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Jeremiah 22:20-30

20Go upעֲלִ֤י'a.LiH5927to Lebanonהַלְּבָנוֹן֙ha.le.va.nOnH3844,and cryוּֽצְעָ֔קִיu.tze.'A.kiH6817;and lift upתְּנִ֣יte.NiH5414thy voiceקוֹלֵ֑ךְko.LekhH6963in Bashanוּבַבָּשָׁ֖ןu.va.ba.ShanH1316,and cryוְצַֽעֲקִי֙ve.tza.'a.KiH6817from the passagesH5676:for all thy loversמְאַהֲבָֽיִךְ׃me.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157are destroyedנִשְׁבְּר֖וּnish.be.RuH7665.

21I spakeדִּבַּ֤רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696unto thee in thy prosperityבְּשַׁלְוֹתַ֔יִךְbe.shal.vo.Ta.yikhH7962; butthou saidstאָמַ֖רְתְּ'a.MartH559,I will not hearאֶשְׁמָ֑ע'esh.Ma'H8085. This hath beenthy mannerדַרְכֵּךְ֙dar.keKhH1870from thy youthמִנְּעוּרַ֔יִךְmi.ne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271,that thou obeyedstשָׁמַ֖עַתְּsha.Ma.'atH8085not my voiceבְּקוֹלִֽי׃be.ko.LiH6963.

22The windר֔וּחַRu.achH7307shall eat upרֹעַ֙יִךְ֙ro.'A.yikhH7462all thy pastorsתִּרְעֶה־tir.'eh-H7462,and thy loversוּֽמְאַהֲבַ֖יִךְu.me.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157shall goH3212into captivityבַּשְּׁבִ֣יba.she.ViH7628:surely then shalt thou be ashamedתֵּבֹ֙שִׁי֙te.Vo.shiH954and confoundedוְנִכְלַ֔מְתְּve.nikh.LamtH3637for all thy wickednessרָעָתֵֽךְ׃ra.'a.TekhH7451.

23O inhabitantיֹשַׁבְתְּ֙yo.shav.tiH3427of Lebanonבַּלְּבָנ֔וֹןba.le.va.NonH3844,that makest thy nestמְקֻנַּ֖נְתְּme.ku.nan.tiH7077in the cedarsבָּֽאֲרָזִ֑יםba.'a.ra.ZimH730,how graciousH2603shalt thou be when pangsחֲבָלִ֔יםcha.va.LimH2256comeבְּבֹא־be.vo'-H935upon thee, the painחִ֖ילchilH2427as of a woman in travailכַּיֹּלֵדָֽה׃kai.yo.le.DahH3205!

24AsI liveחַי־chai-H2416,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָה֒Yah.wehH3068,though Coniahכָּנְיָ֤הוּka.ne.Ya.huH3659the sonבֶן־ven-H1121of Jehoiakimיְהֽוֹיָקִים֙ye.ho.ya.KimH3079kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063were the signetחוֹתָ֖םcho.TamH2368upon my rightיְמִינִ֑יye.mi.NiH3225handיַ֣דyadH3027,yet would I pluckאֶתְּקֶֽנְךָּ׃'e.te.Ken.kaH5423thee thence;

25And I will giveוּנְתַתִּ֗יךָu.ne.ta.Ti.khaH5414thee into the handבְּיַד֙be.YadH3027of them that seekמְבַקְשֵׁ֣יme.vak.SheiH1245thy lifeנַפְשֶׁ֔ךָnaf.She.khaH5315,and into the handוּבְיַ֛דu.ve.YadH3027of themwhose faceמִפְּנֵיהֶ֑םmi.pe.nei.HemH6440thou fearestיָג֖וֹרya.GorH3016,even into the handוּבְיַ֛דu.ve.YadH3027of Nebuchadrezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥רne.vu.khad.re.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894,and into the handוּבְיַ֥דu.ve.YadH3027of the Chaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּֽים׃ha.kas.DimH3778.

26And I will cast thee outוְהֵֽטַלְתִּ֣יve.he.tal.TiH2904,and thy motherאִמְּךָ֙'i.me.KhaH517that bareיְלָדַ֔תְךָye.la.Dat.khaH3205thee, into anotherאַחֶ֔רֶת'a.Che.retH312countryהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776,where ye were not bornיֻלַּדְתֶּ֖םyu.lad.TemH3205;and there shall ye dieתָּמֽוּתוּ׃ta.Mu.tuH4191.

27But to the landהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776whereunto they desireמְנַשְּׂאִ֥ים נַפְשָׁ֖םme.na.se.'Im naf.ShamH5315 H5375to returnלָשׁ֣וּבla.ShuvH7725,thither shall they not returnיָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ סya.Shu.vuH7725.

28Isthis manהָאִ֤ישׁha.'IshH376Coniahכָּנְיָ֔הוּka.ne.Ya.huH3659a despisedנִבְזֶ֜הniv.ZehH959brokenנָפ֗וּץna.FutzH5310idolהַעֶ֨צֶבha.'E.tzevH6089? is hea vesselכְּלִ֔יke.LiH3627wherein isno pleasureחֵ֖פֶץChe.fetzH2656?wherefore are they cast outוְהֻ֨שְׁלְכ֔וּve.Hush.le.KhuH7993,he and his seedוְזַרְע֔וֹve.zar.'OH2233,and are castהֽוּטֲלוּ֙hu.ta.LuH2904into a landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776which they knowיָדָֽעוּ׃ya.Da.'uH3045not?

29O earthאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776,earthאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776,earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,hearשִׁמְעִ֖יshim.'IH8085the wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

30Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,Writeכִּתְב֞וּkit.VuH3789ye this manהָאִ֤ישׁha.'IshH376childlessעֲרִירִ֔י'a.ri.RiH6185,a manגֶּ֖בֶרGe.verH1397thatshall not prosperיִצְלַ֣חyitz.LachH6743in his daysבְּיָמָ֑יוbe.ya.MavH3117:for no manאִ֚ישׁ'ishH376of his seedמִזַּרְע֗וֹmi.zar.'OH2233shall prosperיִצְלַ֜חyitz.LachH6743,sittingיֹשֵׁב֙yo.ShevH3427upon the throneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678of Davidדָוִ֔דda.VidH1732,and rulingוּמֹשֵׁ֥לu.mo.ShelH4910any more in Judahבִּיהוּדָֽה׃bi.hu.DahH3063.

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