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Jeremiah 8:4-7

4So you are to tellוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559themאֲלֵיהֶ֗ם'a.lei.HemH413this is whatכֹּ֚הkohH3541the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saysאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559: “Do men fallהֲיִפְּל֖וּha.yi.pe.LuH5307and notוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808get up againיָק֑וּמוּ אִם־ya.Ku.mu 'im-H6965 H518?Does one turn awayיָשׁ֖וּבya.ShuvH7725and notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808returnיָשֽׁוּב׃ya.ShuvH7725?

5Whyמַדּ֨וּעַma.Du.a'H4069thenhave theseהַזֶּ֛הha.ZehH2088peopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971turned awayשׁוֹבְבָ֜הsho.VahH7725?Why does Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389always turn awayמְשֻׁבָ֣ה נִצַּ֑חַתme.shu.Vah ni.Tza.chatH4878 H5329?They clingהֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙he.che.Zi.kuH2388to deceitבַּתַּרְמִ֔יתba.tar.MitH8649;they refuseמֵאֲנ֖וּme.'a.NuH3985to returnלָשֽׁוּב׃la.ShuvH7725.

6I have listenedהִקְשַׁ֤בְתִּיhik.Shav.tiH7181and heardוָֽאֶשְׁמָע֙va.'esh.Ma'H8085;they do notלוֹא־lo'-H3808speakיְדַבֵּ֔רוּye.da.Be.ruH1696what is rightכֵ֣ןkhenH3651.Noאֵ֣ין'einH369oneאִ֗ישׁ'IshH376repentsנִחָם֙ni.ChamH5162of hisעַל־'al-H5921wickednessרָ֣עָת֔וֹra.'a.ToH7451,askingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559, ‘Whatמֶ֣הmehH4100have I doneעָשִׂ֑יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213?’Everyoneכֻּלֹּ֗הku.LohH3605has pursuedשָׁ֚בShavH7725his own courseבִּמְר֣וּצָתָ֔םbim.ru.tzo.tamH4794like a horseכְּס֥וּסke.SusH5483chargingשׁוֹטֵ֖ףsho.TefH7857into battleבַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ba.mil.cha.MahH4421.

7Evenגַּם־gam-H1571the storkחֲסִידָ֣הcha.si.DahH2624in the skyבַשָּׁמַ֗יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064knowsיָֽדְעָה֙ya.de.'AhH3045her appointed seasonsמֽוֹעֲדֶ֔יהָmo.'a.Dei.haH4150.The turtledoveוְתֹ֤רve.TorH8449,the swiftוְסִיס֙ve.susH5483,and the thrushוְעָג֔וּרve.'a.GurH5693keepשָׁמְר֖וּsha.me.RuH8104אֶת־'et-H853their timeעֵ֣ת'etH6256of migrationבֹּאָ֑נָהbo.'A.nahH935,but My peopleוְעַמִּ֕יve.'a.MiH5971do notלֹ֣אlo'H3808knowיָֽדְע֔וּya.de.'UH3045אֵ֖ת'etH853the requirementsמִשְׁפַּ֥טmish.PatH4941of the LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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