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Jeremiah 2:4-9

4Hearשִׁמְע֥וּshim.'UH8085thewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovah,houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290,andallthefamiliesH4940ofthehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

5Thusכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541saithJehovah:Whatinjusticeעָ֔וֶל'A.velH5766haveyourfathersH1foundמָּצְא֨וּma.tze.'UH4672inme,thattheyaregonefarH7368fromme,andhavewalkedaftervanityהַהֶ֖בֶלha.He.velH1892,andbecomevain?

6AndtheysaidH559not,Whereאַיֵּ֣ה'ai.YehH346isJehovah,thatbroughtH5927usupoutofthelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,thatledusinthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֗רba.mid.BarH4057,inalandבְּאֶ֨רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofdesertsעֲרָבָ֤ה'a.ra.VahH6160andofpitsוְשׁוּחָה֙ve.shu.ChahH7745,inalandבְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙be.'E.retzH776ofdroughtandoftheshadowofdeath,inalandבְּאֶ֗רֶץbe.'E.retzH776thatnooneH376passeththrough,andwhereH346nomanH376dwelleth?

7AndIbroughtH935youintoafruitfullandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776,toeatלֶאֱכֹ֥לle.'e.KholH398thefruitפִּרְיָ֖הּpir.YahH6529thereofandthegoodוְטוּבָ֑הּve.tu.VahH2898thereof;andyeenteredanddefiledH2930mylandאַרְצִ֔י'ar.TziH776,andmadeH7760myheritageanabominationלְתוֹעֵבָֽה׃le.to.'e.VahH8441.

8Thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548saidH559not,Whereאַיֵּ֣ה'ai.YehH346isJehovah?andtheythathandledthelawהַתּוֹרָה֙ha.to.RahH8451knewH3045menot;andtheshepherdsוְהָרֹעִ֖יםve.ha.ro.'ImH7462transgressedH6586againstme;andtheprophetsוְהַנְּבִיאִים֙ve.ha.ne.vi.'ImH5030prophesiedH5012byBaalבַבַּ֔עַלva.Ba.'alH1168,andwalkedהָלָֽכוּ׃ha.La.khuH1980after[thingsthat] donotprofitיוֹעִ֖לוּyo.'I.luH3276.

9Thereforeלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651willIyetH5750pleadwithyou, saithJehovah,andwithyourchildren'schildrenwillIplead.

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