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Jeremiah 2:17-19

17Have you notהֲלוֹא־ha.lo'-H3808broughtתַּעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213thisזֹ֖אתzotH2063on yourselfby forsakingעָזְבֵךְ֙'a.ze.veKhH5800אֶת־'et-H853the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהַ֔יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430whenבְּעֵ֖תbe.'EtH6256He led youמוֹלִיכֵ֥ךְmo.li.KhekhH1980in the wayבַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ba.Da.rekhH1870?

18Nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258what will you gainמַה־mah-H4100on your wayלְדֶ֣רֶךְle.De.rekhH1870to Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714to drinkלִשְׁתּ֖וֹתlish.TotH8354the watersמֵ֣יmeiH4325of the Nileשִׁח֑וֹרshi.ChorH7883?What will you gainוּמַה־u.mah-H4100on your wayלְדֶ֣רֶךְle.De.rekhH1870to Assyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804to drinkלִשְׁתּ֖וֹתlish.TotH8354the watersמֵ֥יmeiH4325of the Euphratesנָהָֽר׃na.HarH5104?

19Your own evilרָעָתֵ֗ךְra.'a.TekhH7451will discipline youתְּיַסְּרֵ֣ךְte.ya.se.RekhH3256;your own apostasiesוּמְשֻֽׁבוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙u.me.shu.vo.Ta.yikhH4878will reprimand youתּוֹכִחֻ֔ךְto.khi.ChukhH3198.Considerוּדְעִ֤יu.de.'IH3045and realizeוּרְאִי֙u.re.'IH7200howכִּי־ki-H3588evilרַ֣עra'H7451and bitter it isוָמָ֔רva.MarH4751for you to forsakeעָזְבֵ֖ךְ'a.ze.VekhH5800אֶת־'et-H853the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהָ֑יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430and to haveאֵלַ֔יִךְ'e.La.yikhH413noוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808fear of Meפַחְדָּתִי֙fach.da.TiH6345,”declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODיְהוִ֖הYah.wehH3069of Hostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635.

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