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Jeremiah 22:13-17

13Woeה֣וֹיHoH1945untohimthatbuildethhishouseבֵיתוֹ֙vei.ToH1004byunrighteousness,andhischambersH5944byinjustice;thatusethhisneighbor’sH7453servicewithoutwagesוּפֹעֲל֖וֹu.fo.'a.LoH6467,andgivethhimnothishire;

14thatsaith,Iwillbuildאֶבְנֶה־'ev.neh-H1129meawidehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004andspaciouschambersH5944,andcuttethhimoutwindowsחַלּוֹנָ֔יcha.lo.NaiH2474;anditisceiledwithcedarבָּאָ֔רֶזba.'A.rezH730,andpaintedwithvermilionבַּשָּׁשַֽׁר׃ba.sha.SharH8350.

15Shalt thoureignH4427,becausethou strivesttoexcelincedarבָאָ֑רֶזva.'A.rezH730?Didnotthyfatherאָבִ֜יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1eatאָכַ֣ל'a.KhalH398anddrinkוְשָׁתָ֗הve.sha.TahH8354,anddojusticeמִשְׁפָּט֙mish.PatH4941andrighteousnessוּצְדָקָ֔הu.tze.da.KahH6666?thenאָ֖ז'azH227itwaswellwithhim.

16Hejudgedthecauseדִּין־din-H1779ofthepoorעָנִ֥י'a.NiH6041andneedyוְאֶבְי֖וֹןve.'ev.YonH34;thenאָ֣ז'azH227itwaswell.Wasnotthistoknowme? saithJehovah.

17Butthineeyesעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙'ei.Nei.khaH5869andthyheartוְלִבְּךָ֔ve.li.be.KhaH3820arenotbutforthy covetousness,andforsheddingלִשְׁפּ֔וֹךְlish.PokhH8210innocentהַנָּקִי֙ha.na.KiH5355bloodדַּֽם־dam-H1818,andforoppressionהָעֹ֥שֶׁקha.'O.shekH6233,andforviolence,todoit.

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