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Jeremiah 29:24-27

24Thusshalt thou also speakתֹּאמַ֥רto.MarH559to Shemaiahשְׁמַעְיָ֥הוּshe.ma'.Ya.huH8098the Nehelamiteהַנֶּחֱלָמִ֖יha.ne.che.la.MiH5161,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

25Thus speakethאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068of hostsצְבָא֛וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,the Godאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Because thou hast sentשָׁלַ֨חְתָּsha.Lach.taH7971lettersסְפָרִ֗יםse.fa.RimH5612in thy nameבְשִׁמְכָ֜הve.shim.KhahH8034unto all the peopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971that areat Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389,and to Zephaniahצְפַנְיָ֤הtze.fan.YahH6846the sonבֶן־ven-H1121of Maaseiahמַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙ma.'a.se.YahH4641the priestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548,and to all the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

26The Lordיְהוָ֞הYah.wehH3068hath madeנְתָנְךָ֣ne.ta.ne.KhaH5414thee priestכֹהֵ֗ןkho.HenH3548in the stead of Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֣עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077the priestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548,that ye should be officersפְּקִדִים֙pe.ki.DimH6496in the houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,for every manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376that ismadמְשֻׁגָּ֖עme.shu.Ga'H7696,and maketh himself a prophetוּמִתְנַבֵּ֑אu.mit.na.Be'H5012,that thou shouldest putוְנָתַתָּ֥הve.na.ta.TahH5414him in prisonהַמַּהְפֶּ֖כֶתha.mah.Pe.khetH4115,and in the stocksהַצִּינֹֽק׃ha.tzi.NokH6729.

27Now therefore why hast thou not reprovedגָעַ֔רְתָּga.'Ar.taH1605Jeremiahבְּיִרְמְיָ֖הוּbe.yir.me.Ya.huH3414of Anathothהָֽעֲנְּתֹתִ֑יha.'a.ne.to.TiH6069,which maketh himself a prophetהַמִּתְנַבֵּ֖אha.mit.na.Be'H5012to you?

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