroshH7218of Syriaאֲרָם֙'a.RamH758isDamascusדַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקda.Me.sekH1834,and the headוְרֹ֥אשׁve.RoshH7218of Damascusדַּמֶּ֖שֶׂקda.Me.sekH1834isRezinרְצִ֑יןre.TzinH7526;and within threescoreשִׁשִּׁ֤יםshi.ShimH8346and fiveוְחָמֵשׁ֙ve.cha.MeshH2568yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141shall Ephraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669be brokenיֵחַ֥תye.ChatH2865,that it be not a peopleמֵעָֽם׃me.'AmH5971.

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