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Jeremiah 8:4-9

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?

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