Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 2:23-25

23“Howאֵ֣יךְ'eikhH349can you sayתֹּאמְרִ֞יtom.RiH559, ‘I am notלֹ֣אlo'H3808defiledנִטְמֵ֗אתִיnit.Me.tiH2930;I have notלֹ֣אlo'H3808runהָלַ֔כְתִּיha.Lakh.tiH1980afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310the Baalsהַבְּעָלִים֙ha.be.'a.LimH1168’?Lookרְאִ֤יre.'IH7200at your behaviorדַרְכֵּךְ֙dar.keKhH1870in the valleyבַּגַּ֔יְאba.Gay'H1516;acknowledgeדְּעִ֖יde.'IH3045whatמֶ֣הmehH4100you have doneעָשִׂ֑ית'a.SitH6213.You are a swiftקַלָּ֖הka.LahH7031young she-camelבִּכְרָ֥הbikh.RahH1072galloping here and thereמְשָׂרֶ֥כֶת דְּרָכֶֽיהָ׃me.sa.Re.khet de.ra.Khei.haH8308 H1870,

24a wild donkeyפֶּ֣רֶה׀Pe.rehH6501at home inלִמֻּ֣דli.MudH3928the wildernessמִדְבָּ֗רmid.BarH4057,sniffingשָׁאֲפָ֣הsha.'a.FahH7602the windר֔וּחַRu.achH7307in the heatתַּאֲנָתָ֖הּta.'a.na.TahH8385of herנַפְשָׁהּ֙na.fo.shahH5315desireבְּאַוַּ֤תbe.'a.VatH185.Whoמִ֣יmiH4310can restrain her passionיְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּהye.shi.Ve.nahH7725?Allכָּל־kol-H3605who seek herמְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙me.vak.Shei.haH1245need notלֹ֣אlo'H3808weary themselvesיִיעָ֔פוּyi.'A.fuH3286;in mating seasonבְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּbe.cha.de.ShahH2320they will find herיִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃yim.tza.'U.ne.haH4672.

25You should have keptמִנְעִ֤יmin.'IH4513your feetרַגְלֵךְ֙rag.leKhH7272from going bareמִיָּחֵ֔ףmi.ya.ChefH3182and your throatH1637from being thirstyמִצִּמְאָ֑הmi.tzim.'AhH6773.But you saidוַתֹּאמְרִ֣יva.tom.RiH559, ‘It is hopelessנוֹאָ֔שׁ ל֕וֹאno.'Ash Lo'H2976 H3808!Forכִּֽי־ki-H3588I loveאָהַ֥בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiH157foreignזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114gods,and I must go afterוְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֥םve.'a.cha.rei.HemH310themאֵלֵֽךְ׃'e.LekhH1980.’

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