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Jeremiah 2:4-8

4Hearשִׁמְע֥וּshim.'UH8085yethewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovah,Ohouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290,andallthefamiliesH4940ofthehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478:

5Thusכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541saithJehovah,WhatunrighteousnessH5766haveyourfathersH1foundמָּצְא֨וּma.tze.'UH4672inme,thattheyaregonefarH7368fromme,andhavewalkedaftervanityהַהֶ֖בֶלha.He.velH1892,andarebecomevain?

6NeithersaidH559they,Whereאַיֵּ֣ה'ai.YehH346isJehovahthatbroughtH5927usupoutofthelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,thatledusthroughthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֗רba.mid.BarH4057,throughalandבְּאֶ֨רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofdesertsעֲרָבָ֤ה'a.ra.VahH6160andofpitsוְשׁוּחָה֙ve.shu.ChahH7745,throughalandבְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙be.'E.retzH776ofdroughtandoftheshadowofdeath,throughalandבְּאֶ֗רֶץbe.'E.retzH776thatnonepassedH5674through,andwhereH346nomanH376dweltיָשַׁ֥בya.ShavH3427?

7AndIbroughtH935youintoaplentifullandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776,toeatלֶאֱכֹ֥לle.'e.KholH398thefruitפִּרְיָ֖הּpir.YahH6529thereofandthegoodnessH2898thereof;butwhenyeentered, yedefiledH2930mylandאַרְצִ֔י'ar.TziH776,andmadeH7760myheritageanabominationלְתוֹעֵבָֽה׃le.to.'e.VahH8441.

8Thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548saidH559not,Whereאַיֵּ֣ה'ai.YehH346isJehovah?andtheythathandlethelawהַתּוֹרָה֙ha.to.RahH8451knewH3045menot:therulersalsotransgressedH6586againstme,andtheprophetsוְהַנְּבִיאִים֙ve.ha.ne.vi.'ImH5030prophesiedH5012byBaalבַבַּ֔עַלva.Ba.'alH1168,andwalkedהָלָֽכוּ׃ha.La.khuH1980afterthingsthatdonotprofitיוֹעִ֖לוּyo.'I.luH3276.

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