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Jeremiah 8:7-10

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.

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