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Isaiah 5:12-30

12And theharpכִנּ֜וֹרkhi.NorH3658, and theviolוָנֶ֗בֶלva.Ne.velH5035, thetabretתֹּ֧ףtofH8596, andpipeוְחָלִ֛ילve.cha.LilH2485, andwineוָיַ֖יִןva.Ya.yinH3196, are in theirfeastsמִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֑םmish.tei.HemH4960: but theyregardיַבִּ֔יטוּya.Bi.tuH5027not theworkפֹּ֤עַלPo.'alH6467of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, neitherconsiderרָאֽוּ׃ra.'UH7200theoperationוּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הu.ma.'a.SehH4639of hishandsיָדָ֖יוya.DavH3027.

13Therefore mypeopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971have gone intocaptivityגָּלָ֥הga.LahH1540, because they have noknowledgeדָ֑עַתDa.'atH1847: and theirhonourableוּכְבוֹדוֹ֙u.khe.vo.DoH3519menמְתֵ֣יme.TeiH4962arefamishedרָעָ֔בra.'AvH7458, and theirmultitudeוַהֲמוֹנ֖וֹva.ha.mo.NoH1995driedupצִחֵ֥הtzi.ChehH6704withthirstצָמָֽא׃tza.Ma'H6772.

14Thereforehellשְּׁאוֹל֙she.'OlH7585hathenlargedהִרְחִ֤יבָהhir.Chi.vahH7337herselfנַפְשָׁ֔הּnaf.ShahH5315, andopenedוּפָעֲרָ֥הu.fa.'a.RahH6473hermouthפִ֖יהָFi.haH6310withoutmeasureחֹ֑קChokH2706: and theirgloryהֲדָרָ֧הּha.da.RahH1926, and theirmultitudeוַהֲמוֹנָ֛הּva.ha.mo.NahH1995, and theirpompוּשְׁאוֹנָ֖הּu.she.'o.NahH7588, and he thatrejoicethוְעָלֵ֥זve.'a.LezH5938, shalldescendוְיָרַ֨דve.ya.RadH3381into it.

15And the meanmanאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120shall be broughtdownוַיִּשַּׁ֥חvai.yi.ShachH7817, and the mightymanאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376shall behumbledוַיִּשְׁפַּל־vai.yish.pal-H8213, and theeyesוְעֵינֵ֥יve.'ei.NeiH5869of theloftyגְבֹהִ֖יםge.vo.HimH1364shall beabasedתִּשְׁפַּֽלְנָה׃tish.Pal.nahH8213:

16But theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635shall beexaltedוַיִּגְבַּ֛הvai.yig.BahH1361injudgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑טba.mish.PatH4941, andGodוְהָאֵל֙ve.ha.'ElH410that isholyהַקָּד֔וֹשׁha.ka.Do.oshH6918shall besanctifiedנִקְדָּ֖שׁnik.DashH6942inrighteousnessבִּצְדָקָֽה׃bitz.da.KahH6666.

17Then shall thelambsכְבָשִׂ֖יםkhe.va.SimH3532feedוְרָע֥וּve.ra.'UH7462after theirmannerכְּדָבְרָ֑םke.da.ve.RamH1699, and the wasteplacesוְחָרְב֥וֹתve.cha.re.VotH2723of the fatonesמֵחִ֖יםme.ChimH4220shallstrangersגָּרִ֥יםga.RimH1481eatיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃yo.Khe.luH398.

18Woeה֛וֹיHoH1945to them thatdrawמֹשְׁכֵ֥יmo.she.KheiH4900iniquityהֶֽעָוֹ֖ןhe.'a.VonH5771withcordsבְּחַבְלֵ֣יbe.chav.LeiH2256ofvanityהַשָּׁ֑וְאha.Shav'H7723, andsinחַטָּאָֽה׃cha.ta.'AhH2403as it were with acartהָעֲגָלָ֖הha.'a.ga.LahH5699ropeוְכַעֲב֥וֹתve.kha.'a.VotH5688:

