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Jeremiah 5:1-9

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?

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