Jeremiah 5
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Jeremiah 5:6-8

6Wherefore a lionאַרְיֵ֜ה'ar.YehH738out of the forestמִיַּ֗עַרmi.Ya.'arH3293shall slayהִכָּ֨םhi.KamH5221them, anda wolfזְאֵ֤בze.'EvH2061of the eveningsעֲרָבוֹת֙a.ra.VotH6160shall spoilיְשָׁדְדֵ֔םye.sha.de.DemH7703them, a leopardנָמֵ֤רna.MerH5246shall watchשֹׁקֵד֙sho.KedH8245over their citiesעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם'a.rei.HemH5892:every one that goeth outהַיּוֹצֵ֥אhai.yo.Tze'H3318thence shallH2007be torn in piecesיִטָּרֵ֑ףyi.ta.RefH2963:because their transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֔םpish.'ei.HemH6588are manyרַבּוּ֙ra.BuH7231, andtheir backslidingsמְשׁוּבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃me.shu.vo.tei.hemH4878are increasedעָצְמ֖וּ'a.tze.MuH6105.
7Howאֵ֤י'eiH335shall I pardonאֶֽסְלַֽח'es.lo.ach-H5545thee for thisלָזֹאת֙la.zoTH2063?thy childrenבָּנַ֣יִךְba.Na.yikhH1121have forsakenעֲזָב֔וּנִי'a.za.Vu.niH5800me, and swornוַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּvai.yi.sha.ve.'UH7650by them that arenoבְּלֹ֣אbe.Lo'H3808godsאֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimH430:when I had fed them to the fullH7650,they then committed adulteryוַיִּנְאָ֔פוּvai.yin.'A.fuH5003,and assembled themselves by troopsיִתְגֹּדָֽדוּ׃yit.go.Da.duH1413in the harlots’זוֹנָ֖הzo.NahH2181housesוּבֵ֥יתu.VeitH1004.
8They were asfedמְיֻזָּנִ֖יםme.yu.za.NimH2109horsesסוּסִ֥יםsu.SimH5483in the morningמַשְׁכִּ֣יםmash.KimH7904:every oneאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376neighedיִצְהָֽלוּ׃yitz.Ha.luH6670after his neighbour’sרֵעֵ֖הוּre.'E.huH7453wifeאֵ֥שֶׁת'E.shetH802.
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