19Thatsayהָאֹמְרִ֗יםha.'o.me.RimH559, Let him makespeedיְמַהֵ֧ר׀ye.ma.HerH4116, andhastenיָחִ֛ישָׁהya.Chi.shahH2363hisworkמַעֲשֵׂ֖הוּma.'a.Se.huH4639, that we mayseeנִרְאֶ֑הnir.'EhH7200it : and let thecounselעֲצַ֛ת'a.TzatH6098of the HolyOneקְד֥וֹשׁke.Do.oshH6918ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478drawnearוְתִקְרַ֣בve.tik.RavH7126andcomeוְתָב֗וֹאָהve.ta.Vo.'ahH935, that we mayknowוְנֵדָֽעָה׃ סve.ne.Da.'ahH3045it !

20Woeה֣וֹיHoH1945to them thatcallהָאֹמְרִ֥יםha.'o.me.RimH559evilלָרַ֛עla.Ra'H7451goodט֖וֹבTovH2896, andgoodוְלַטּ֣וֹבve.la.TovH2896evilרָ֑עRa'H7451; thatputשָׂמִ֨יםsa.MimH7760darknessחֹ֤שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822forlightלְאוֹר֙le.'OrH216, andlightוְא֣וֹרve.'orH216fordarknessלְחֹ֔שֶׁךְle.Cho.shekhH2822; thatputשָׂמִ֥יםsa.MimH7760bitterמַ֛רmarH4751forsweetלְמָת֖וֹקle.ma.TokH4966, andsweetוּמָת֥וֹקu.ma.TokH4966forbitterלְמָֽר׃ סle.MarH4751!

21Woeה֖וֹיHoH1945to them that arewiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450in their owneyesבְּעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑םbe.'ei.nei.HemH5869, andprudentנְבֹנִֽים׃ne.vo.NimH995in their ownsightפְּנֵיהֶ֖םpe.nei.HemH6440!

22Woeה֕וֹיHoH1945to them that aremightyגִּבּוֹרִ֖יםgi.bo.RimH1368todrinkלִשְׁתּ֣וֹתlish.TotH8354wineיָ֑יִןYa.yinH3196, andmenוְאַנְשֵׁי־ve.'an.shei-H582ofstrengthחַ֖יִלCha.yilH2428tomixלִמְסֹ֥ךְlim.SokhH4537strongdrinkשֵׁכָֽר׃she.KharH7941:

23Whojustifyמַצְדִּיקֵ֥יmatz.di.KeiH6663thewickedרָשָׁ֖עra.Sha'H7563forעֵ֣קֶב'E.kevH6118rewardשֹׁ֑חַדSho.chadH7810, and takeawayיָסִ֥ירוּya.Si.ruH5493therighteousnessוְצִדְקַ֥תve.tzid.KatH6666of therighteousצַדִּיקִ֖יםtza.di.KimH6662from him!

24Therefore as thefireאֵ֗שׁ'EshH784devourethכֶּאֱכֹ֨לke.'e.KholH398thestubbleקַ֜שׁkashH7179, and theflameלְשׁ֣וֹן לֶֽהָבָה֙le.Shon le.ha.VahH3956 H3852consumethיִרְפֶּ֔הyir.PehH7503thechaffוַחֲשַׁ֤שׁva.cha.ShashH2842, so theirrootשָׁרְשָׁם֙sha.re.ShamH8328shall be asrottennessכַּמָּ֣קka.MakH4716, and theirblossomוּפִרְחָ֖םu.fir.ChamH6525shall goupיַעֲלֶ֑הya.'a.LehH5927asdustכָּאָבָ֣קka.'a.VakH80: because they have castawayמָאֲס֗וּma.'a.SuH3988thelawתּוֹרַת֙to.RatH8451of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, anddespisedנִאֵֽצוּ׃ni.'E.tzuH5006thewordאִמְרַ֥ת'im.RatH565of the HolyOneקְדֽוֹשׁ־ke.do.osh-H6918ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478.

