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Jeremiah 8:4-22

4Moreoverthou shaltsayH559untothem,Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saithJehovah:Shallmenfallהֲיִפְּל֖וּha.yi.pe.LuH5307,andnotriseH6965upagain?Shalloneturnיָשׁ֖וּבya.ShuvH7725awayH7725,andnotreturnיָשֽׁוּב׃ya.ShuvH7725?

5Whyמַדּ֨וּעַma.Du.a'H4069thenisthispeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389sliddenbackH7725byaperpetual backsliding?theyholdהֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙he.che.Zi.kuH2388fastdeceit,theyrefuseH3985toreturnH7725.

6IhearkenedandheardH8085,buttheyspakenotaright:nomanH376repentethhimofhiswickednessרָ֣עָת֔וֹra.'a.ToH7451,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559,WhathaveIdone?everyoneH376turnethtohiscourseבִּמְר֣וּצָתָ֔םbim.ru.tzo.tamH4794,asahorseכְּס֥וּסke.SusH5483thatrusheth headlonginthebattleבַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ba.mil.cha.MahH4421.

7Yea,thestorkחֲסִידָ֣הcha.si.DahH2624intheheavensבַשָּׁמַ֗יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064knowethherappointedמֽוֹעֲדֶ֔יהָmo.'a.Dei.haH4150timesעֵ֣ת'etH6256;andtheturtle-doveandtheswallowandthecraneוְעָג֔וּרve.'a.GurH5693observeH8104thetimeH6256oftheircomingH935;butmypeopleוְעַמִּ֕יve.'a.MiH5971knowH3045notthelawofJehovah.

8Howאֵיכָ֤ה'ei.KhahH349doyesayתֹֽאמְרוּ֙to.me.RuH559,Wearewiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450,andthelawוְתוֹרַ֥תve.to.RatH8451ofJehovahiswithus?But,behold,thefalsepenofthescribesH5608hath wroughtfalsely.

9Thewiseחֲכָמִ֔יםcha.kha.MimH2450menareputהֹבִ֣ישׁוּho.Vi.shuH954toshameH954,theyaredismayedחַ֖תּוּCha.tuH2865andtakenH3920:lo,theyhaverejectedמָאָ֔סוּma.'A.suH3988thewordבִדְבַר־vid.var-H1697ofJehovah;andwhatmannerH1697ofwisdomוְחָכְמַֽת־ve.cha.khe.mat-H2451isinthem?

10Thereforeלָכֵן֩la.KhenH3651willIgiveאֶתֵּ֨ן'e.TenH5414theirwivesH802untoothersלַאֲחֵרִ֗יםla.'a.che.RimH312,andtheirfieldsשְׂדֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙se.do.tei.HemH7704tothemthatshallpossessH3423them:foreveryonefromtheleastevenuntothegreatestגָּד֔וֹלga.DolH1419isgivenH5414tocovetousness;fromtheprophetמִנָּבִיא֙mi.na.Vi'H5030evenuntothepriestכֹּהֵ֔ןko.HenH3548everyonedealethfalsely.

11Andtheyhavehealedוַיְרַפּ֞וּvay.ra.PuH7495thehurtofthedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofmypeopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971slightly,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559,Peaceשָׁל֣וֹם׀sha.LomH7965,peaceשָׁל֑וֹםsha.LomH7965;whenthereisnopeaceשָׁלֽוֹם׃sha.LomH7965.

12WeretheyashamedH954whentheyhadcommittedabominationתוֹעֵבָ֖הto.'e.VahH8441? nay,theywerenotatallashamedH954,neithercouldtheyblush:thereforeלָכֵ֞ןla.KhenH3651shalltheyfallיִפְּל֣וּyi.pe.LuH5307amongthemthatfallבַנֹּפְלִ֗יםva.no.fe.LimH5307;inthetimeבְּעֵ֧תbe.'EtH6256oftheirvisitationtheyshallbecastH5307downH5307, saithJehovah.

13Iwillutterly consumethem, saithJehovah:thereshallbenograpesonthevineבַּגֶּ֜פֶןba.Ge.fenH1612,norfigsH8384onthefig-tree,andtheleafH5929shallfade;andthethingsthatIhavegivenH5414themshallpassיַעַבְרֽוּם׃ya.'av.RumH5674awayfromthem.

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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