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Jeremiah 18:11-17
11Now therefore go to, speakאֱמָר־'e.mor-H559to the menאִישׁ־'ish-H376of Judahיְהוּדָה֩ye.hu.DahH3063,and to the inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵ֨יyo.she.VeiH3427of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068;Behold, I frameיוֹצֵ֤רyo.TzerH3335evilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451against you, and deviseוְחֹשֵׁ֥בve.cho.ShevH2803a deviceמַֽחֲשָׁבָ֑הma.cha.sha.VahH4284against you: returnשׁ֣וּבוּShu.vuH7725ye now every oneאִ֚ישׁ'ishH376from his evilהָֽרָעָ֔הha.ra.'AhH7451wayמִדַּרְכּ֣וֹmi.dar.KoH1870,and make your waysדַרְכֵיכֶ֖םdar.khei.KhemH1870and your doingsוּמַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃u.ma.'a.lei.KhemH4611goodוְהֵיטִ֥יבוּve.hei.Ti.vuH3190.
12And they saidוְאָמְר֖וּve.'a.me.RuH559,There is no hopeנוֹאָ֑שׁno.'AshH2976:but we will walkH3212afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310our own devicesמַחְשְׁבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙mach.she.vo.Tei.nuH4284,and we will every oneוְאִ֛ישׁve.'IshH376doנַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ סna.'a.SehH6213the imaginationשְׁרִר֥וּתshe.ri.RutH8307of his evilהָרָ֖עha.Ra'H7451heartלִבּֽוֹ־li.bov-H3820.
13Therefore thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068;Askשַֽׁאֲלוּ־sha.'a.lu-H7592ye now among the heathenבַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.YimH1471,who hath heardשָׁמַ֖עsha.Ma'H8085such things: the virginבְּתוּלַ֖תbe.tu.LatH1330of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478hath doneעָשְׂתָ֣ה'a.se.TahH6213a veryמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966horrible thingשַֽׁעֲרֻרִת֙sha.'a.ru.RitH8186.
14Will a manleaveהֲיַעֲזֹ֥בha.ya.'a.ZoH5800the snowשֶׁ֣לֶגShe.legH7950of Lebanonלְבָנ֑וֹןle.va.NonH3844which comethfrom the rockמִצּ֛וּרmi.TzurH6697of the fieldשָׂדַ֖יsa.DaiH7704? orshall the coldקָרִ֖יםka.RimH7119flowingנוֹזְלִֽים׃noz.LimH5140watersמַ֛יִםMa.yimH4325that come from another placeזָרִ֥יםza.RimH2114be forsakenיִנָּתְשׁ֗וּyi.na.te.ShuH5428?
15Because my peopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971hath forgottenשְׁכֵחֻ֥נִיshe.khe.Chu.niH7911me, they have burned incenseיְקַטֵּ֑רוּye.ka.Te.ruH6999to vanityלַשָּׁ֣וְאla.Shav'H7723,and they have caused them to stumbleוַיַּכְשִׁל֤וּםvai.yakh.shi.LumH3782in their waysבְּדַרְכֵיהֶם֙be.dar.khei.HemH1870fromthe ancientעוֹלָ֔םo.LamH5769pathsשְׁבִילֵ֣יshe.vi.LeiH7635,to walkH3212in pathsנְתִיב֔וֹתne.ti.VotH5410, ina wayדֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekhH1870not cast upסְלוּלָֽה׃se.lu.LahH5549;
16To makeלָשׂ֥וּםla.SumH7760their landאַרְצָ֛ם'ar.TzamH776desolateלְשַׁמָּ֖הle.sha.MahH8047, anda perpetualעוֹלָ֑םo.LamH5769hissingשְׁרִיק֣וֹתshe.ru.katH8292;every one that passethעוֹבֵ֣רo.VerH5674thereby shall be astonishedיִשֹּׁ֖םyi.ShomH8074,and wagוְיָנִ֥ידve.ya.NidH5110his headבְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃be.ro.ShoH7218.
17I will scatterאֲפִיצֵ֖ם'a.fi.TzemH6327them as with an eastקָדִ֥יםka.DimH6921windכְּרֽוּחַ־ke.Ru.ach-H7307beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440the enemyאוֹיֵ֑ב'o.YevH341;I will shewאֶרְאֵ֖ם'er.'EmH7200them the backעֹ֧רֶף'O.refH6203,and not the faceפָנִ֛יםfa.NimH6440,in the dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117of their calamityאֵידָֽם׃ ס'ei.DamH343.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
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- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
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- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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