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Jeremiah 1:11-14

11And the wordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068cameוַיְהִ֤יvay.HiH1961to meאֵלַ֣י'e.LaiH413,askingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, “Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֑הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,whatמָה־mah-H4100do youאַתָּ֥ה'a.TahH859seeרֹאֶ֖הro.'EhH7200?” “Iאֲנִ֥י'a.NiH589seeרֹאֶֽה׃ro.'EhH7200a branchמַקֵּ֥לma.KelH4731of an almond treeשָׁקֵ֖דsha.KedH8247,”I repliedוָאֹמַ֕רva.'o.MarH559.

12“You have observedלִרְא֑וֹתlir.'otH7200correctlyהֵיטַ֣בְתָּhei.Tav.taH3190,”saidוַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559the LORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068אֵלַ֖י'e.LaiH413, “forכִּֽי־ki-H3588Iאֲנִ֛י'a.NiH589am watchingשֹׁקֵ֥דsho.KedH8245overעַל־'al-H5921My wordדְּבָרִ֖יde.va.RiH1697to accomplish itלַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃ פla.'a.so.ToH6213.”

13Againשֵׁנִ֣יתshe.NitH8145the wordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of the LORDיְהוָ֤ה׀Yah.wehH3068cameוַיְהִ֨יvay.HiH1961to meאֵלַי֙'e.LaiH413,askingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, “Whatמָ֥הmahH4100do youאַתָּ֖ה'a.TahH859seeרֹאֶ֑הro.'EhH7200?” “Iאֲנִ֣י'a.NiH589seeרֹאֶ֔הro.'EhH7200a boilingנָפ֙וּחַ֙na.Fu.achH5301potסִ֤ירsirH5518,”I repliedוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559, “and it is tilting toward usוּפָנָ֖יוu.fa.NavH6440fromמִפְּנֵ֥יmi.pe.NeiH6440the northצָפֽוֹנָה׃tza.Fo.nahH6828.”

14Then the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to meאֵלָ֑י'e.LaiH413, “Disasterהָרָעָ֔הha.ra.'AhH7451from the northמִצָּפוֹן֙mi.tza.fOnH6828will be poured outתִּפָּתַ֣חti.pa.TachH6605onעַ֥ל'alH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605who liveיֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.VeiH3427in the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

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