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Jeremiah 18:5-10

5Then the wordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068cameוַיְהִ֥יvay.HiH1961to meאֵלַ֥י'e.LaiH413,sayingלֵאמֽוֹר׃le.MorH559,

6“O houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,canאוּכַ֨ל'u.KhalH3201I notלֹא־lo'-H3808treatלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213youas thisהַזֶּ֜הha.ZehH2088potterהֲכַיּוֹצֵ֨רha.khai.yo.TzerH3335treats his clay?Justהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009like clayכַחֹ֙מֶר֙kha.Cho.merH2563in the potter’sהַיּוֹצֵ֔רhai.yo.TzerH3335handבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027,soכֵּן־ken-H3651are youאַתֶּ֥ם'a.TemH859in My handבְּיָדִ֖יbe.ya.DiH3027,O houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סYis.ra.'ElH3478.

7At any timeרֶ֣גַעRe.ga'H7281I might announceאֲדַבֵּ֔ר'a.da.BerH1696thatעַל־'al-H5921a nationגּ֖וֹי וְעַל־Goy ve.'al-H1471 H5921or kingdomמַמְלָכָ֑הmam.la.KhahH4467will be uprootedלִנְת֥וֹשׁlin.To.oshH5428,torn downוְלִנְת֖וֹץve.lin.TotzH5422,and destroyedוּֽלְהַאֲבִֽיד׃U.le.ha.'a.VidH6.

8But if thatהַה֔וּאha.Hu'H1931nationהַגּ֣וֹיha.GoyH1471I warnedדִּבַּ֖רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696עָלָ֑יו'a.LavH5921turnsוְשָׁב֙ve.ShavH7725from its evilמֵרָ֣עָת֔וֹme.Ra.'a.ToH7451אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834,then I will relentוְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙ve.ni.cham.TiH5162ofעַל־'al-H5921the disasterהָ֣רָעָ֔הha.ra.'AhH7451אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834I had plannedחָשַׁ֖בְתִּיcha.Shav.tiH2803to bringלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213.

9And if at another timeוְרֶ֣גַעve.Re.ga'H7281I announceאֲדַבֵּ֔ר עַל־'a.da.Ber 'al-H1696 H5921that I will build upלִבְנֹ֖תliv.NotH1129and establishוְלִנְטֹֽעַ׃ve.lin.To.a'H5193a nationגּ֖וֹי וְעַל־Goy ve.'al-H1471 H5921or kingdomמַמְלָכָ֑הmam.la.KhahH4467,

10and if it doesוְעָשָׂ֤הve.'a.SahH6213evilהָרַע֙ha.ra.'ahH7451in My sightבְּעֵינַ֔יbe.'ei.NaiH5869and does notלְבִלְתִּ֖יle.vil.TiH1115listenשְׁמֹ֣עַshe.Mo.a'H8085to My voiceבְּקוֹלִ֑יbe.ko.LiH6963,then I will relentוְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙ve.ni.cham.TiH5162ofעַל־'al-H5921the goodהַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834I had intended for itאָמַ֖רְתִּי לְהֵיטִ֥יב'a.Mar.ti le.hei.TivH559 H3190אוֹתֽוֹ׃ ס'o.ToH853.

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