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Jeremiah 25:8-14

8Thereforeלָכֵ֕ןla.KhenH3651this is whatכֹּ֥הkohH3541the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635saysאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559: ‘Becauseיַ֕עַןYa.'anH3282אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834you have notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808obeyedשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םshe.ma'.TemH8085אֶת־'et-H853My wordsדְּבָרָֽי׃de.va.RaiH1697,

9beholdהִנְנִ֣יhi.NiH2005,I will summonשֹׁלֵ֡חַ וְלָקַחְתִּי֩sho.Le.ach ve.la.kach.TiH7971 H3947אֶת־'et-H853allכָּל־kol-H3605the familiesמִשְׁפְּח֨וֹתmish.pe.ChotH4940of the northצָפ֜וֹןtza.FonH6828,declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,andוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413I will send forMy servantעַבְדִּי֒'av.DiH5650Nebuchadnezzarנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.re.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶל֮ba.VelH894,whom I will bringוַהֲבִ֨אֹתִ֜יםva.ha.Vi.'o.TimH935againstעַל־'al-H5921thisהַזֹּאת֙ha.zoTH2063landהָאָ֤רֶץha.'A.retzH776,againstוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921its residentsיֹ֣שְׁבֶ֔יהָyo.she.Vei.haH3427,and againstוְעַ֛לve.'AlH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605theהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428surroundingסָבִ֑יבsa.VivH5439nationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471.So I will devote them to destructionוְהַ֣חֲרַמְתִּ֔יםve.Ha.cha.ram.TimH2763and make themוְשַׂמְתִּים֙ve.sam.TimH7760an object of horrorלְשַׁמָּ֣הle.sha.MahH8047and contemptוְלִשְׁרֵקָ֔הve.lish.re.KahH8322,an everlastingעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769desolationוּלְחָרְב֖וֹתu.le.cha.re.VotH2723.

10Moreover, I will banishוְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֣יve.ha.'a.vad.TiH6from themthe soundsק֤וֹלKolH6963of joyשָׂשׂוֹן֙sa.sOnH8342and gladnessשִׂמְחָ֔הsim.ChahH8057,the voicesוְק֣וֹלve.KolH6963of the brideכַּלָּ֑הka.LahH3618andק֥וֹלKolH6963bridegroomחָתָ֖ן וְק֣וֹלcha.Tan ve.KolH2860 H6963,the soundק֥וֹלKolH6963of the millstonesרֵחַ֖יִםre.Cha.yimH7347,and the lightוְא֥וֹרve.'orH216of the lampנֵֽר׃NerH5216.

11And thisהַזֹּ֔אתha.ZotH2063wholeכָּל־kol-H3605landהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776will becomeוְהָֽיְתָה֙ve.ha.ye.TahH1961a desolateלְחָרְבָּ֖הle.cha.re.BahH2723wastelandלְשַׁמָּ֑הle.sha.MahH8047,and theseהָאֵ֛לֶּהha.'E.lehH428אֶת־'et-H853nationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471will serveוְעָ֨בְד֜וּve.'A.ve.DuH5647the kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894for seventyשִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָֽה׃sha.NahH8141.

12But whenוְהָיָ֣הve.ha.YahH1961seventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָ֡הsha.NahH8141are completeכִמְלֹ֣אותkhim.LotH4390,I will punishאֶפְקֹ֣ד עַל־'ef.Kod 'al-H6485 H5921the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶל֩ וְעַל־ba.Vel ve.'al-H894 H5921and thatהַה֧וּאha.Hu'H1931nationהַגּ֨וֹיha.GoyH1471,the landאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֑יםkas.DimH3778,for their guiltעֲוֹנָ֖ם וְעַל־'a.vo.Nam ve.'al-H5771 H5921,declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068אֶת־'et-H853,and I will makeוְשַׂמְתִּ֥יve.sam.TiH7760itאֹת֖וֹ'o.ToH853an everlastingעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769desolationלְשִֽׁמְמ֥וֹתle.shi.MotH8077.

13I will bringוְהֵֽבֵאתִי֙ve.he.ve.tiH935uponעַל־'al-H5921thatהַהִ֔יאha.Hi'H1931אֶת־'et-H853landהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776allכָּל־kol-H3605the wordsדְּבָרַ֖יde.va.RaiH1697אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834I have pronouncedדִּבַּ֣רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696against itעָלֶ֑יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921אֵ֤ת'etH853,allכָּל־kol-H3605that is writtenהַכָּתוּב֙ha.ka.TuvH3789in thisהַזֶּ֔הha.ZehH2088bookבַּסֵּ֣פֶרba.Se.ferH5612,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414has prophesiedנִבָּ֥אni.Ba'H5012againstעַל־'al-H5921allכָּל־kol-H3605the nationsהַגּוֹיִֽם׃ha.go.YimH1471.

14Forכִּ֣יkiH3588manyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227nationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471and greatגְּדוֹלִ֑יםge.do.LimH1419kingsוּמְלָכִ֖יםu.me.la.KhimH4428will enslaveעָֽבְדוּ־'a.ve.du-H5647גַּם־gam-H1571themהֵ֙מָּה֙he.mahH1992,and I will repayוְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֥יve.shi.lam.TiH7999themaccording to their deedsכְּפָעֳלָ֖םke.fo.'o.LamH6467and according to the workוּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֥הu.khe.ma.'a.SehH4639of their handsיְדֵיהֶֽם׃ סye.dei.HemH3027.’”

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