Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 2:29-32

29Whyלָ֥מָּהLa.mahH4100do you bring a caseתָרִ֖יבוּta.Ri.vuH7378against Meאֵלָ֑י'e.LaiH413?You have allכֻּלְּכֶ֛םku.le.KhemH3605rebelledפְּשַׁעְתֶּ֥םpe.sha'.TemH6586against Me,”declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

30“I have struckהִכֵּ֣יתִיhi.Kei.tiH5221אֶת־'et-H853your sonsבְּנֵיכֶ֔םbe.nei.KhemH1121in vainלַשָּׁוְא֙la.shaV'H7723;they acceptedלָקָ֑חוּla.Ka.chuH3947noלֹ֣אlo'H3808disciplineמוּסָ֖רmu.SarH4148.Your own swordחַרְבְּכֶ֛םchar.be.KhemH2719has devouredאָכְלָ֧ה'a.khe.LahH398your prophetsנְבִֽיאֵיכֶ֖םne.vi.'ei.KhemH5030like a voraciousמַשְׁחִֽית׃mash.ChitH7843lionכְּאַרְיֵ֥הke.'ar.YehH738.”

31Youאַתֶּם֙'a.TemH859peopleof this generationהַדּ֗וֹרha.DorH1755,considerרְא֣וּre.'UH7200the wordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068: “Have I beenהָיִ֙יתִי֙ha.Yi.tiH1961a wildernessהֲמִדְבָּ֤רha.mid.BarH4057to Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478orאִ֛ם'imH518a landאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of dense darknessמַאְפֵּ֖לְיָ֑הma'.Pe.le.YahH3991?Whyמַדּ֜וּעַma.Du.a'H4069do My peopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971sayאָמְר֤וּ'a.me.RuH559, ‘We are free to roamרַ֔דְנוּRad.nuH7300;we willלֽוֹא־lo'-H3808comeנָב֥וֹאna.Vo'H935to Youאֵלֶֽיךָ׃'e.Lei.khaH413no moreע֖וֹדodH5750’?

32Does a maidenבְּתוּלָה֙be.tu.LahH1330forgetהֲתִשְׁכַּ֤חha.tish.KachH7911her jewelryעֶדְיָ֔הּ'ed.YahH5716or a brideכַּלָּ֖הka.LahH3618her wedding sashקִשֻּׁרֶ֑יהָki.shu.Rei.haH7196?Yet My peopleוְעַמִּ֣יve.'a.MiH5971have forgotten Meשְׁכֵח֔וּנִיshe.khe.Chu.niH7911for daysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117withoutאֵ֥ין'einH369numberמִסְפָּֽר׃mis.ParH4557.

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