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Jeremiah 14:1-10

1ThewordH1697ofJehovahthatcametoJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414concerningthedrought.

2Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063mourneth,andthegatesH8179thereoflanguishH535,theysitinblackuponthegroundH776;andthecryofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389isgoneH5927up.

3Andtheirnoblesוְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔םve.'a.Di.rei.HemH117sendH7971theirlittleonesH6810tothewatersלַמָּ֑יִםla.Ma.yimH4325:theycomeבָּ֣אוּBa.'uH935tothecisterns,andfindH4672nowaterמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325;theyreturnשָׁ֤בוּSha.vuH7725withtheirvesselsכְלֵיהֶם֙khe.lei.HemH3627emptyרֵיקָ֔םrei.KamH7387;theyareputH954toshameH954andconfounded,andcoverוְחָפ֥וּve.cha.FuH2645theirheadsרֹאשָֽׁם׃ro.ShamH7218.

4BecauseofthegroundH776whichiscracked,forthatnorainגֶ֖שֶׁםGe.shemH1653hathbeenH1961inthelandבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776,theplowmenareputH954toshameH954,theycoverחָפ֥וּcha.FuH2645theirheadsרֹאשָֽׁם׃ro.ShamH7218.

5Yea,thehindalsoגַם־gam-H1571inthefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.DehH7704calveth,andforsakethheryoung,becausethereisnograssדֶּֽשֶׁא׃De.she'H1877.

6Andthewildוּפְרָאִים֙u.fe.ra.'ImH6501assesstandH5975onthebareשְׁפָיִ֔םshe.fa.YimH8205heightsH8205,theypantforairlikejackalsכַּתַּנִּ֑יםka.ta.NimH8577;theireyesעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם'ei.nei.HemH5869failכָּל֥וּka.LuH3615,becausethereisnoherbage.

7Thoughouriniquitiesעֲוֹנֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.vo.Nei.nuH5771testifyH6030againstus, work thouforthyname’sשְׁמֶ֑ךָshe.Me.khaH8034sakeלְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anH4616,OJehovah;forourbackslidingsaremanyרַבּ֥וּra.BuH7231;wehavesinnedH2398againstthee.

8Othou hopeofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,theSaviour thereofinthetimeבְּעֵ֣תbe.'EtH6256oftroubleH6869,whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100shouldest thoubeH1961asasojournerכְּגֵ֣רke.GerH1616inthelandבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776,andasawayfaring manthatturnethasideנָטָ֥הna.TahH5186totarryforanight?

9Whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100shouldest thoubeH1961asamanH376affrighted,asamightyH1368manH376thatcannotsaveלְהוֹשִׁ֑יעַle.ho.Shi.a'H3467?Yetthou,OJehovah, artinthemidstבְקִרְבֵּ֣נוּve.kir.Be.nuH7130ofus,andwearecalledנִקְרָ֖אnik.Ra'H7121bythynameוְשִׁמְךָ֛ve.shim.KhaH8034;leaveusnot.

10Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saithJehovahuntothispeopleלָעָ֣םla.'AmH5971,EvensoH3651havetheylovedH157towanderלָנ֔וּעַla.Nu.a'H5128;theyhavenotrefrainedtheirfeetH7272:thereforeH3651Jehovahdothnotacceptרָצָ֔םra.TzamH7521them;nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258willherememberיִזְכֹּ֣רyiz.KorH2142theiriniquityעֲוֹנָ֔ם'a.vo.NamH5771,andvisitH6485theirsinsחַטֹּאתָֽם׃ סcha.to.TamH2403.

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