Jeremiah 10
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Jeremiah 10:3-5

3Forכִּֽי־ki-H3588the customsחֻקּ֥וֹתchu.KotH2708of the peoplesהָֽעַמִּ֖יםha.'a.MimH5971are worthlessהֶ֣בֶל ה֑וּא כִּֽי־He.vel Hu' ki-H1892H1931H3588;they cut downכְּרָת֔וֹke.ra.ToH3772a treeעֵץ֙'etzH6086from the forestמִיַּ֣עַרmi.Ya.'arH3293;it is shapedמַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.SehH4639with a chiselבַּֽמַּעֲצָֽד׃Ba.ma.'a.TzadH4621by the handsיְדֵ֥י־ye.Dei-H3027of a craftsmanחָרָ֖שׁcha.RashH2796.
4They adorn itיְיַפֵּ֑הוּye.ya.Pe.huH3302with silverבְּכֶ֥סֶףbe.Khe.sefH3701and goldוּבְזָהָ֖בu.ve.za.HavH2091and fasten itיְחַזְּק֖וּםye.cha.ze.KumH2388with hammerוּבְמַקָּב֛וֹתu.ve.ma.ka.VotH4717and nailsבְּמַסְמְר֧וֹתbe.mas.me.RotH4548,so that it will notוְל֥וֹאve.Lo'H3808totterיָפִֽיק׃ya.FikH6328.
5Like scarecrowsכְּתֹ֨מֶרke.To.merH8560in a cucumber patchמִקְשָׁ֥הmik.ShahH4750,their idolsהֵ֙מָּה֙he.mahH1992cannotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808speakיְדַבֵּ֔רוּye.da.Be.ruH1696.They must be carriedH5375becauseכִּ֣יkiH3588they cannotלֹ֣אlo'H3808walkיִצְעָ֑דוּyitz.'A.duH6805.Do notאַל־'al-H408fearתִּֽירְא֤וּti.re.'UH3372them,forכִּי־ki-H3588they can do noלֹ֣אlo'H3808harmיָרֵ֔עוּya.Re.'uH7489,andוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571neither can theyאֵ֥ין אוֹתָֽם׃ ס'ein 'o.TamH369H854do any goodהֵיטֵ֖יבhei.TeivH3190.”
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