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Jeremiah 12:1-6

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.

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