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Jeremiah 25:1-14

1Thewordהַדָּבָ֞רha.da.VarH1697thatcametoJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙yir.me.Ya.huH3414concerningallthepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,inthefourthהָֽרְבִעִ֔יתha.re.vi.'ItH7243yearבַּשָּׁנָה֙ba.sha.NahH8141ofJehoiakimלִיהוֹיָקִ֥יםli.ho.ya.KimH3079thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofJosiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977,kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063(thesamewasH1961thefirstyearהַשָּׁנָה֙ha.sha.NahH8141ofNebuchadrezzarkingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶֽל׃ba.VelH894),

2whichJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֤הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414theprophetהַנָּבִיא֙ha.na.Vi'H5030spake untoallthepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,andtoalltheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559:

3Fromthethirteenthyearשָׁנָ֡הsha.NahH8141ofJosiahלְיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּle.yo.shi.Ya.huH2977thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAmonאָמוֹן֩'a.mOnH526,kingמֶ֨לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֜הye.hu.DahH3063,evenuntothisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117,thesethreeH7969andtwentyוְעֶשְׂרִים֙ve.'es.RimH6242yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141,thewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahhathcomeuntome,andIhavespokenוָאֲדַבֵּ֧רva.'a.da.BerH1696untoyou,risingH7925upearlyאַשְׁכֵּ֥ים'ash.KeimH7925andspeakingוְדַבֵּ֖רve.da.BerH1696;butyehavenothearkened.

4AndJehovahhathsentH7971untoyouallhisservantsעֲבָדָ֧יו'a.va.DavH5650theprophetsהַנְּבִאִ֛יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,risingH7925upearlyהַשְׁכֵּ֥םhash.KemH7925andsendingH7971them, (butyehavenothearkened,norinclinedH5186yourearאָזְנְכֶ֖ם'a.ze.ne.KhemH241tohearH8085),

5sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,ReturnH7725yenoweveryoneH376fromhisevilהָֽרָעָה֙ha.ra.'AhH7451wayמִדַּרְכּ֤וֹmi.dar.KoH1870,andfromtheevilH7451ofyourdoings,anddwellוּשְׁבוּ֙u.she.VuH3427inthelandהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127thatJehovahhathgivenH5414untoyouandtoyourfathersH1,fromofoldandevenforevermore;

6andgonotafterotherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430toserveלְעָבְדָ֖םle.'a.ve.DamH5647them,andtoworshipthem,andprovokeתַכְעִ֤יסוּtakh.'I.suH3707menottoangerH3707withtheworkבְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הbe.ma.'a.SehH4639ofyourhandsיְדֵיכֶ֔םye.dei.KhemH3027;andIwilldoyounohurt.

7Yetyehavenothearkened untome, saithJehovah;thatyemayprovokeהַכְעִיסֵ֛נִיhikh.'i.su.niH3707metoangerH3707withtheworkבְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הbe.ma.'a.SehH4639ofyourhandsיְדֵיכֶ֖םye.dei.KhemH3027toyourown hurt.

8Thereforeלָכֵ֕ןla.KhenH3651thusכֹּ֥הkohH3541saithJehovahofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635:BecauseyehavenotheardH8085mywordsדְּבָרָֽי׃de.va.RaiH1697,

9behold,Iwillsendשֹׁלֵ֡חַsho.Le.achH7971andtakeH3947allthefamiliesH4940ofthenorthצָפ֜וֹןtza.FonH6828, saithJehovah,andIwillsendH7971untoNebuchadrezzarthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶל֮ba.VelH894,myservantעַבְדִּי֒'av.DiH5650,andwillbringוַהֲבִ֨אֹתִ֜יםva.ha.Vi.'o.TimH935themagainstthislandהָאָ֤רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andagainsttheinhabitantsיֹ֣שְׁבֶ֔יהָyo.she.Vei.haH3427thereof,andagainstallthesenationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471roundסָבִ֑יבsa.VivH5439about;andIwillutterlydestroyוְהַ֣חֲרַמְתִּ֔יםve.Ha.cha.ram.TimH2763them,andmakeוְשַׂמְתִּים֙ve.sam.TimH7760themanastonishment,andahissing,andperpetualdesolationsH8047.

10MoreoverIwilltakefromthemthevoiceH6963ofmirthandthevoiceH6963ofgladnessשִׂמְחָ֔הsim.ChahH8057,thevoiceH6963ofthebridegroomandthevoiceH6963ofthebrideכַּלָּ֑הka.LahH3618,thesoundH6963ofthemillstones,andthelightוְא֥וֹרve.'orH216ofthelampנֵֽר׃NerH5216.

11Andthiswholelandהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776shallbeH1961adesolationH8047,andanastonishment;andthesenationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471shallserveוְעָ֨בְד֜וּve.'A.ve.DuH5647thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894seventyשִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָֽה׃sha.NahH8141.

12Anditshallcometopass,whenseventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָ֡הsha.NahH8141areaccomplished,thatIwillpunishH6485thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶל֩ba.VelH894,andthatnationהַגּ֨וֹיha.GoyH1471, saithJehovah,fortheiriniquityעֲוֹנָ֖ם'a.vo.NamH5771,andthelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776oftheChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֑יםkas.DimH3778;andIwillmakeוְשַׂמְתִּ֥יve.sam.TiH7760itdesolateforeverH5769.

13AndIwillbringוְהֵֽבֵאתִי֙ve.he.ve.tiH935uponthatlandהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776allmywordsדְּבָרַ֖יde.va.RaiH1697whichIhavepronouncedagainstit,evenallthatiswrittenH3789inthisbookבַּסֵּ֣פֶרba.Se.ferH5612,whichJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414hathprophesiedH5012againstallthenationsהַגּוֹיִֽם׃ha.go.YimH1471.

14Formanyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227nationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471andgreatגְּדוֹלִ֑יםge.do.LimH1419kingsוּמְלָכִ֖יםu.me.la.KhimH4428shallmakebondmenofthem,evenofthem;andIwillrecompensethemaccordingtotheirdeedsH4639,andaccordingtotheworkוּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֥הu.khe.ma.'a.SehH4639oftheirhandsיְדֵיהֶֽם׃ סye.dei.HemH3027.

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