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Jeremiah 9:4-8

4“Let everyoneH376guardהִשָּׁמֵ֔רוּhi.sha.Me.ruH8104againstוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921his neighborH7453;do notאַל־'al-H408trustתִּבְטָ֑חוּtiv.Ta.chuH982anyכָּל־kol-H3605brotherאָ֖ח'achH251,forכִּ֤יkiH3588everyכָל־khol-H3605brotherאָח֙'achH251deals craftilyH6117,and everyוְכָל־ve.kholH3605friendH7453spreadsיַהֲלֹֽךְ׃ya.ha.LokhH1980slanderרָכִ֥ילra.KhilH7400.

5Each oneוְאִ֤ישׁve.'IshH376betraysיְהָתֵ֔לּוּye.ha.Te.luH2048his friendבְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙be.re.'E.huH7453;noלֹ֣אlo'H3808one tellsיְדַבֵּ֑רוּye.da.Be.ruH1696the truthוֶאֱמֶ֖תve.'e.MetH571.They have taughtלִמְּד֧וּli.me.DuH3925their tonguesלְשׁוֹנָ֛םle.sho.NamH3956to lieדַּבֶּר־ שֶׁ֖קֶרda.ber- She.kerH1696 H8267;they wear themselves outנִלְאֽוּ׃nil.'UH3811committing iniquityהַעֲוֵ֥הha.'a.VehH5753.

6You dwellשִׁבְתְּךָ֖shiv.te.KhaH3427in the midstבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432of deceptionמִרְמָ֑הmir.MahH4820;in their deceitבְּמִרְמָ֛הbe.mir.MahH4820they refuseמֵאֲנ֥וּme.'a.NuH3985to knowדַֽעַת־da.'at-H3045Meאוֹתִ֖י'o.TiH853,”declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDH3068.

7Thereforeלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651this is whatכֹּ֤הkohH3541the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635saysאָמַר֙'a.MarH559: “Beholdהִנְנִ֥יhi.NiH2005,I will refine themצוֹרְפָ֖םtzor.FamH6884and test themוּבְחַנְתִּ֑יםu.ve.chan.TimH974,forכִּֽי־ki-H3588whatאֵ֣יךְ'eikhH349else can I doאֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה'e.'e.SehH6213because ofמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of My peopleעַמִּֽי׃'a.MiH5971?

8Their tonguesלְשׁוֹנָ֖םle.sho.NamH3956are deadlyשָׁח֛וּטsho.chetH7819arrowsחֵ֥ץchetzH2671;they speakדִבֵּ֑רdi.BerH1696deceptionמִרְמָ֣הmir.MahH4820.With his mouthבְּפִ֗יוbe.FivH6310a man speaksיְדַבֵּ֔רye.da.BerH1696peaceשָׁל֤וֹםsha.LomH7965toאֶת־'et-H854his neighborרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙re.'E.huH7453,but in his heartוּבְקִרְבּ֖וֹu.ve.kir.BoH7130he setsיָשִׂ֥יםya.SimH7760a trap for himאָרְבּֽוֹ׃'a.re.BoH696.

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