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Jeremiah 23:21-27

21IsentH7971nottheseprophetsהַנְּבִאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,yettheyranH7323:Ispakenotuntothem,yettheyprophesiedH5012.

22ButiftheyhadstoodH5975inmycouncilבְּסוֹדִ֑יbe.so.DiH5475,thenhadtheycausedmypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971tohearוְיַשְׁמִ֤עוּve.yash.Mi.'uH8085mywordsדְבָרַי֙de.va.RaiH1697,andhadturnedוִֽישִׁבוּם֙vi.shi.VumH7725themfromtheirevilH7451wayמִדַּרְכָּ֣םmi.dar.KamH1870,andfromtheevilH7451oftheirdoings.

23AmIaGodהַאֱלֹהֵ֧יha.'e.lo.HeiH430athand, saithJehovah,andnotaGodאֱלֹהֵ֖י'e.lo.HeiH430afarH7350off?

24Cananyhideיִסָּתֵ֨רyi.sa.TerH5641himselfinsecretH4565placesH4565sothatIshallnotseeאֶרְאֶ֖נּוּ'er.'E.nuH7200him? saithJehovah.DonotIfillH4390heavenהַשָּׁמַ֧יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064andearthהָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzH776? saithJehovah.

25IhaveheardH8085whattheprophetsהַנְּבִאִ֔יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030havesaidH559,thatprophesyהַֽנִּבְּאִ֥יםha.ni.be.'ImH5012liesH8267inmynameבִּשְׁמִ֛יbish.MiH8034,sayingH559,Ihavedreamedחָלַ֖מְתִּיcha.Lam.tiH2492,Ihavedreamedחָלָֽמְתִּי׃cha.La.me.tiH2492.

26Howlongshallthisbeintheheartבְּלֵ֥בbe.LevH3820oftheprophetsהַנְּבִאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030thatprophesyנִבְּאֵ֣יni.be.'EiH5012liesH8267,eventheprophetsוּנְבִיאֵ֖יu.ne.vi.'EiH5030ofthedeceitoftheirownheartלִבָּֽם׃li.BamH3820?

27thatthinktocausemypeopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971toforgetH7911mynameשְׁמִ֔יshe.MiH8034bytheirdreamsבַּחֲל֣וֹמֹתָ֔םba.cha.Lo.mo.TamH2472whichtheytelleverymanH376tohisneighborלְרֵעֵ֑הוּle.re.'E.huH7453,astheirfathersH1forgatmynameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034forBaalבַּבָּֽעַל׃ba.Ba.'alH1168.

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