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Jeremiah 25:3-9

3From the thirteenthשְׁלֹ֣שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֣הshe.Losh 'es.RehH6240 H7969yearשָׁנָ֡הsha.NahH8141of Josiahלְיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּle.yo.shi.Ya.huH2977the sonבֶן־ven-H1121of Amonאָמוֹן֩'a.mOnH526kingמֶ֨לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֜הye.hu.DahH3063,even unto this dayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117, that isthe threeשָׁלֹ֤שׁsha.LoshH7969and twentiethוְעֶשְׂרִים֙ve.'es.RimH6242yearשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141,the wordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hath come unto me, and I have spokenוָאֲדַבֵּ֧רva.'a.da.BerH1696unto you, rising earlyאַשְׁכֵּ֥ים'ash.KeimH7925and speakingוְדַבֵּ֖רve.da.BerH1696;but ye have not hearkenedשְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃she.ma'.TemH8085.

4And the Lordיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068hath sentוְשָׁלַח֩ve.sha.LachH7971unto you all his servantsעֲבָדָ֧יו'a.va.DavH5650the prophetsהַנְּבִאִ֛יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,rising earlyהַשְׁכֵּ֥םhash.KemH7925and sendingוְשָׁלֹ֖חַve.sha.Lo.achH7971them;but ye have not hearkenedשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םshe.ma'.TemH8085,nor inclinedהִטִּיתֶ֥םhi.ti.TemH5186your earאָזְנְכֶ֖ם'a.ze.ne.KhemH241to hearלִשְׁמֹֽעַ׃lish.Mo.a'H8085.

5They saidלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Turn ye againשֽׁוּבוּ־shu.vu-H7725now every oneאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376from his evilהָֽרָעָה֙ha.ra.'AhH7451wayמִדַּרְכּ֤וֹmi.dar.KoH1870,and from the evilוּמֵרֹ֣עַu.me.Ro.a'H7455of your doingsמַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔םma.'a.lei.KhemH4611,and dwellוּשְׁבוּ֙u.she.VuH3427in the landהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127that the Lordיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068hath givenנָתַ֧ןna.TanH5414unto you and to your fathersוְלַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םve.la.'a.vo.tei.KhemH1forוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704everעוֹלָ֖םo.LamH5769and everעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769:

6And goH3212not afterאַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430to serveלְעָבְדָ֖םle.'a.ve.DamH5647them, and to worshipוּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣תu.le.hish.ta.cha.VotH7812them, and provoke me not to angerתַכְעִ֤יסוּtakh.'I.suH3707with the worksבְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הbe.ma.'a.SehH4639of your handsיְדֵיכֶ֔םye.dei.KhemH3027;and I will do you no hurtאָרַ֖ע'a.Ra'H7489.

7Yet ye have not hearkenedשְׁמַעְתֶּ֥םshe.ma'.TemH8085unto me, saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068;that ye might provoke me to angerהַכְעִיסֵ֛נִיhikh.'i.su.niH3707with the worksבְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הbe.ma.'a.SehH4639of your handsיְדֵיכֶ֖םye.dei.KhemH3027to your own hurtלְרַ֥עle.Ra'H7451.

8Therefore thus saithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of hostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635;Because ye have not heardשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םshe.ma'.TemH8085my wordsדְּבָרָֽי׃de.va.RaiH1697,

9Behold, I will sendשֹׁלֵ֡חַsho.Le.achH7971and takeוְלָקַחְתִּי֩ve.la.kach.TiH3947all the familiesמִשְׁפְּח֨וֹתmish.pe.ChotH4940of the northצָפ֜וֹןtza.FonH6828,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,and Nebuchadrezzarנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.re.TzarH5019the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶל֮ba.VelH894,my servantעַבְדִּי֒'av.DiH5650,and will bringוַהֲבִ֨אֹתִ֜יםva.ha.Vi.'o.TimH935them against this landהָאָ֤רֶץha.'A.retzH776,and against the inhabitantsיֹ֣שְׁבֶ֔יהָyo.she.Vei.haH3427thereof, and against all these nationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471round aboutסָבִ֑יבsa.VivH5439,and will utterly destroyוְהַ֣חֲרַמְתִּ֔יםve.Ha.cha.ram.TimH2763them, and makeוְשַׂמְתִּים֙ve.sam.TimH7760them an astonishmentלְשַׁמָּ֣הle.sha.MahH8047,and an hissingוְלִשְׁרֵקָ֔הve.lish.re.KahH8322,and perpetualעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769desolationsוּלְחָרְב֖וֹתu.le.cha.re.VotH2723.

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