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Jeremiah 4:23-31

23Ibeheldtheearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andlo,itwaswasteandempty;andtheheavensהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,andtheyhadnolightאוֹרָֽם׃'o.RamH216.

24Ibeheldthemountainsהֶֽהָרִ֔יםhe.ha.RimH2022,andlo,theytrembled,andallthehillsהַגְּבָע֖וֹתha.ge.va.'otH1389shookH7493violently.

25Ibeheld,andlo,manH120wasnot,andallthefowloftheheavensהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064werefledH5074.

26Ibeheld,andlo,thefruitfullandwasawildernessהַמִּדְבָּ֑רha.mid.BarH4057,andallthecitiesעָרָ֗יו'a.RavH5892thereofwerebrokenH5422downנִתְּצוּ֙ni.te.TzuH5422,beforeJehovah,beforehisfierceangerאַפּֽוֹ׃ ס'a.PoH639.

27Forthusכֹה֙khohH3541saithJehovah:ThewholelandH776shallbeתִהְיֶ֖הtih.YehH1961adesolationשְׁמָמָ֥הshe.ma.MahH8077;butIwillnotmakeאֶעֱשֶֽׂה׃'e.'e.SehH6213afullend.

28Forthisshalltheearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776mournתֶּאֱבַ֣לte.'e.ValH56,andtheheavensהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064abovebeblack;becauseIhavespokenדִבַּ֙רְתִּי֙di.Bar.tiH1696it,Ihavepurposedit,andwillnotrepent,neitherwillIturnאָשׁ֥וּב'a.ShuvH7725backH7725therefrom.

29AtthenoiseofthehorsemenH6571andbowmen,everycityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892fleeth;theygoבָּ֚אוּBa.'uH935intothethickets,andclimbupupontherocksוּבַכֵּפִ֖יםu.va.ke.FimH3710:everycityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892isforsakenandnomanH376dwelleth therein.

30—Andthou, wastedone,whatwilt thoudo?Thoughthou clothest thyselfwithcrimson,thoughthou deckest theewithornamentsעֲדִי־'a.di-H5716ofgoldזָהָ֗בza.HavH2091,thoughthou rendest thineeyesעֵינַ֔יִךְ'ei.Na.yikhH5869withpaint,invaindost thoumakeH6213thyself fair: [thy]loversdespisethee,theyseekיְבַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ye.va.Ke.shuH1245thylifeנַפְשֵׁ֥ךְnaf.ShekhH5315.

31ForIhearH8085avoiceH6963,asofawomanintravail,anguishasofherthatbringethforthherfirstchild,thevoiceH6963ofthedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofZionצִיּ֛וֹןtzi.YonH6726:shemoaneth,shespreadethforthherhandsכַּפֶּ֑יהָka.Pei.haH3709, [saying],Woeאֽוֹי־'o-H188untome!formysoulH5315failethbecauseofmurderers.

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