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Jeremiah 3:4-7

4Wilt thou not from this time cryקָרָ֥אתka.ra.tiH7121unto me, My fatherאָבִ֑י'a.ViH1, thou artthe guideאַלּ֥וּף'a.LufH441of my youthנְעֻרַ֖יne.'u.RaiH5271?

5Will he reserveהֲיִנְטֹ֣רha.yin.TorH5201his angerfor everלְעוֹלָ֔םle.'o.LamH5769?will he keepיִשְׁמֹ֖רyish.MorH8104itto the endלָנֶ֑צַחla.Ne.tzachH5331?Behold, thou hast spokenדִבַּ֛רְתְּdi.bar.tiH1696and doneוַתַּעֲשִׂ֥יva.ta.'a.SiH6213evil thingsהָרָע֖וֹתha.ra.'otH7451as thou couldestוַתּוּכָֽל׃ פva.tu.KhalH3201.

6The Lordיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559also unto me in the daysבִּימֵי֙bi.MeiH3117of Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,Hast thou seenהֲֽרָאִ֔יתָhara.'I.taH7200thatwhich backslidingמְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.VahH4878Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478hath doneעָשְׂתָ֖ה'a.se.TahH6213?she is gone upהֹלְכָ֨הho.le.KhahH1980upon every highגָּבֹ֗הַּga.Vo.ahH1364mountainהַ֣רharH2022and underתַּ֛חַתTa.chatH8478every greenרַעֲנָ֖ןra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086,and there hath played the harlotוַתִּזְנִי־va.tiz.ni-H2181.

7And I saidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559afterאַחֲרֵ֨י'a.cha.ReiH310she had doneעֲשׂוֹתָ֧הּa.so.TahH6213all these things,Turnתָּשׁ֖וּבta.ShuvH7725thou unto me. But she returnedשָׁ֑בָהSha.vahH7725not. And her treacherousבָּגוֹדָ֥הba.go.DahH901sisterאֲחוֹתָ֖הּ'a.cho.TahH269Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063sawוַתֵּ֛רֶאva.te.reh'H7200it.

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