25Therefore is theangerאַף־'af-H639of theLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068kindledחָרָה֩cha.RahH2734against hispeopleבְּעַמּ֜וֹbe.'a.MoH5971, and he hath stretchedforthוַיֵּ֣טvai.YetH5186hishandיָד֧וֹya.DoH3027against them, and hathsmittenוַיַּכֵּ֗הוּvai.ya.Ke.huH5221them: and thehillsהֶֽהָרִ֔יםhe.ha.RimH2022trembledוַֽיִּרְגְּזוּ֙vai.yir.ge.ZuH7264, and their deadbodiesנִבְלָתָ֛םniv.la.TamH5038weretornכַּסּוּחָ֖הka.su.ChahH5478in themidstבְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130of thestreetsחוּצ֑וֹתchu.TzotH2351. For all this hisangerאַפּ֔וֹ'a.PoH639is not turnedawayשָׁ֣בshavH7725, but hishandיָד֥וֹya.DoH3027is stretchedoutנְטוּיָֽה׃ne.tu.YahH5186still.

26And he will liftupוְנָֽשָׂא־ve.na.sa'-H5375anensignנֵ֤סnesH5251to thenationsלַגּוֹיִם֙la.go.YimH1471fromafarמֵרָח֔וֹקme.ra.ChokH7350, and willhissוְשָׁ֥רַקve.Sha.rakH8319to them from theendמִקְצֵ֣הmik.TzehH7097of theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: and, behold, they shallcomeיָבֽוֹא׃ya.Vo'H935withspeedמְהֵרָ֖הme.he.RahH4120swiftlyקַ֥לkalH7031:

27None shall bewearyעָיֵ֤ף'a.YefH5889norstumbleכּוֹשֵׁל֙ko.ShelH3782among them; none shallslumberיָנ֖וּםya.NumH5123norsleepיִישָׁ֑ןyi.ShanH3462; neither shall thebeltאֵז֣וֹר'e.ZorH232of theirloinsחֲלָצָ֔יוcha.la.TzavH2504beloosedנִפְתַּח֙nif.TachH6605, nor thelatchetשְׂר֥וֹךְse.RokhH8288of theirshoesנְעָלָֽיו׃ne.'a.LavH5275bebrokenנִתַּ֖קni.TakH5423:

28Whosearrowsחִצָּיו֙chi.TzavH2671aresharpשְׁנוּנִ֔יםshe.nu.NimH8150, and all theirbowsקַשְּׁתֹתָ֖יוka.she.to.TavH7198bentדְּרֻכ֑וֹתde.ru.KhotH1869, theirhorsesסוּסָיו֙su.SavH5483’hoofsפַּרְס֤וֹתpar.SotH6541shall becountedנֶחְשָׁ֔בוּnech.Sha.vuH2803likeflintכַּצַּ֣רka.TzarH6862, and theirwheelsוְגַלְגִּלָּ֖יוve.gal.gi.LavH1534like awhirlwindכַּסּוּפָֽה׃ka.su.FahH5492:

29Theirroaringשְׁאָגָ֥הshe.'a.GahH7581shall be like alionכַּלָּבִ֑יאka.la.Vi'H3833, they shallroarיִשְׁאַ֨גyi.sha.'agH7580like younglionsכַּכְּפִירִ֤יםka.ke.fi.RimH3715: yea, they shallroarוְיִנְהֹם֙ve.yin.HomH5098, and layholdוְיֹאחֵ֣זve.yo.ChezH270of thepreyטֶ֔רֶףTe.refH2964, and shall carry it awaysafeוְיַפְלִ֖יטve.yaf.LitH6403, and none shalldeliverמַצִּֽיל׃ma.TzilH5337it .

30And in thatdayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117they shallroarוְיִנְהֹ֥םve.yin.HomH5098against them like theroaringכְּנַהֲמַת־ke.na.ha.mat-H5100of theseaיָ֑םYamH3220: and if onelookethוְנִבַּ֤טve.ni.BatH5027to thelandלָאָ֙רֶץ֙la.'A.retzH776, beholddarknessחֹ֔שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822andsorrowצַ֣רtzarH6862, and thelightוָא֔וֹרva.'orH216isdarkenedחָשַׁ֖ךְcha.ShakhH2821in itsheavensבַּעֲרִיפֶֽיהָ׃ פba.'a.ri.Fei.haH6183.

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