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Jeremiah 2:20-30

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.

26Asthethiefגַּנָּב֙ga.NavH1590isashamedH954whenheisfoundH4672,soכֵּ֥ןkenH3651isthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478ashamedH954;they,theirkingsמַלְכֵיהֶם֙mal.khei.HemH4428,theirprincesH8269,andtheirpriestsוְכֹהֲנֵיהֶ֖םve.kho.ha.nei.HemH3548,andtheirprophetsוּנְבִיאֵיהֶֽם׃u.ne.vi.'ei.HemH5030;

27whosayאֹמְרִ֨ים'o.me.RimH559toastock, Thou artmyfatherאָ֣בִי'A.viH1;andtoastoneוְלָאֶ֙בֶן֙ve.la.'E.venH68, Thou hastbroughtH3205meforthH3205:fortheyhaveturnedפָנ֥וּfa.NuH6437theirbackH6437untome,andnottheirfaceפָנִ֑יםfa.NimH6440;butinthetimeוּבְעֵ֤תu.ve.'EtH6256oftheirtroubleH7451theywillsayיֹֽאמְר֔וּyo.me.RuH559,Ariseק֖וּמָהKu.mahH6965,andsaveוְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ׃ve.ho.shi.'E.nuH3467us.

28ButwhereH834arethygodsאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430thatthou hastmadeH6213thee?letthemariseיָק֕וּמוּya.Ku.muH6965,iftheycansaveיוֹשִׁיע֖וּךָyo.shi.'U.khaH3467theeinthetimeבְּעֵ֣תbe.'EtH6256ofthytroubleH7451:foraccordingtothenumberמִסְפַּ֣רmis.ParH4557ofthycitiesעָרֶ֔יךָ'a.Rei.khaH5892arethygodsאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,OJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ סye.hu.DahH3063.

29Whereforewillyecontendתָרִ֖יבוּta.Ri.vuH7378withme? yeallhavetransgressedH6586againstme, saithJehovah.

30InvainhaveIsmittenyourchildren;theyreceivedH3947nocorrectionמוּסָ֖רmu.SarH4148:yourownswordחַרְבְּכֶ֛םchar.be.KhemH2719hathdevouredאָכְלָ֧ה'a.khe.LahH398yourprophetsנְבִֽיאֵיכֶ֖םne.vi.'ei.KhemH5030,likeadestroyingמַשְׁחִֽית׃mash.ChitH7843lionכְּאַרְיֵ֥הke.'ar.YehH738.

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