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Jeremiah 15:15-18

15Youאַתָּ֧ה'a.TahH859understandיָדַ֣עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045,O LORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068;remember meזָכְרֵ֤נִיza.khe.Re.niH2142and attend to meוּפָקְדֵ֙נִי֙u.fa.ke.De.niH6485.Avenge meוְהִנָּ֤קֶםve.hi.Na.kemH5358againstmy persecutorsמֵרֹ֣דְפַ֔יme.Ro.de.FaiH7291.In Your patienceלְאֶ֥רֶךְ אַפְּךָ֖le.'E.rekh 'a.pe.KhaH750 H639,do notאַל־'al-H408take me awayתִּקָּחֵ֑נִיti.ka.Che.niH3947.Know thatדַּ֕עda'H3045I endureשְׂאֵתִ֥יse.'e.TiH5375reproachחֶרְפָּֽה׃cher.PahH2781for Your honorעָלֶ֖יךָ'a.Lei.khaH5921.

16Your wordsדְבָרֶ֙יךָ֙de.va.Rei.khaH1697were foundנִמְצְא֤וּnim.tze.'UH4672,and I ate themוָאֹ֣כְלֵ֔םva.'O.khe.LemH398.Your wordsדְבָֽרְךָ֙de.va.rei.khaH1697becameוַיְהִ֤יvay.HiH1961my joyלְשָׂשׂ֖וֹןle.sa.SonH8342and my heart’sלְבָבִ֑יle.va.ViH3824delightוּלְשִׂמְחַ֣תu.le.sim.ChatH8057.Forכִּֽי־ki-H3588I bearנִקְרָ֤אnik.Ra'H7121Your nameשִׁמְךָ֙ עָלַ֔יshim.Kha 'a.LaiH8034 H5921,O LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430of Hostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃ סtze.va.'otH6635.

17I neverלֹֽא־lo'-H3808satיָשַׁ֥בְתִּיya.Shav.tiH3427with the bandבְסוֹד־ve.sod-H5475of revelersמְשַׂחֲקִ֖יםme.sa.cha.KimH7832,nor did I celebrate with themוָֽאֶעְלֹ֑זva.'e'.LozH5937.Becauseמִפְּנֵ֤יmi.pe.NeiH6440Your hand was on meיָֽדְךָ֙ya.de.KhaH3027,I satיָשַׁ֔בְתִּיya.Shav.tiH3427aloneבָּדָ֣דba.DadH910,forכִּֽי־ki-H3588You have filled meמִלֵּאתָֽנִי׃ סmi.le.Ta.niH4390with indignationזַ֖עַםZa.'amH2195.

18Whyלָ֣מָּהLa.mahH4100isH1961my painכְאֵבִי֙khe.'e.ViH3511unendingנֶ֔צַחNe.tzachH5331,and my woundוּמַכָּתִ֖יu.ma.ka.TiH4347incurableאֲנוּשָׁ֑ה֙'a.nu.ShahH605,refusingמֵֽאֲנָה֙me.'a.NahH3985to be healedהֵֽרָפֵ֔אhe.ra.Fe'H7495?You have indeed becomeH1961likeכְּמ֣וֹke.MoH3644a mirageאַכְזָ֔ב'akh.ZavH391to me—waterמַ֖יִםMa.yimH4325that is notלֹ֥אlo'H3808thereנֶאֱמָֽנוּ׃ סne.'e.Ma.nuH539.

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