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Jeremiah 17:5-10

5This is whatכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541the LORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saysאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559: “Cursed isאָר֤וּר'a.RurH779the manהַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ha.Ge.verH1397whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834trustsיִבְטַ֣חyiv.TachH982in mankindבָּֽאָדָ֔םba.'a.DamH120,who makesוְשָׂ֥םve.SamH7760mere fleshבָּשָׂ֖רba.SarH1320his strengthזְרֹע֑וֹze.ro.'OH2220and turnsיָס֥וּרya.SurH5493his heartלִבּֽוֹ׃li.BoH3820fromוּמִן־u.min-H4480the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

6He will beוְהָיָה֙ve.ha.YahH1961like a shrubכְּעַרְעָ֣רke.'ar.'ArH6176in the desertבָּֽעֲרָבָ֔הba.'a.ra.VahH6160;he will notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808seeיִרְאֶ֖הyir.'EhH7200whenכִּי־ki-H3588prosperityט֑וֹבTovH2896comesיָב֣וֹאya.Vo'H935.He will dwellוְשָׁכַ֤ןve.sha.KhanH7931in the parched placesחֲרֵרִים֙cha.re.RimH2788of the desertבַּמִּדְבָּ֔רba.mid.BarH4057,in a saltמְלֵחָ֖הme.le.ChahH4420landאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776where noוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808one livesתֵשֵֽׁב׃ סte.ShevH3427.

7But blessedבָּר֣וּךְba.RukhH1288isthe manהַגֶּ֔בֶרha.Ge.verH1397whoאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834trustsיִבְטַ֖חyiv.TachH982in the LORDבַּֽיהוָ֑הba.Yah.wehH3068,whose confidenceמִבְטַחֽוֹ׃miv.ta.ChoH4009isוְהָיָ֥הve.ha.YahH1961inיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068Him.

8He isוְהָיָ֞הve.ha.YahH1961like a treeכְּעֵ֣ץ׀ke.'EtzH6086plantedשָׁת֣וּלsha.TulH8362byעַל־'al-H5921the watersמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325that sends out its rootsיְשַׁלַּ֣ח שָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יוye.sha.Lach sha.ra.ShavH8328 H7971towardוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921the streamיוּבַל֙yu.ValH3105.It does notוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808fearH3372whenכִּֽי־ki-H3588the heatחֹ֔םChomH2527comesיָבֹ֣אya.Vo'H935,and its leavesעָלֵ֖הוּ'a.Le.huH5929are alwaysוְהָיָ֥הve.ha.YahH1961greenרַֽעֲנָ֑ןra.'a.NanH7488.It does notלֹ֣אlo'H3808worryיִדְאָ֔ג וְלֹ֥אyid.'Ag ve.Lo'H1672 H3808in a yearוּבִשְׁנַ֤תu.vish.NatH8141of droughtבַּצֹּ֙רֶת֙ba.Tzo.retH1226, nordoes it ceaseיָמִ֖ישׁya.MishH4185to produceמֵעֲשׂ֥וֹתme.'a.SotH6213fruitפֶּֽרִי׃Pe.riH6529.

9The heartהַלֵּ֛בha.LevH3820isdeceitfulעָקֹ֥בa.KoH6121above all thingsמִכֹּ֖לmi.KolH3605and beyond cureוְאָנֻ֣שׁ ה֑וּאve.'a.Nush Hu'H605 H1931.Whoמִ֖יmiH4310can understand itיֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃ye.da.'E.nuH3045?

10Iאֲנִ֧י'a.NiH589,the LORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068,searchחֹקֵ֥רcho.KerH2713the heartלֵ֖בlevH3820;I examineבֹּחֵ֣ןbo.ChenH974the mindכְּלָי֑וֹתke.la.YotH3629to rewardוְלָתֵ֤תve.la.TetH5414a manלְאִישׁ֙le.'IshH376according to his wayכִּדְרָכָ֔יוke.dar.kovH1870,by what his deedsמַעֲלָלָֽיו׃ סma.'a.la.LavH4611deserveכִּפְרִ֖יkif.RiH6529.

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