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Jeremiah 13:22-25

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.

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