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Jeremiah 1:11-16

11Moreover the wordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068came unto me, sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֑הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,what seestרֹאֶ֖הro.'EhH7200thou? And I saidוָאֹמַ֕רva.'o.MarH559,I seeרֹאֶֽה׃ro.'EhH7200a rodמַקֵּ֥לma.KelH4731of an almond treeשָׁקֵ֖דsha.KedH8247.

12Then saidוַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559the Lordיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068unto me, Thou hast wellהֵיטַ֣בְתָּhei.Tav.taH3190seenלִרְא֑וֹתlir.'otH7200:for I will hastenשֹׁקֵ֥דsho.KedH8245my wordדְּבָרִ֖יde.va.RiH1697to performלַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃ פla.'a.so.ToH6213it.

13And the wordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of the Lordיְהוָ֤ה׀Yah.wehH3068came unto me the second timeשֵׁנִ֣יתshe.NitH8145,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,What seestרֹאֶ֑הro.'EhH7200thou? And I saidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559,I seeרֹאֶ֔הro.'EhH7200a seethingנָפ֙וּחַ֙na.Fu.achH5301potסִ֤ירsirH5518;and the faceוּפָנָ֖יוu.fa.NavH6440thereof istowardמִפְּנֵ֥יmi.pe.NeiH6440the northצָפֽוֹנָה׃tza.Fo.nahH6828.

14Then the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto me, Out of the northמִצָּפוֹן֙mi.tza.fOnH6828an evilהָרָעָ֔הha.ra.'AhH7451shall break forthתִּפָּתַ֣חti.pa.TachH6605upon all the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.VeiH3427of the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

15For, lo, I will callקֹרֵ֗אko.Re'H7121all the familiesמִשְׁפְּח֛וֹתmish.pe.ChotH4940of the kingdomsמַמְלְכ֥וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467of the northצָפ֖וֹנָהtza.Fo.nahH6828,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068;and they shall comeוּבָ֡אוּu.Va.'uH935,and they shall setוְֽנָתְנוּ֩ve.na.te.NuH5414every oneאִ֨ישׁ'ishH376his throneכִּסְא֜וֹkis.'OH3678at the enteringפֶּ֣תַח׀Pe.tachH6607of the gatesשַׁעֲרֵ֣יsha.'a.ReiH8179of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,and against all the wallsחוֹמֹתֶ֙יהָ֙cho.mo.Tei.haH2346thereof round aboutסָבִ֔יבsa.VivH5439,and against all the citiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

16And I will utterוְדִבַּרְתִּ֤יve.di.bar.TiH1696my judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטַי֙mish.pa.TaiH4941against them touchingעַ֖ל'alH5921all their wickednessרָעָתָ֑םra.'a.TamH7451,who have forsakenעֲזָב֗וּנִי'a.za.Vu.niH5800me, and have burned incenseוַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙vay.ka.te.RuH6999unto otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsלֵאלֹהִ֣יםle.lo.HimH430,and worshippedוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812the worksלְמַעֲשֵׂ֥יle.ma.'a.SeiH4639of their own handsיְדֵיהֶֽם׃ye.dei.HemH3027.

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