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Jeremiah 16:2-4

2Thou shalt not takeתִקַּ֥חti.KachH3947thee a wifeאִשָּׁ֑ה'i.ShahH802,neither shalt thou have sonsבָּנִ֣יםba.NimH1121or daughtersוּבָנ֔וֹתu.va.NotH1323in this placeבַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.KomH4725.

3For thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068concerning the sonsהַבָּנִים֙ha.ba.NimH1121and concerning the daughtersהַבָּנ֔וֹתha.ba.NotH1323that are bornהַיֹּלְד֣וֹתhai.yo.le.DotH3205in this placeבַּמָּק֣וֹםba.ma.KomH4725,and concerning their mothersאִמֹּתָ֞ם'i.mo.TamH517that bareהַמּוֹלִדִ֥יםha.mo.li.DimH3205them, and concerning their fathersאֲבוֹתָ֛ם'a.vo.TamH1that begatהַיִּלּוֹדִ֖יםhai.yi.lo.DimH3209them in this landבָּאָ֥רֶץba.'A.retzH776;

4They shall dieיָמֻ֗תוּya.Mu.tuH4191of grievousתַחֲלֻאִ֜יםta.cha.lu.'ImH8463deathsמְמוֹתֵ֨יme.mo.TeiH4463;they shall not be lamentedיִסָּֽפְדוּ֙yi.sa.fe.DuH5594;neither shall they be buriedיִקָּבֵ֔רוּyi.ka.Ve.ruH6912; butthey shall be as dungלְדֹ֛מֶןle.Do.menH1828upon the faceפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440of the earthהָאֲדָמָ֖הha.'a.da.MahH127:and they shall be consumedיִכְל֔וּyikh.LuH3615by the swordוּבַחֶ֤רֶבu.va.Che.revH2719,and by famineוּבָֽרָעָב֙u.va.ra.'AvH7458;and their carcasesנִבְלָתָם֙niv.la.TamH5038shall be meatלְמַאֲכָ֔לle.ma.'a.KhalH3978for the fowlsלְע֥וֹףle.'ofH5775of heavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,and for the beastsוּלְבֶהֱמַ֥תu.le.ve.he.MatH929of the earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ סha.'A.retzH776.

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