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Jeremiah 31:16-21

16This is whatכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541the LORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saysאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559: “Keepמִנְעִ֤יmin.'IH4513your voiceקוֹלֵךְ֙ko.leKhH6963from weepingמִבֶּ֔כִיmi.Be.khiH1065and your eyesוְעֵינַ֖יִךְve.'ei.Na.yikhH5869from tearsמִדִּמְעָ֑הmi.dim.'AhH1832,forכִּי֩kiH3588the rewardשָׂכָ֤רsa.KharH7939for your workלִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ֙lif.'u.la.teKhH6468will comeיֵ֨שׁyeshH3426,declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068.Then your children will returnוְשָׁ֖בוּve.Sha.vuH7725from the landמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776of the enemyאוֹיֵֽב׃'o.YevH341.

17So there isוְיֵשׁ־ve.yesh-H3426hopeתִּקְוָ֥הtik.VahH8615for your futureלְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְle.'a.cha.ri.TekhH319,declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,and your childrenבָנִ֖יםva.NimH1121will returnוְשָׁ֥בוּve.Sha.vuH7725to their own landלִגְבוּלָֽם׃ סlig.vu.LamH1366.

18I have surely heardH8085Ephraim’sאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669moaningמִתְנוֹדֵ֔דmit.no.DedH5110: ‘You disciplined me severelyH3256,like an untrainedלֹ֣א לֻמָּ֑דlo' lu.MadH3808 H3925calfכְּעֵ֖גֶלke.'E.gelH5695.Restore meהֲשִׁיבֵ֣נִיha.shi.Ve.niH7725,that I may returnוְאָשׁ֔וּבָהve.'a.Shu.vahH7725,forכִּ֥יkiH3588Youאַתָּ֖ה'a.TahH859arethe LORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068my Godאֱלֹהָֽי׃'e.lo.HaiH430.

19כִּֽי־ki-H3588Afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310I returnedשׁוּבִי֙shu.ViH7725,I repentedנִחַ֔מְתִּיni.Cham.tiH5162;and afterוְאַֽחֲרֵי֙ve.'a.cha.ReiH310I was instructedהִוָּ֣דְעִ֔יhi.Va.de.'IH3045,I struckסָפַ֖קְתִּי עַל־sa.Fak.ti 'al-H5606 H5921my thighin griefיָרֵ֑ךְya.RekhH3409.I was ashamedבֹּ֚שְׁתִּיBo.she.tiH954andוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571humiliatedנִכְלַ֔מְתִּיnikh.Lam.tiH3637becauseכִּ֥יkiH3588I boreנָשָׂ֖אתִיna.Sa.tiH5375the disgraceחֶרְפַּ֥תcher.PatH2781of my youthנְעוּרָֽי׃ne.'u.RaiH5271.’

20Is not Ephraimאֶפְרַ֗יִם אִ֚ם'ef.Ra.yim 'imH669 H518a preciousיַקִּ֨ירya.KirH3357sonהֲבֵן֩ha.VenH1121to Me,a delightfulשַׁעֲשֻׁעִ֔ים כִּֽי־sha.'a.shu.'Im ki-H8191 H3588childיֶ֣לֶדYe.ledH3206?Though I oftenמִדֵּ֤יmi.DeiH1767speakדַבְּרִי֙da.be.RiH1696against him,I stillע֑וֹדodH5750remember himH2142.Thereforeעַל־ כֵּ֗ן'al- KenH5921 H3651My heartמֵעַי֙me.'AiH4578yearns for himהָמ֤וּha.MuH1993;I have great compassion for himH7355,”declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

21“Set upהַצִּ֧יבִיha.Tzi.viH5324the road markersצִיֻּנִ֗יםtzi.yu.NimH6725,put upשִׂ֤מִיSi.miH7760the signpostsתַּמְרוּרִ֔יםtam.ru.RimH8564.Keep the highwayלַֽמְסִלָּ֖הlam.si.LahH4546in mindשִׁ֣תִי לִבֵּ֔ךְShi.ti li.BekhH7896 H3820,the roadדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870you have traveledהָלָ֑כְתְּha.la.khe.tiH1980.Returnשׁ֚וּבִיShu.viH7725,O Virginבְּתוּלַ֣תbe.tu.LatH1330Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,returnשֻׁ֖בִיShu.viH7725toאֶל־'el-H413theseאֵֽלֶּה׃'E.lehH428cities of yoursעָרַ֥יִךְ'a.Ra.yikhH5892.

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