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Jeremiah 12:1-4

1Righteousצַדִּ֤יקtza.DikH6662artthou, O Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,when I pleadאָרִ֖יב'a.RivH7378with thee: yet let me talkאֲדַבֵּ֣ר'a.da.BerH1696with thee of thyjudgmentsמִשְׁפָּטִים֙mish.pa.TimH4941:Wherefore doth the wayדֶּ֤רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of the wickedרְשָׁעִים֙re.sha.'ImH7563prosperצָלֵ֔חָהtza.Le.chahH6743? whereforeare all they happyשָׁל֖וּsha.LuH7951that deal veryבָֽגֶד׃Va.gedH899treacherouslyבֹּ֥גְדֵיBo.ge.deiH898?

2Thou hast plantedנְטַעְתָּם֙ne.ta'.TamH5193them, yea, they have taken rootשֹׁרָ֔שׁוּsho.Ra.shuH8327:they growH3212,yea, they bring forthעָ֣שׂוּ'A.suH6213fruitפֶ֑רִיFe.riH6529: thou artnearקָר֤וֹבka.RovH7138in their mouthבְּפִיהֶ֔םbe.fi.HemH6310,and far fromוְרָח֖וֹקve.ra.ChokH7350their reinsמִכִּלְיוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃mi.kil.yo.tei.HemH3629.

3But thou, O Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,knowestיְדַעְתָּ֔נִיye.da'.Ta.niH3045me: thou hast seenתִּרְאֵ֕נִיtir.'E.niH7200me, and triedוּבָחַנְתָּ֥u.va.chan.TaH974mine heartלִבִּ֖יli.BiH3820toward thee: pull them outהַתִּקֵם֙ha.ti.KemH5423like sheepכְּצֹ֣אןke.TzonH6629for the slaughterלְטִבְחָ֔הle.tiv.ChahH2878,and prepareוְהַקְדִּשֵׁ֖םve.hak.di.ShemH6942them for the dayלְי֥וֹםle.YomH3117of slaughterהֲרֵגָֽה׃ סha.re.GahH2028.

4How long shall the landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776mournתֶּאֱבַ֣לte.'e.ValH56,and the herbsוְעֵ֥שֶׂבve.'E.sevH6212of every fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֖הha.sa.DehH7704witherיִיבָ֑שׁyi.VashH3001,for the wickednessמֵרָעַ֣תme.ra.'AtH7451of them that dwellיֹֽשְׁבֵי־yo.she.vei-H3427therein? the beastsבְהֵמוֹת֙ve.he.mOtH929are consumedסָפְתָ֤הsa.fe.TahH5595,and the birdsוָע֔וֹףva.'ofH5775;because they saidאָמְר֔וּ'a.me.RuH559,He shall not seeיִרְאֶ֖הyir.'EhH7200our last endאַחֲרִיתֵֽנוּ׃'a.cha.ri.Te.nuH319.

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