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Jeremiah 2:20-25

20Forofoldthou hastbrokenH7665thyyokeעֻלֵּ֗ךְ'u.LekhH5923, [and]burstthybands;andthou saidst,IwillnotserveH5647.Foruponeveryhighגְּבֹהָ֗הge.vo.HahH1364hillגִּבְעָ֞הgiv.'AhH1389,andundereverygreentreeעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086, thou bowestdownH7665,playingH2181theharlot.

21AndI, —Ihadplantedנְטַעְתִּ֣יךְne.ta'.TikhH5193theeanoblevineהַגֶּ֥פֶןha.Ge.fenH1612,whollyarightseedזֶ֣רַעZe.ra'H2233;howוְאֵיךְ֙ve.'eiKhH349thenart thouturnedH2015intothedegenerate shootsofastrangevineH1612untome?

22Forthoughthouwashתְּכַבְּסִי֙te.kha.be.SiH3526theewithnitre,andtake theemuchH7235potash, thineiniquityעֲוֹנֵךְ֙'a.vo.neKhH5771ismarkedbeforeme, saiththeLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah.

23HowH4100sayest thou,IamnotdefiledH2930,IhavenotgoneH1980aftertheBaalsהַבְּעָלִים֙ha.be.'a.LimH1168?SeeH7200thywayH1870inthevalleyבַּגַּ֔יְאba.Gay'H1516,acknowledgewhatthou hastdone—aswiftקַלָּ֖הka.LahH7031dromedary traversingherwaysH1870!

24—awildפֶּ֣רֶה׀Pe.rehH6501ass,usedtothewildernessמִדְבָּ֗רmid.BarH4057,thatsnuffethupthewindר֔וּחַRu.achH7307inherdesireH5315!Inherardour,whoshallturnיְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּהye.shi.Ve.nahH7725herawayH7725?Alltheythatseekמְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙me.vak.Shei.haH1245herwillnotwearyיִיעָ֔פוּyi.'A.fuH3286themselves;inhermonthבְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּbe.cha.de.ShahH2320theyshallfindיִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃yim.tza.'U.ne.haH4672her.

25WithholdH4513thyfootרַגְלֵךְ֙rag.leKhH7272frombeingunshod,andthy throatfromthirst.Butthou saidst, Thereisnohope;no,forIloveאָהַ֥בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiH157strangersH2114,andafterthemwillIgo.

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