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Isaiah 24:1-8

1Behold, theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068maketh theearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776emptyבּוֹקֵ֥קbo.KekH1238, and maketh itwasteוּבֽוֹלְקָ֑הּu.Vol.KahH1110, andturnethוְעִוָּ֣הve.'i.VahH5753it upsidedownפָנֶ֔יהָfa.Nei.haH6440, and scatterethabroadוְהֵפִ֖יץve.he.FitzH6327itsinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃yo.she.Vei.haH3427.

2And it shall be, as with thepeopleכָעָם֙kha.'AmH5971, so with thepriestכַּכֹּהֵ֔ןka.ko.HenH3548; as with theservantכַּעֶ֙בֶד֙ka.'E.vedH5650, so with hismasterכַּֽאדֹנָ֔יוka.do.NavH113; as with themaidכַּשִּׁפְחָ֖הka.shif.ChahH8198, so with hermistressכַּגְּבִרְתָּ֑הּka.ge.vir.TahH1404; as with thebuyerכַּקּוֹנֶה֙ka.ko.NehH7069, so with thesellerכַּמּוֹכֵ֔רka.mo.KherH4376; as with thelenderכַּמַּלְוֶה֙ka.mal.VehH3867, so with theborrowerכַּלֹּוֶ֔הka.lo.VehH3867; as with the taker ofinterestכַּנֹּשֶׁ֕הka.no.ShehH5383,soכַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.SherH834with the giver ofinterestנֹשֶׁ֥אno.She'H5378to him.

3Thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776shall beutterlyהִבּ֧וֹק׀hi.BokH1238emptiedתִּבּ֛וֹקti.BokH1238, andutterlyוְהִבּ֣וֹז׀ve.hi.BozH962spoiledתִּבּ֑וֹזti.BozH962: for theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hathspokenדִּבֶּ֖רdi.BerH1696thiswordהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697.

4Theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776mournethאָבְלָ֤ה'a.ve.LahH56and fadethawayנָֽבְלָה֙na.ve.LahH5034, theworldתֵּבֵ֑לte.VelH8398languishethאֻמְלְלָ֥ה'um.le.LahH535and fadethawayנָבְלָ֖הna.ve.LahH5034, thehaughtyמְר֥וֹםme.RomH4791peopleעַם־'am-H5971of theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776dolanguishאֻמְלָ֖לוּ'um.La.luH535.

5Theearthוְהָאָ֥רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776also isdefiledחָנְפָ֖הcha.ne.FahH2610under itsinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָyo.she.Vei.haH3427; because they havetransgressedעָבְר֤וּ'a.ve.RuH5674thelawsתוֹרֹת֙to.RotH8451,changedחָ֣לְפוּChal.fuH2498theordinanceחֹ֔קChokH2706,brokenהֵפֵ֖רוּhe.Fe.ruH6565theeverlastingעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769covenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285.

6Therefore hath thecurseאָלָה֙'a.LahH423devouredאָ֣כְלָה'A.khe.lahH398theearthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776, and they thatdwellיֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427in it aredesolateוַֽיֶּאְשְׁמ֖וּvai.ye'.she.MuH816: therefore theinhabitantsיֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427of theearthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776areburnedחָרוּ֙cha.RuH2787, andfewמִזְעָֽר׃miz.'ArH4213menאֱנ֖וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582leftוְנִשְׁאַ֥רve.nish.'ArH7604.

7The newwineתִּיר֖וֹשׁti.Ro.oshH8492mournethאָבַ֥ל'a.ValH56, thevineגָ֑פֶןGa.fenH1612languishethאֻמְלְלָה־'um.le.lah-H535, all themerryheartedשִׂמְחֵי־ לֵֽב׃sim.chei- LevH8056 H3820dosighנֶאֶנְח֖וּne.'en.ChuH584.

8Themirthמְשׂ֣וֹשׂme.SosH4885oftabretsתֻּפִּ֔יםtu.PimH8596ceasethשָׁבַת֙sha.VatH7673, thenoiseשְׁא֣וֹןshe.'onH7588of them thatrejoiceעַלִּיזִ֑ים'a.li.ZimH5947endethחָדַ֖לcha.DalH2308, thejoyמְשׂ֥וֹשׂme.SosH4885of theharpכִּנּֽוֹר׃ki.NorH3658ceasethשָׁבַ֖תsha.VatH7673.

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