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Jeremiah 4:23-28

23I beheldרָאִ֙יתִי֙ra.'I.tiH7200the earthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and, lo, it waswithout formתֹ֖הוּTo.huH8414,and voidוָבֹ֑הוּva.Vo.huH922;and the heavensהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and they hadno lightאוֹרָֽם׃'o.RamH216.

24I beheldרָאִ֙יתִי֙ra.'I.tiH7200the mountainsהֶֽהָרִ֔יםhe.ha.RimH2022,and, lo, they trembledרֹעֲשִׁ֑יםro.'a.ShimH7493,and all the hillsהַגְּבָע֖וֹתha.ge.va.'otH1389moved lightlyהִתְקַלְקָֽלוּ׃hit.kal.Ka.luH7043.

25I beheldרָאִ֕יתִיra.'I.tiH7200, and, lo, there wasno manהָאָדָ֑םha.'a.DamH120,and all the birdsע֥וֹףofH5775of the heavensהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064were fledנָדָֽדוּ׃na.Da.duH5074.

26I beheldרָאִ֕יתִיra.'I.tiH7200,and, lo, the fruitful placeהַכַּרְמֶ֖לha.kar.MelH3759wasa wildernessהַמִּדְבָּ֑רha.mid.BarH4057,and all the citiesעָרָ֗יו'a.RavH5892thereof were broken downנִתְּצוּ֙ni.te.TzuH5422at the presenceH6440of the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, andby his fierceחֲר֥וֹןcha.RonH2740angerאַפּֽוֹ׃ ס'a.PoH639.

27For thus hath the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559,The whole landהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776shall be desolateשְׁמָמָ֥הshe.ma.MahH8077;yet will I not makeאֶעֱשֶֽׂה׃'e.'e.SehH6213a full endוְכָלָ֖הve.kha.LahH3617.

28For this shall the earthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776mournתֶּאֱבַ֣לte.'e.ValH56,and the heavensהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064aboveמִמָּ֑עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605be blackוְקָדְר֥וּve.ka.de.RuH6937:because I have spokenדִבַּ֙רְתִּי֙di.Bar.tiH1696it,I have purposedזַמֹּ֔תִיza.Mo.tiH2161it,and will not repentנִחַ֖מְתִּיni.Cham.tiH5162,neither will I turn backאָשׁ֥וּב'a.ShuvH7725from it.

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