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Jeremiah 9:9-16

9Should I notH3808punishאֶפְקָד־'ef.kod-H6485themforH5921these thingsאֵ֥לֶּה'E.lehH428?declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068.Should I notH3808avengeתִתְנַקֵּ֖םtit.na.KemH5358Myselfנַפְשִֽׁי׃ סnaf.ShiH5315onאִ֚ם'imH518such a nationבְּג֣וֹיbe.GoyH1471אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834as thisכָּזֶ֔הka.ZehH2088?”

10I will take upאֶשָּׂ֧א'e.Sa'H5375a weepingבְכִ֣יve.KhiH1065and wailingוָנֶ֗הִיva.Ne.hiH5092forעַל־'al-H5921the mountainsהֶ֨הָרִ֜יםhe.ha.RimH2022,a dirgeקִינָ֔הki.NahH7015overוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921the wildernessמִדְבָּר֙mid.BarH4057pastureנְא֤וֹתne.'otH4999,forכִּ֤יkiH3588they have been scorchedנִצְּתוּ֙ni.tze.TuH3341so noH1097oneאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376passes throughעֹבֵ֔ר'o.VerH5674,and the lowingק֣וֹלKolH6963of cattleמִקְנֶ֑הmik.NehH4735is notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808heardשָׁמְע֖וּsha.me.'UH8085.Both the birdsמֵע֤וֹףme.'ofH5775of the airהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064andוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704the beastsבְּהֵמָ֔הbe.he.MahH929have fledנָדְד֖וּna.de.DuH5074;they have gone awayהָלָֽכוּ׃ha.La.khuH1980.

11“And I will makeוְנָתַתִּ֧יve.na.ta.TiH5414H853Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimH3389a heap of rubbleלְגַלִּ֖יםle.ga.LimH1530,a hauntמְע֣וֹןme.'onH4583for jackalsתַּנִּ֑יםta.NimH8577H853;and I will makeאֶתֵּ֥ן'e.TenH5414the citiesעָרֵ֧י'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063a desolationשְׁמָמָ֖הshe.ma.MahH8077,withoutH1097inhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃ סyo.ShevH3427.”

12Whoמִֽי־mi-H4310is the manהָאִ֤ישׁha.'IshH376wiseהֶֽחָכָם֙he.cha.KhamH2450enough to understandוְיָבֵ֣ןve.ya.VenH995H853thisזֹ֔אתZotH2063?To whomH834has the mouthפִּֽי־pi-H6310of the LORDH3068spokenדִּבֶּ֧רdi.BerH1696אֵלָ֖יו'e.LavH413,that he may explain itוְיַגִּדָ֑הּve.ya.gi.DahH5046?Whyמָה֙mahH5921 H4100is the landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776destroyedאָבְדָ֣ה'a.ve.DahH6and scorchedH5327like a desertכַמִּדְבָּ֖רkha.mid.BarH4057,so noמִבְּלִ֖יmi.be.LiH1097one can pass through itעֹבֵֽר׃ ס'o.VerH5674?

13And the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068answeredוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “It is becauseעַל־'al-H5921they have forsakenעָזְבָם֙'a.ze.VamH5800אֶת־'et-H853My lawתּ֣וֹרָתִ֔יto.ra.TiH8451,whichH834I setנָתַ֖תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414before themלִפְנֵיהֶ֑םlif.nei.HemH6440;they have notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808walkedH1980in it orוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808obeyedשָׁמְע֥וּsha.me.'UH8085My voiceבְקוֹלִ֖יve.ko.LiH6963.

14Instead, they have followedוַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ אַחֲרֵ֖יvai.Ye.le.Khu 'a.cha.ReiH1980 H310the stubbornnessשְׁרִר֣וּתshe.ri.RutH8307of their heartsלִבָּ֑םli.BamH3820and gone afterוְאַחֲרֵי֙ve.'a.cha.ReiH310the Baalsהַבְּעָלִ֔יםha.be.'a.LimH1168,asאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834their fathersאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ ס'a.vo.TamH1taught themלִמְּד֖וּםli.me.DumH3925.”

15Thereforeלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651this is whatכֹּֽה־koh-H3541the LORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635,the Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,saysאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559: “Beholdהִנְנִ֧יhi.NiH2005,I will feedמַאֲכִילָ֛םma.'a.khi.LamH398H853thisהַזֶּ֖הha.ZehH2088peopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971wormwoodלַֽעֲנָ֑הla.'a.NahH3939and give them poisonedרֹֽאשׁ׃RoshH7219waterמֵי־mei-H4325to drinkוְהִשְׁקִיתִ֖יםve.hish.ki.TimH8248.

16I will scatter themוַהֲפִֽצוֹתִים֙va.ha.fi.tzo.TimH6327among the nationsבַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.YimH1471thatאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834neitherלֹ֣אlo'H3808theyהֵ֖מָּהHe.mahH1992northeir fathersוַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑םva.'a.vo.TamH1have knownיָֽדְע֔וּya.de.'UH3045,and I will sendH7971a swordהַחֶ֔רֶבha.Che.revH2719afterאַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙'a.cha.rei.HemH310themאֶת־'et-H853untilעַ֥ד'adH5704I have finished them offכַּלּוֹתִ֖יka.lo.TiH3615אוֹתָֽם׃ פ'o.TamH853.”

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