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Jeremiah 2:29-37

29Whereforewillyecontendתָרִ֖יבוּta.Ri.vuH7378withme? yeallhavetransgressedH6586againstme, saithJehovah.

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

31Ogenerationהַדּ֗וֹרha.DorH1755,seeH7200yethewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovah.HaveIbeenH1961awildernessהֲמִדְבָּ֤רha.mid.BarH4057untoIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478?oralandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofthickdarkness? whereforesayH559mypeopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971,Wearebroken loose;wewillcomeנָב֥וֹאna.Vo'H935nomoreunto thee?

32Canavirginבְּתוּלָה֙be.tu.LahH1330forgetהֲתִשְׁכַּ֤חha.tish.KachH7911herornamentsעֶדְיָ֔הּ'ed.YahH5716,orabrideכַּלָּ֖הka.LahH3618herattire?yetmypeopleוְעַמִּ֣יve.'a.MiH5971haveforgottenשְׁכֵח֔וּנִיshe.khe.Chu.niH7911medaysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117withoutnumberמִסְפָּֽר׃mis.ParH4557.

33Howמַה־mah-H4100trimmest thou thywayדַּרְכֵּ֖ךְdar.KekhH1870toseekלְבַקֵּ֣שׁle.va.KeshH1245loveאַהֲבָ֑ה'a.ha.VahH160!thereforeלָכֵן֙la.KhenH3651eventhewickedהָרָע֔וֹתha.ra.'otH7451women hast thoutaughtH3925thywaysדְּרָכָֽיִךְ׃de.ra.Kha.yikhH1870.

34Alsoגַּ֤םgamH1571inthyskirtsבִּכְנָפַ֙יִךְ֙bikh.na.Fa.yikhH3671isfoundH4672thebloodדַּ֛םdamH1818ofthesoulsH5315oftheinnocentנְקִיִּ֑יםne.ki.YimH5355poor: thou didstnotfindH4672thembreakingבַמַּחְתֶּ֥רֶתva.mach.Te.retH4290in;butitisbecauseofallthesethingsאֵֽלֶּה׃'E.lehH428.

35Yetthou saidst,Iaminnocent;surelyhisangerאַפּ֖וֹ'a.PoH639isturnedשָׁ֥בshavH7725awayH7725fromme.Behold,Iwillenterנִשְׁפָּ֣טnish.PatH8199intojudgmentH8199withthee,becausethou sayest,IhavenotsinnedH2398.

36Whyמַה־mah-H4100gaddest thouaboutsomuchtochange thywayדַּרְכֵּ֑ךְdar.KekhH1870? thou shaltbeashamedתֵּב֔וֹשִׁיte.Vo.o.shiH954ofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714alsoגַּ֤םgamH1571,asthou wastashamedבֹּ֖שְׁתְּBo.shetH954ofAssyriaמֵאַשּֽׁוּר׃me.'a.ShurH804.

37Fromthencealsoגַּ֣םgamH1571shalt thougoתֵּֽצְאִ֔יte.tze.'IH3318forthH3318,withthyhandsוְיָדַ֖יִךְve.ya.Da.yikhH3027uponthyheadרֹאשֵׁ֑ךְro.ShekhH7218:forJehovahhathrejectedמָאַ֤סma.'AsH3988thoseinwhomthou trustest,andthou shaltnotprosperתַצְלִ֖יחִיtatz.Li.chiH6743withthem.

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