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Jeremiah 6:4-7

4‘Prepareקַדְּשׁ֤וּka.de.ShuH6942for battleמִלְחָמָ֔הmil.cha.MahH4421against herעָלֶ֙יהָ֙'a.Lei.haH5921;rise upק֖וּמוּKu.muH6965,let us attackוְנַעֲלֶ֣הve.na.'a.LehH5927at noonבַֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםva.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672.Woeא֥וֹי'oH188to us,forכִּי־ki-H3588the daylightהַיּ֔וֹם כִּ֥יhai.Yom kiH3117 H3588is fadingפָנָ֣הfa.NahH6437;the eveningעָֽרֶב׃'A.revH6153shadowsצִלְלֵי־tzi.lei-H6752grow longיִנָּט֖וּyi.na.TuH5186.

5Rise upק֚וּמוּKu.muH6965,let us attackוְנַעֲלֶ֣הve.na.'a.LehH5927by nightבַלָּ֔יְלָהva.La.ye.lahH3915and destroyוְנַשְׁחִ֖יתָהve.nash.Chi.tahH7843her fortressesאַרְמְנוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ ס'ar.me.no.Tei.haH759!’”

6Forכִּ֣יkiH3588this is whatכֹ֤הkhohH3541the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635saysאָמַר֙'a.MarH559: “Cut downכִּרְת֣וּkir.TuH3772the treesעֵצָ֔ה'e.TzahH6097and raiseוְשִׁפְכ֥וּve.shif.KhuH8210a siege rampסֹלְלָ֑הso.le.LahH5550againstעַל־'al-H5921Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389.Thisהִ֚יאhi'H1931cityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892must be punishedהָפְקַ֔דha.fe.KadH6485;there is nothing butכֻּלָּ֖הּku.LahH3605oppressionעֹ֥שֶׁק'O.shekH6233in her midstבְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃be.kir.BahH7130.

7As a wellH953gushesכְּהָקִ֥ירke.ha.KirH6979its waterמֵימֶ֔יהָmei.Mei.haH4325,soכֵּ֖ןkenH3651she pours outהֵקֵ֣רָהhe.Ke.rahH6979her evilרָעָתָ֑הּra.'a.TahH7451.Violenceחָמָ֣סcha.MasH2555and destructionוָ֠שֹׁדVa.shodH7701resoundיִשָּׁ֨מַעyi.Sha.ma'H8085in her;sicknessחֳלִ֥יcho.LiH2483and woundsוּמַכָּֽה׃u.ma.KahH4347are everתָּמִ֖ידta.MidH8548beforeעַל־'al-H5921Meפָּנַ֛יpa.NaiH6440.

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