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Jeremiah 2:8-26

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.

10Forpassעִבְר֞וּ'iv.RuH5674overtotheislesofChittim,andseeוּרְא֔וּu.re.'UH7200;andsendשִׁלְח֥וּshil.ChuH7971untoKedarוְקֵדָ֛רve.ke.DarH6938,andconsiderH7200diligently,andseeוּרְא֕וּu.re.'UH7200iftherehavebeenH1961suchathing.

11Hathanationגּוֹי֙goyH1471changed[its]godsאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430?andtheyarenogodsאֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimH430; —butmypeopleוְעַמִּ֛יve.'a.MiH5971havechangedtheirgloryכְּבוֹד֖וֹke.vo.DoH3519forthatwhichdothnotprofitיוֹעִֽיל׃yo.'IlH3276.

12Beastonished, yeheavensשָׁמַ֖יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064,atthis,andshudder;beamazedveryH3966much, saithJehovah.

13Formypeopleעַמִּ֑י'a.MiH5971havecommittedtwoשְׁתַּ֥יִםshe.Ta.yimH8147evils:theyhaveforsakenme,thefountainH4726oflivingwatersמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325,tohewthemoutcisternsבֹּאר֔וֹתbo.RotH877,brokenH7665cisternsבֹּארֹת֙bo.RotH877thatholdH3557nowaterהַמָּֽיִם׃ha.Ma.yimH4325.

14IsIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478abondman?Isheahome-born [slaveהַעֶ֙בֶד֙ha.'E.vedH5650]?Whyמַדּ֖וּעַma.Du.a'H4069ishebecomeהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961aspoilH957?

15Theyoungכְפִרִ֔יםkhe.fi.RimH3715lionsH3715roaredיִשְׁאֲג֣וּyish.'a.GuH7580againsthim,theygaveH5414forththeirvoiceקוֹלָ֑םko.LamH6963,andtheymadeH5414hislandאַרְצוֹ֙'ar.TzoH776desolate:hiscitiesעָרָ֥יו'a.RavH5892areburnedH3341,withoutinhabitantיֹשֵֽׁב׃yo.ShevH3427.

16EventhechildrenofNophandTahapaneshavefedonthecrownofthyhead.

17Hast thounotprocuredthisunto thyself,inthatthou hast forsakenJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהַ֔יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430,atthetimeבְּעֵ֖תbe.'EtH6256hewasleading theeinthewayבַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ba.Da.rekhH1870?

18AndnowH6258,whathast thoutodowiththewayH1870ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,todrinkלִשְׁתּ֖וֹתlish.TotH8354thewatersמֵ֣יmeiH4325ofShihorשִׁח֑וֹרshi.ChorH7883?Andwhathast thoutodowiththewayH1870ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804,todrinkלִשְׁתּ֖וֹתlish.TotH8354thewatersמֵ֥יmeiH4325oftheRiverנָהָֽר׃na.HarH5104?

19Thine ownwickednessרָעָתֵ֗ךְra.'a.TekhH7451chastiseth thee,andthy backslidingsreproveH3198thee:knowוּדְעִ֤יu.de.'IH3045thenandseeוּרְאִי֙u.re.'IH7200thatitisanevilרַ֣עra'H7451thingandbitterוָמָ֔רva.MarH4751thatthou hast forsakenJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהָ֑יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430,andthatmyfearisnotinthee, saiththeLord,Jehovahofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635.

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.

26Asathiefגַּנָּב֙ga.NavH1590isashamedH954whenheisfoundH4672,soכֵּ֥ןkenH3651shallthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478beashamedH954—they,theirkingsמַלְכֵיהֶם֙mal.khei.HemH4428,theirprincesH8269,andtheirpriestsוְכֹהֲנֵיהֶ֖םve.kho.ha.nei.HemH3548,andtheirprophetsוּנְבִיאֵיהֶֽם׃u.ne.vi.'ei.HemH5030—

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