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Isaiah 58:1-4

1Cryקְרָ֤אke.Ra'H7121aloudבְגָרוֹן֙ve.ga.rOnH1627,spareתַּחְשֹׂ֔ךְtach.SokhH2820not,liftהָרֵ֣םha.RemH7311up thyvoiceקוֹלֶ֑ךָko.Le.chaH6963like atrumpetכַּשּׁוֹפָ֖רka.sho.FarH7782, andshowוְהַגֵּ֤דve.ha.GedH5046mypeopleלְעַמִּי֙le.'a.MiH5971theirtransgressionפִּשְׁעָ֔םpish.'AmH6588, and thehouseוּלְבֵ֥יתu.le.VeitH1004ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290theirsinsחַטֹּאתָֽם׃cha.to.TamH2403.

2Yet theyseekיִדְרֹשׁ֔וּןyid.ro.ShunH1875medailyH3117, anddelightיֶחְפָּצ֑וּןyech.pa.TzunH2654toknowוְדַ֥עַתve.Da.'atH1847mywaysדְּרָכַ֖יde.ra.KhaiH1870, as anationכְּג֞וֹיke.GoyH1471thatdidעָשָׂ֗ה'a.SahH6213righteousnessצְדָקָ֣הtze.da.KahH6666, andforsookעָזָ֔ב'a.ZavH5800not theordinanceוּמִשְׁפַּ֤טu.mish.PatH4941of theirGodאֱלֹהָיו֙'e.lo.HavH430: theyaskיִשְׁאָל֙וּנִי֙yish.'a.Lu.niH7592of me theordinancesמִשְׁפְּטֵי־mish.pe.tei-H4941ofjusticeצֶ֔דֶקTze.dekH6664; they takedelightיֶחְפָּצֽוּן׃yech.pa.TzunH2654inapproachingקִרְבַ֥תkir.VatH7132toGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430.

3Why have wefastedצַּ֙מְנוּ֙tzam.nuH6684, say they, and thouseestרָאִ֔יתָra.'I.taH7200not? why have weafflictedעִנִּ֥ינוּ'i.Ni.nuH6031oursoulנַפְשֵׁ֖נוּnaf.She.nuH5315, and thou takest noknowledgeתֵדָ֑עte.Da'H3045? Behold, in thedayבְּי֤וֹםbe.YomH3117of yourfastצֹֽמְכֶם֙tzo.me.KhemH6685yefindתִּמְצְאוּ־tim.tze.'u-H4672pleasureחֵ֔פֶץChe.fetzH2656, andexactתִּנְגֹּֽשׂוּ׃tin.Go.suH5065all yourlaboursעַצְּבֵיכֶ֖ם'a.tze.vei.KhemH6092.

4Behold, yefastתָּצ֔וּמוּta.Tzu.muH6684forstrifeלְרִ֤יבle.RivH7379anddebateוּמַצָּה֙u.ma.TzahH4683, and tosmiteוּלְהַכּ֖וֹתu.le.ha.KotH5221with thefistבְּאֶגְרֹ֣ףbe.'eg.RofH106ofwickednessרֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'H7562: ye shall notfastתָצ֣וּמוּta.Tzu.muH6684as ye do thisdayכַיּ֔וֹםkhai.YomH3117, to make yourvoiceקוֹלְכֶֽם׃kol.KhemH6963to beheardלְהַשְׁמִ֥יעַle.hash.Mi.a'H8085onhighבַּמָּר֖וֹםba.ma.RomH4791.

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