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Jeremiah 17:5-11

5Thusכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541saithJehovah:CursedH779isthemanH120thattrustethinmanH120,andmakethfleshבָּשָׂ֖רba.SarH1320hisarmH2220,andwhoseheartלִבּֽוֹ׃li.BoH3820departethfromJehovah.

6Forheshallbeוְהָיָה֙ve.ha.YahH1961liketheheathinthedesertבָּֽעֲרָבָ֔הba.'a.ra.VahH6160,andshallnotseeיִרְאֶ֖הyir.'EhH7200whengoodט֑וֹבTovH2896cometh,butshallinhabitH3427theparched placesinthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֔רba.mid.BarH4057,asaltlandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776andnotinhabitedH3427.

7BlessedH1288isthemanהַגֶּ֔בֶרha.Ge.verH1397thattrustethinJehovah,andwhosetrustיִבְטַ֖חyiv.TachH982Jehovahis.

8Forheshallbeוְהָיָ֞הve.ha.YahH1961asatreeכְּעֵ֣ץ׀ke.'EtzH6086plantedשָׁת֣וּלsha.TulH8362bythewatersמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325,thatspreadethoutitsrootsשָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יוsha.ra.ShavH8328bytheriver,andshallnotfearH3372whenheatחֹ֔םChomH2527cometh,butitsleafH5929shallbeוְהָיָ֥הve.ha.YahH1961green;andshallnotbeH1961carefulintheyearוּבִשְׁנַ֤תu.vish.NatH8141ofdrought,neithershallceasefromyieldingfruitפֶּֽרִי׃Pe.riH6529.

9Theheartהַלֵּ֛בha.LevH3820isdeceitfulaboveallthings,anditisexceedingly corrupt:whocanknowיֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃ye.da.'E.nuH3045it?

10I,Jehovah,searchחֹקֵ֥רcho.KerH2713themind,Itrytheheartלֵ֖בlevH3820, eventogiveוְלָתֵ֤תve.la.TetH5414everymanH376accordingtohiswaysכִּדְרָכָ֔יוke.dar.kovH1870,accordingtothefruitכִּפְרִ֖יkif.RiH6529ofhisdoings.

11Asthepartridgeקֹרֵ֤אko.Re'H7124thatsittethoneggswhichshehathnotlaid,soishethatgettethrichesH6239,andnotbyrightH4941;inthemidstofhisdaysיָמָיו֙yo.movH3117theyshallleaveיַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּya.'az.Ve.nuH5800him,andathisendוּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹu.ve.'a.cha.ri.ToH319heshallbeיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961afoolנָבָֽל׃na.ValH5036.

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