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Zechariah 1:18-21

18Then lifted I upוָאֶשָּׂ֥אva.'e.Sa'H5375mine eyesעֵינַ֖י'ei.NaiH5869,and sawוָאֵ֑רֶאva.'E.re'H7200,and behold fourאַרְבַּ֥ע'ar.Ba'H702hornsקְרָנֽוֹת׃ke.ra.NotH7161.

19And I saidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559unto the angelהַמַּלְאָ֛ךְha.mal.'AkhH4397that talkedהַדֹּבֵ֥רha.do.VerH1696with me, What bethese? And he answeredוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559me, These arethe hornsהַקְּרָנוֹת֙ha.ke.ra.nOtH7161which have scatteredזֵר֣וּze.RuH2219Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,and Jerusalemוִירוּשָׁלָֽם׃ סvi.ru.sha.LamH3389.

20And Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068shewedוַיַּרְאֵ֣נִיvai.yar.'E.niH7200me fourאַרְבָּעָ֖ה'ar.ba.'AhH702carpentersחָרָשִֽׁים׃cha.ra.ShimH2796.

21Then saidוָאֹמַ֕רva.'o.MarH559I, What comeבָאִ֖יםva.'ImH935these to doלַֽעֲשׂ֑וֹתla.'a.SotH6213?And he spakeוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, These arethe hornsהַקְּרָנ֞וֹתha.ke.ra.NotH7161which have scatteredזֵ֣רוּZe.ruH2219Judahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063,so thatכְּפִי־ke.fi-H6310no manאִישׁ֙'ishH376did lift upנָשָׂ֣אna.Sa'H5375his headרֹאשׁ֔וֹro.ShoH7218:but these are comeוַיָּבֹ֤אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to frightenלְהַחֲרִ֣ידle.ha.cha.RidH2729them, to cast outלְיַדּ֞וֹתle.ya.DotH3034the hornsקַרְנ֣וֹתkar.NotH7161of the Gentilesהַגּוֹיִ֗םha.go.YimH1471,which lifted upהַנֹּשְׂאִ֥יםha.no.se.'ImH5375theirhornקֶ֛רֶןKe.renH7161over the landאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063to scatterלְזָרוֹתָֽהּ׃ סle.za.ro.TahH2219it.

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