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Jeremiah 5:1-15

1Run yetoandfrothroughthestreetsבְּחוּצ֣וֹתbe.chu.TzotH2351ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,andseeוּרְאוּ־u.re.'u-H7200now,andknowH3045,andseekH1245inthebroadways thereof,ifyecanfindתִּמְצְא֣וּtim.tze.'UH4672amanH376,iftherebe[any]thatdoethjusticeמִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatH4941,thatseeketh fidelity;andIwillpardonit.

2Andiftheysayיֹאמֵ֑רוּyo.Me.ruH559, [As]Jehovahliveth!surelytheyswearיִשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃yi.sha.Ve.'uH7650falsely.

3Jehovah,arenotthineeyesעֵינֶיךָ֮'ei.nei.KhaH5869upon fidelity? Thou hastsmittenthem,buttheyarenotsore; thou hastconsumedthem,theyhaverefusedH3985toreceiveH3947correctionמוּסָ֑רmu.SarH4148:theyhavemadeH2388theirfacesH6440harderthanarockמִסֶּ֔לַעmi.Se.la'H5553;theyhaverefusedH3985toreturnלָשֽׁוּב׃la.ShuvH7725.

4AndIsaidH559,Surelythesearethewretchedones,theyarefoolish;fortheyknowיָדְעוּ֙ya.de.'UH3045notthewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870ofJehovah,thejudgmentH4941oftheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.HemH430.

5Iwillgo untothegreatהַגְּדֹלִים֙ha.ge.do.LimH1419men,andwillspeakוַאֲדַבְּרָ֣הva.'a.da.be.RahH1696untothem;fortheyknowיָדְעוּ֙ya.de.'UH3045thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870ofJehovah,thejudgmentH4941oftheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430;butthesehavealtogetherH3162brokenH7665theyokeעֹ֔ל'OlH5923,haveburstthebonds.

6ThereforeH3651alionאַרְיֵ֜ה'ar.YehH738outoftheforestמִיַּ֗עַרmi.Ya.'arH3293shallslaythem,awolfזְאֵ֤בze.'EvH2061oftheevenings shallwastethem;theleopardנָמֵ֤רna.MerH5246lurkethagainsttheircitiesעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם'a.rei.HemH5892,everyonethatgoethoutthenceistornיִטָּרֵ֑ףyi.ta.RefH2963inpieces:fortheirtransgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֔םpish.'ei.HemH6588aremultiplied,theirbackslidingsareincreased.

7Wherefore shouldIpardonthee? Thychildrenhaveforsakenme,andswearH7650bythemthatarenotGodאֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimH430.Ihavesatiatedthem,andtheyhavecommittedH5003adulteryוַיִּנְאָ֔פוּvai.yin.'A.fuH5003,andtheytrooptotheharlots'houseוּבֵ֥יתu.VeitH1004.

8[As] well fedhorsesH5483,theyroamabout,everyoneH376neighethafterhisneighbour'swifeאֵ֥שֶׁת'E.shetH802.

9ShallInotvisitH6485forthesethingsאֵ֥לֶּה'E.lehH428? saithJehovah,andshallnotmysoulH5315beavengedתִתְנַקֵּ֖םtit.na.KemH5358onsuchanationבְּג֣וֹיbe.GoyH1471asthis?

10Goעֲל֤וּ'a.LuH5927upuponherwalls,anddestroyוְשַׁחֵ֔תוּve.sha.Che.tuH7843;butmakeתַּעֲשׂ֑וּta.'a.SuH6213notafullend;takeawayH5493herbattlements,fortheyarenotJehovah's.

11Forthehouseבֵּ֧יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478andthehouseוּבֵ֥יתu.VeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063havedealtH898verytreacherouslyH898againstme, saithJehovah.

12TheyhavedeniedH3584Jehovah,andsayH559,Heisnot;andevilH7451shallnotcomeתָב֤וֹאta.Vo'H935uponus,norshallweseeנִרְאֶֽה׃nir.'EhH7200swordוְחֶ֥רֶבve.Che.revH2719norfamineוְרָעָ֖בve.ra.'AvH7458;

13andtheprophetsוְהַנְּבִיאִים֙ve.ha.ne.vi.'ImH5030shallbecomeיִֽהְי֣וּyih.YuH1961windלְר֔וּחַle.Ru.achH7307,andthewordisnotinthem:thusכֹּ֥הkohH3541shallitbeH1961doneuntothem.

14Thereforeלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saithJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635:BecauseyespeakH1696thiswordהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697,behold,Iwillmakeנֹתֵן֩no.TenH5414mywordsדְּבָרַ֨יde.va.RaiH1697inthymouthבְּפִ֜יךָbe.Fi.khaH6310fireלְאֵ֗שׁle.'EshH784,andthispeopleוְהָעָ֥םve.ha.'AmH5971woodעֵצִ֖ים'e.TzimH6086,anditshalldevourH398them.

15Behold,Ibringמֵבִיא֩me.Vi'H935anationגּ֧וֹיGoyH1471uponyoufromafar,houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478, saithJehovah:itisamightynationגּ֣וֹי׀GoyH1471,itisanancientnationגּ֤וֹיGoyH1471,anationגּ֚וֹיGoyH1471whoselanguageלְשֹׁנ֔וֹle.sho.NoH3956thou knowestnot,neitherunderstandest thouwhattheysayיְדַבֵּֽר׃ye.da.BerH1696.

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