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Jeremiah 13:18-27

18Sayאֱמֹ֥ר'e.MorH559to the kingלַמֶּ֛לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428and to the queen motherוְלַגְּבִירָ֖הve.la.ge.vi.RahH1377: “Take a lowlyהַשְׁפִּ֣ילוּhash.Pi.luH8213seatשֵׁ֑בוּShe.vuH3427,forכִּ֤יkiH3588your gloriousתִּֽפְאַרְתְּכֶֽם׃Tif.'ar.te.KhemH8597crownsעֲטֶ֖רֶת'a.Te.retH5850have fallenיָרַד֙ya.RadH3381from your headsמַרְאֲשׁ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םmar.'a.Sho.tei.KhemH4761.”

19The citiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892of the Negevהַנֶּ֛גֶבha.Ne.gevH5045have been shut tightסֻגְּר֖וּsu.ge.RuH5462,and no oneוְאֵ֣יןve.'EinH369can open themפֹּתֵ֑חַpo.Te.achH6605.Allכֻּלָּ֖הּku.LahH3605Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063has been carried into exileהָגְלָ֧תha.ge.LatH1540,whollyשְׁלוֹמִֽים׃ סshe.lo.MimH7965taken captiveהָגְלָ֥תha.ge.LatH1540.

20Lift upשְׂא֤וּse.'iH5375your eyesעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙'ei.nei.KhemH5869and seeוּרְא֔וּu.re.'iH7200those comingהַבָּאִ֖יםha.ba.'ImH935from the northמִצָּפ֑וֹןmi.tza.FonH6828.Whereאַיֵּ֗ה'ai.YehH346is the flockהָעֵ֙דֶר֙ha.'E.derH5739entrustedנִתַּן־ni.tan-H5414to you,the sheepצֹ֖אןtzonH6629that were your prideתִּפְאַרְתֵּֽךְ׃tif.'ar.TekhH8597?

21Whatמַה־mah-H4100will you sayתֹּֽאמְרִי֙to.me.RiH559whenכִּֽי־ki-H3588He setsיִפְקֹ֣דyif.KodH6485over youעָלַ֔יִךְ'a.La.yikhH5921closeאַלֻּפִ֖ים'a.lu.FimH441alliesלְרֹ֑אשׁle.RoshH7218whom youוְ֠אַתְּVe.'atH859yourself trainedלִמַּ֨דְתְּli.MadtH3925אֹתָ֥ם'o.TamH853עָלַ֛יִךְ'a.La.yikhH5921?Will notהֲל֤וֹאha.Lo'H3808pangs of anguishחֲבָלִים֙cha.va.LimH2256grip youיֹאחֱז֔וּךְyo.che.ZukhH270,asכְּמ֖וֹke.MoH3644they do a womanאֵ֥שֶׁת'E.shetH802in laborלֵדָֽה׃le.DahH3205?

22And ifוְכִ֤יve.KhiH3588you askתֹאמְרִי֙to.me.RiH559yourselfבִּלְבָבֵ֔ךְbil.va.VekhH3824, “Whyמַדּ֖וּעַma.Du.a'H4069has thisאֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehH428happened to meקְרָאֻ֣נִיke.ra.'U.niH7122?”It is because of the magnitudeבְּרֹ֧בbe.RoH7230of your iniquityעֲוֹנֵ֛ךְ'a.vo.NekhH5771that your skirtsשׁוּלַ֖יִךְshu.La.yikhH7757have been stripped offנִגְל֥וּnig.LuH1540andyour bodyעֲקֵבָֽיִךְ׃'a.ke.Va.yikhH6119has been exposedנֶחְמְס֥וּnech.me.SuH2554.

23Can the Ethiopianכּוּשִׁי֙ku.ShiH3569changeהֲיַהֲפֹ֤ךְha.ya.ha.FokhH2015his skinעוֹר֔וֹo.RoH5785,or the leopardוְנָמֵ֖רve.na.MerH5246his spotsחֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָ֑יוcha.var.bu.ro.TavH2272?Neitherגַּם־gam-H1571are youאַתֶּם֙'a.TemH859ableתּוּכְל֣וּtu.khe.LuH3201to do goodלְהֵיטִ֔יבle.hei.TivH3190—you who are accustomedלִמֻּדֵ֖יli.mu.DeiH3928to doing evilהָרֵֽעַ׃ha.Re.a'H7489.

24“I will scatter youוַאֲפִיצֵ֖םva.'a.fi.TzemH6327like chaffכְּקַשׁ־ke.kash-H7179drivenעוֹבֵ֑רo.VerH5674by the desertמִדְבָּֽר׃mid.BarH4057windלְר֖וּחַle.Ru.achH7307.

25Thisזֶ֣הzehH2088is your lotגוֹרָלֵ֧ךְgo.ra.LekhH1486,the portionמְנָת־me.not-H4521I haveמֵֽאִתִּ֖יme.'i.TiH854measured to youמִדַּ֛יִךְmi.Da.yikhH4055,”declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, “becauseאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834you have forgotten Meשָׁכַ֣חַתְּsha.Kha.chatH7911אוֹתִ֔י'o.TiH853and trustedוַֽתִּבְטְחִ֖יva.tiv.te.ChiH982in falsehoodבַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃ba.Sha.kerH8267.

26Soוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571Iאֲנִ֛י'a.NiH589will pull your skirtsשׁוּלַ֖יִךְshu.La.yikhH7757upחָשַׂ֥פְתִּיcha.Saf.tiH2834overעַל־'al-H5921your faceפָּנָ֑יִךְpa.Na.yikhH6440,that your shameקְלוֹנֵֽךְ׃ke.lo.NekhH7036may be seenוְנִרְאָ֖הve.nir.'AhH7200.

27Your adulteriesנִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְni.'u.Fa.yikhH5004and lustful neighingsוּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙u.mitz.ha.lo.Ta.yikhH4684,your shamelessזִמַּ֣תzi.MatH2154prostitutionזְנוּתֵ֔ךְze.nu.TekhH2184onעַל־'al-H5921the hillsגְּבָעוֹת֙ge.va.'OtH1389andin the fieldsבַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.DehH7704—I have seenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200your detestable actsשִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְshi.ku.Tza.yikhH8251.Woeא֥וֹי'oH188to you,O Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389!How longאַחֲרֵ֥י מָתַ֖י עֹֽד׃ פ'a.cha.Rei ma.Tai 'OdH310 H4970 H5750will you remainתִטְהֲרִ֔יtit.ha.RiH2891uncleanלֹ֣אlo'H3808?”

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