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Jeremiah 20:7-18

7OJehovah, thou hastpersuadedme,andIwasH1961persuaded; thou artstrongerH2388thanI,andhastprevailedוַתּוּכָ֑לva.tu.KhalH3201:IamH1961becomeהָיִ֤יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961alaughing-stockallthedayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117,everyonemockethme.

8Forasoftenמִדֵּ֤יmi.DeiH1767asIspeakאֲדַבֵּר֙'a.da.BerH1696,Icryאֶזְעָ֔ק'ez.'AkH2199out;IcryH2199,Violenceחָמָ֥סcha.MasH2555anddestructionH7701!becausethewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahismadeareproachלְחֶרְפָּ֥הle.cher.PahH2781untome,andaderisionוּלְקֶ֖לֶסu.le.Ke.lesH7047,allthedayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

9AndifIsayוְאָמַרְתִּ֣יve.'a.mar.TiH559,IwillnotmakeH2142mentionofhim,norspeakאֲדַבֵּ֥ר'a.da.BerH1696anymoreinhisnameבִּשְׁמ֔וֹbish.MoH8034,thenthereisinmyheartבְלִבִּי֙ve.li.BiH3820asitwereH1961aburningfireכְּאֵ֣שׁke.'EshH784shutעָצֻ֖ר'a.TzurH6113upinmybonesH6106,andIamH1961wearyוְנִלְאֵ֥יתִיve.nil.'Ei.tiH3811withforbearing,andIcannotcontainH3557.

10ForIhaveheardH8085thedefamingofmanyרַבִּים֮ra.BimH7227,terrorמָג֣וֹרma.GorH4032oneveryside.Denounce,andwewilldenouncehim, sayallmyfamiliarfriends,theythatwatchH8104formyfall; peradventurehewillbepersuaded,andweshallprevailוְנ֣וּכְלָהve.Nu.khe.lahH3201againsthim,andweshalltakeוְנִקְחָ֥הve.nik.ChahH3947ourrevengeonhim.

11ButJehovahiswithmeasamightyH1368oneandaterrible:thereforeH3651mypersecutorsshallstumbleיִכָּשְׁל֖וּyi.ka.she.LuH3782,andtheyshallnotprevailיֻכָ֑לוּyu.Kha.luH3201;theyshallbeutterlyputH954toshameH954,becausetheyhavenotdealt wisely,evenwithaneverlastingdishonorwhichshallneverbeforgottenתִשָּׁכֵֽחַ׃ti.sha.Khe.achH7911.

12But,OJehovahofhostsצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635,thattriesttherighteousצַדִּ֔יקtza.DikH6662,thatseesttheheartוָלֵ֑בva.LevH3820andthemind,letmeseeH7200thyvengeanceנִקְמָֽתְךָ֙nik.ma.te.ChaH5360onthem;forunto theehaveIrevealedH1540mycauseH7379.

13Singשִׁ֚ירוּShi.ruH7891untoJehovah,praiseהַֽלְל֖וּha.LuH1984yeJehovah;forhehathdeliveredהִצִּ֛ילhi.TzilH5337thesoulH5315oftheneedyאֶבְי֖וֹן'ev.YonH34fromthehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027ofevil-doers.

14CursedH779beיְהִ֥יye.HiH1961thedayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117whereinIwasH1961bornH3205:letnotthedayי֛וֹםYomH3117whereinmymotherאִמִּ֖י'i.MiH517baremebeH1961blessedH1288.

15CursedH779bethemanH376whobroughtH3205tidingstomyfatherאָבִי֙'a.ViH1,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Aman-childisbornH3205unto thee; makinghimverygladH8055.

16AndletthatmanH376beוְהָיָה֙ve.ha.YahH1961asthecitiesכֶּֽעָרִ֛יםke.'a.RimH5892whichJehovahoverthrewהָפַ֥ךְha.FakhH2015,andrepentedH5162not:andlethimhearוְשָׁמַ֤עve.sha.Ma'H8085acryזְעָקָה֙ze.'a.KahH2201inthemorningבַּבֹּ֔קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242,andshoutingוּתְרוּעָ֖הu.te.ru.'AhH8643atnoontime;

17becauseheslewmenotfromthewombמֵרָ֑חֶםme.Ra.chemH7358;andsomymotherאִמִּי֙'i.MiH517wouldhavebeenH1961mygraveקִבְרִ֔יkiv.RiH6913,andherwombוְרַחְמָ֖הֿve.rach.MahH7358alwaysgreat.

18Whereforecameיָצָ֔אתִיya.Tza.tiH3318IforthH3318outofthewombמֵרֶ֣חֶםme.Re.chemH7358toseeלִרְא֥וֹתlir.'otH7200laborH5999andsorrowוְיָג֑וֹןve.ya.GonH3015,thatmydaysיָמָֽי׃ פya.MaiH3117shouldbeconsumedwithshameבְּבֹ֖שֶׁתbe.Vo.shetH1322?

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