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Jeremiah 12

1Righteousצַדִּ֤יקtza.DikH6662art thou,Jehovah,whenIpleadwiththee;yetwillIspeakאֲדַבֵּ֣ר'a.da.BerH1696withtheeof[thy]judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטִים֙mish.pa.TimH4941. Wherefore doththewayדֶּ֤רֶךְDe.rekhH1870ofthewickedרְשָׁעִים֙re.sha.'ImH7563prosper? [wherefore]arealltheyateaseשָׁל֖וּsha.LuH7951thatdealH898verytreacherouslyבֹּ֥גְדֵיBo.ge.deiH898?

2Thou hastplantedנְטַעְתָּם֙ne.ta'.TamH5193them,theyalsoH1571havetakenrootשֹׁרָ֔שׁוּsho.Ra.shuH8327:theyadvance, yea,theybring forthfruitפֶ֑רִיFe.riH6529: thou artnearintheirmouthבְּפִיהֶ֔םbe.fi.HemH6310,butfarH7350fromtheirreins.

3Butthou,Jehovah, knowestme; thou hastseenתִּרְאֵ֕נִיtir.'E.niH7200me,andprovedmyheartלִבִּ֖יli.BiH3820towardthee.Dragthemoutlikesheepכְּצֹ֣אןke.TzonH6629fortheslaughterהֲרֵגָֽה׃ סha.re.GahH2028,andsetוְהַקְדִּשֵׁ֖םve.hak.di.ShemH6942themapartH6942forthedayלְי֥וֹםle.YomH3117ofslaughterH2028.

4Howlongshallthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776mournH56,andtheherbsofallthefieldsהַשָּׂדֶ֖הha.sa.DehH7704witherH3001?BecauseofthewickednessH7451ofthemthatdwellיֹֽשְׁבֵי־yo.she.vei-H3427therein,thebeastsandthebirdsוָע֔וֹףva.'ofH5775perish;fortheysayH559,Hewillnotseeיִרְאֶ֖הyir.'EhH7200ourendאַחֲרִיתֵֽנוּ׃'a.cha.ri.Te.nuH319.

5Ifthou hastrunרַ֙צְתָּה֙ratz.tahH7323withfootmen,andtheyhaveweariedוַיַּלְא֔וּךָvai.yal.'U.khaH3811thee,howוְאֵ֥יךְve.'EikhH349wilt thouthencontendwithhorsesH5483?Andifinalandוּבְאֶ֤רֶץu.ve.'E.retzH776ofpeaceH7965thou thinkest thyselfinsecurity,howוְאֵ֥יךְve.'EikhH349wilt thouthendointheswellingoftheJordanהַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃hai.yar.DenH3383?

6Foreventhybrethren,andthehouseוּבֵית־u.veit-H1004ofthyfatherאָבִ֗יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1,eventheyhavedealtבָּ֣גְדוּBa.ge.duH898treacherouslyH898withthee,eventheyhavecriedaloudafterthee.BelieveH539themnot,thoughtheyspeakיְדַבְּר֥וּye.da.be.RuH1696goodטוֹבֽוֹת׃ סto.VotH2896[words] unto thee.

7Ihaveforsakenmyhouseבֵּיתִ֔יbei.TiH1004,Ihavecastoffmyheritage,IhavegivenH5414thebelovedofmysoulH5315intothehandבְּכַ֥ףbe.KhafH3709ofherenemiesאֹיְבֶֽיהָ׃'o.ye.Vei.haH341.

8Myheritageisbecomeהָיְתָה־ha.ye.tah-H1961untomeasalionכְּאַרְיֵ֣הke.'ar.YehH738intheforestבַיָּ֑עַרvai.Ya.'arH3293;ithathraiseditsvoiceבְּקוֹלָ֖הּbe.ko.LahH6963againstme:thereforeH3651haveIhatedH8130it.

9Myheritageisuntome[as]aspeckledbirdהַעַ֨יִטha.'A.yitH5861ofpreyהַעַ֖יִטha.'A.yitH5861;thebirdsH5861ofpreyH5861roundH5439aboutareagainsther.Go,assembleallthebeastsofthefieldהַשָּׂדֶ֖הha.sa.DehH7704,bringהֵתָ֥יוּhe.Ta.yuH857themtodevour.

