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Jeremiah 8:14-22

14WhyH4100dowesitH3427still?assembleyourselves,andletusenterintothefortifiedcitiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892,andletusbesilentthere;forJehovahourGodאֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430hathputustosilence,andgivenH8248uswaterמֵי־mei-H4325ofgalltodrinkוַיַּשְׁקֵ֣נוּvai.yash.Ke.nuH8248,becausewehavesinnedH2398againstJehovah.

15Welookedforpeaceלְשָׁל֖וֹםle.sha.LomH7965,butnogoodט֑וֹבTovH2896came;andforatimeלְעֵ֥תle.'EtH6256ofhealingמַרְפֵּ֖הmar.PehH4832,and,behold, dismay!

16ThesnortingofhishorsesH5483isheardH8085fromDanמִדָּ֤ןmi.DanH1835:atthesoundמִקּוֹל֙mi.kOlH6963oftheneighingofhisstrongonesH47thewholelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776trembleth;fortheyarecomeוַיָּב֗וֹאוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935,andhavedevouredH398thelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776andallthatisinit;thecityעִ֖יר'irH5892andthosethatdwellH3427therein.

17For,behold,Iwillsendמְשַׁלֵּ֜חַme.sha.Le.achH7971serpents, adders, amongyou,whichwillnotbecharmedH3908;andtheyshallbiteyou, saithJehovah.

18OhthatIcould comfortmyselfagainstsorrowיָג֑וֹןya.GonH3015!myheartלִבִּ֥יli.BiH3820isfaintדַוָּֽי׃da.VaiH1742withinme.

19Behold,thevoiceH6963ofthecryשַֽׁוְעַ֣תshav.'AtH7775ofthedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofmypeopleעַמִּ֗י'a.MiH5971fromalandמֵאֶ֙רֶץ֙me.'E.retzH776thatisveryfaroff:isnotJehovahinZionבְּצִיּ֔וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726?isnotherKingמַלְכָּ֖הּmal.KahH4428inher?Whyמַדּ֗וּעַma.Du.a'H4069havetheyprovokedH3707metoangerהִכְעִס֛וּנִיhikh.'i.Su.niH3707withtheirgravenimages,andwithforeignvanitiesבְּהַבְלֵ֥יbe.hav.LeiH1892?

20Theharvestקָצִ֖ירka.TzirH7105ispast,thesummerקָ֑יִץKa.yitzH7019isendedכָּ֣לָהKa.lahH3615,andwearenotsavedH3467.

21Forthehurtofthedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofmypeopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971amIhurt:Imournקָדַ֕רְתִּיka.Dar.tiH6937;dismayhathtakenH2388holdהֶחֱזִקָֽתְנִי׃he.che.zi.Ka.te.niH2388onme.

22Istherenobalmהַצֳרִי֙ha.tzo.RiH6875inGileadבְּגִלְעָ֔דbe.gil.'AdH1568?istherenophysicianH7495there?whyמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ma.Du.a'H4069thenisnotthehealthofthedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofmypeopleעַמִּֽי׃'a.MiH5971recovered?

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