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Jeremiah 2:20-25

20ForofoldtimeIhavebrokenH7665thyyokeעֻלֵּ֗ךְ'u.LekhH5923,andburstthybonds;andthou saidst,IwillnotserveH5647;foruponeveryhighגְּבֹהָ֗הge.vo.HahH1364hillגִּבְעָ֞הgiv.'AhH1389andundereverygreentreeעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086thou didst bow thyself,playingH2181theharlot.

21YetIhadplantedנְטַעְתִּ֣יךְne.ta'.TikhH5193theeanoblevineהַגֶּ֥פֶןha.Ge.fenH1612,whollyarightseedזֶ֣רַעZe.ra'H2233:howוְאֵיךְ֙ve.'eiKhH349thenart thouturnedH2015intothedegenerate branchesofaforeignH5237vineH1612untome?

22Forthoughthouwashתְּכַבְּסִי֙te.kha.be.SiH3526theewithlye,andtake theemuchH7235soapבֹּרִ֑יתbo.RitH1287,yetthineiniquityעֲוֹנֵךְ֙'a.vo.neKhH5771ismarkedbeforeme, saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah.

23HowH4100canst thousayתֹּאמְרִ֞יtom.RiH559,IamnotdefiledH2930,IhavenotgoneH1980aftertheBaalim?seeH7200thywayH1870inthevalleyבַּגַּ֔יְאba.Gay'H1516,knowH3045whatthou hastdone: thou artaswiftקַלָּ֖הka.LahH7031dromedary traversingherwaysH1870;

24awildפֶּ֣רֶה׀Pe.rehH6501assusedtothewildernessמִדְבָּ֗רmid.BarH4057,thatsnuffethupthewindר֔וּחַRu.achH7307inherdesireH5315;inheroccasionwhocanturnיְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּהye.shi.Ve.nahH7725herawayH7725?alltheythatseekמְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙me.vak.Shei.haH1245herwillnotwearyיִיעָ֔פוּyi.'A.fuH3286themselves;inhermonthבְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּbe.cha.de.ShahH2320theyshallfindיִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃yim.tza.'U.ne.haH4672her.

25WithholdH4513thyfootרַגְלֵךְ֙rag.leKhH7272frombeingunshod,andthy throatfromthirst.Butthou saidst,Itisinvain;no,forIhavelovedאָהַ֥בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiH157strangersH2114,andafterthemwillIgo.

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