10Manyרַבִּים֙ra.BimH7227shepherdsרֹעִ֤יםro.'ImH7462havedestroyedH7843myvineyardכַרְמִ֔יkhar.MiH3754, theyhavetroddenבֹּסְס֖וּbo.se.SuH947myportionחֶלְקָתִ֑יchel.ka.TiH2513under foot, theyhavemadeH5414mypleasantportionחֶלְקַ֥תchel.KatH2513adesolatewildernessלְמִדְבַּ֥רle.mid.BarH4057:

11theyhavemadeH7760itadesolationH8077;desolateנָשַׁ֙מָּה֙na.Sha.mahH8074,itmourneth untome:thewholelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776ismadeH7760desolateH8074,fornomanH376layethittoheartלֵֽב׃LevH3820.

12Spoilersarecomeבָּ֚אוּBa.'uH935uponallheightsשְׁפָיִ֣םshe.fa.YimH8205inthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֗רba.mid.BarH4057;fortheswordחֶ֤רֶבChe.revH2719ofJehovahdevourethfromoneendמִקְצֵה־mik.tzeh-H7097ofthelandאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776eventothe[other]endקְצֵ֣הke.TzehH7097ofthelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776:nofleshבָּשָֽׂר׃ סba.SarH1320hathpeaceשָׁל֖וֹםsha.LomH7965.

13Theyhavesownזָרְע֤וּza.re.'UH2232wheatחִטִּים֙chi.TimH2406,andtheyreapקָצָ֔רוּka.Tza.ruH7114thornsוְקֹצִ֣יםve.ko.TzimH6975;theyhaveputH954themselvestopain, [and] donotprofitיוֹעִ֑לוּyo.'I.luH3276.Beyethereforeashamedוּבֹ֙שׁוּ֙u.Vo.shuH954ofyourrevenues, becauseofthefierceangerאַף־'af-H639ofJehovah.

14Thusכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541saithJehovahagainstallmineevilהָֽרָעִ֔יםha.ra.'ImH7451neighbours,thattouchהַנֹּֽגְעִים֙ha.no.ge.'ImH5060theinheritanceבַּֽנַּחֲלָ֔הba.na.cha.LahH5159whichIhavecausedmypeopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478toinheritH5157:Behold,Iwillpluckנֹֽתְשָׁם֙no.te.ShamH5428themupoutoftheirlandאַדְמָתָ֔ם'ad.ma.TamH127,andpluckאֶתּ֥וֹשׁ'e.To.oshH5428outthehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063fromamongthem.

15Anditshallcometopass,afterIhavepluckedנָתְשִׁ֣יna.te.ShiH5428themup,Iwillreturnאָשׁ֖וּב'a.ShuvH7725,andhavecompassionוְרִֽחַמְתִּ֑יםve.ri.cham.TimH7355onthem,andwillbringוַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֛יםva.ha.shi.vo.TimH7725thembackH7725,eachoneH376tohisinheritanceלְנַחֲלָת֖וֹle.na.cha.la.ToH5159,andeachoneH376tohislandלְאַרְצֽוֹ׃le.'ar.TzoH776.

16Anditshallcometopass,iftheywilldiligentlylearnH3925thewaysדַּֽרְכֵ֨יdar.KheiH1870ofmypeopleעַמִּ֜י'a.MiH5971,toswearלְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַle.hi.sha.Ve.a'H7650bymynameבִּשְׁמִי֙bish.MiH8034, [As]Jehovahliveth —evenastheytaughtH3925mypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971toswearלְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַle.hi.sha.Ve.a'H7650byBaalבַּבָּ֑עַלba.Ba.'alH1168—theyshallbeוְהָיָ֡הve.ha.YahH1961builtH1129upinthemidstH8432ofmypeopleעַמִּֽי׃'a.MiH5971.

17Andiftheywillnotobey,IwillutterlypluckH5428upanddestroyוְאַבֵּ֖דve.'a.BedH6thatnationהַגּ֥וֹיha.GoyH1471, saithJehovah.

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