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Jeremiah 21:8-12

8And unto this peopleהָעָ֤םha.'AmH5971thou shalt sayתֹּאמַ֔רto.MarH559,Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068;Behold, I setנֹתֵן֙no.TenH5414beforeלִפְנֵיכֶ֔םlif.nei.KhemH6440you the wayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of lifeהַחַיִּ֖יםha.chai.YimH2416,and the wayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of deathהַמָּֽוֶת׃ha.Ma.vetH4194.

9He that abidethהַיֹּשֵׁב֙hai.yo.ShevH3427in this cityבָּעִ֣ירba.'IrH5892shall dieיָמ֕וּתya.MutH4191by the swordבַּחֶ֖רֶבba.Che.revH2719,and by the famineוּבָרָעָ֣בu.va.ra.'AvH7458,and by the pestilenceוּבַדָּ֑בֶרu.va.Da.verH1698:but he that goeth outוְהַיּוֹצֵא֩ve.hai.yo.Tze'H3318,and fallethוְנָפַ֨לve.na.FalH5307to the Chaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֜יםha.kas.DimH3778that besiegeהַצָּרִ֤יםha.tza.RimH6696you, he shall liveוְחָיָ֔הve.cha.yahH2421,and his lifeנַפְשׁ֖וֹnaf.ShoH5315shall be unto him for a preyלְשָׁלָֽל׃le.sha.LalH7998.

10For I have setשַׂ֣מְתִּיSam.tiH7760my faceפָ֠נַיFa.naiH6440against this cityבָּעִ֨ירba.'IrH5892for evilלְרָעָ֛הle.ra.'AhH7451,and not for goodלְטוֹבָ֖הle.to.VahH2896,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068:it shall be givenתִּנָּתֵ֔ןti.na.TenH5414into the handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of the kingמֶ֤לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Babylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894,and he shall burnוּשְׂרָפָ֖הּu.se.ra.FahH8313it with fireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ סba.'EshH784.

11And touching the houseוּלְבֵית֙u.le.VeitH1004of the kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, say,Hearשִׁמְע֖וּshim.'UH8085ye the wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068;

12O houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of Davidדָּוִ֗דda.VidH1732,thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068;Executeדִּ֤ינוּDi.nuH1777judgmentמִשְׁפָּ֔טmish.PatH4941in the morningלַבֹּ֙קֶר֙la.Bo.kerH1242,and deliverוְהַצִּ֥ילוּve.ha.Tzi.luH5337him that isspoiledגָז֖וּלga.ZulH1497out of the handמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027of the oppressorעוֹשֵׁ֑קo.ShekH6231,lest my furyחֲמָתִ֗יcha.ma.TiH2534go outתֵּצֵ֨אte.Tze'H3318like fireכָאֵ֜שׁkha.'EshH784,and burnוּבָעֲרָה֙u.va.'a.RahH1197that none can quenchמְכַבֶּ֔הme.kha.BehH3518it,becauseמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440of the evilרֹ֥עַRo.a'H7455of your doingsמַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃ma.'a.lei.khemH4611.

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