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Jeremiah 51:15-19

15He hath madeעֹשֵׂ֥ה'o.SehH6213the earthאֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retzH776by his powerבְּכֹח֔וֹbe.kho.ChoH3581,he hath establishedמֵכִ֥יןme.KhinH3559the worldתֵּבֵ֖לte.VelH8398by his wisdomבְּחָכְמָת֑וֹbe.cha.khe.ma.ToH2451,and hath stretched outנָטָ֥הna.TahH5186the heavenשָׁמָֽיִם׃sha.Ma.yimH8064by his understandingוּבִתְבוּנָת֖וֹu.vit.vu.na.ToH8394.

16When he utterethתִּתּ֜וֹti.ToH5414hisvoiceלְק֨וֹלle.KolH6963, there isa multitudeהֲמ֥וֹןha.MonH1995of watersמַ֙יִם֙ma.yimH4325in the heavensבַּשָּׁמַ֔יִםba.sha.Ma.yimH8064;and he causeth the vapoursנְשִׂאִ֖יםne.si.'ImH5387to ascendוַיַּ֥עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927from the endsמִקְצֵה־mik.tzeh-H7097of the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776:he makethעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213lightningsבְּרָקִ֤יםbe.ra.KimH1300with rainלַמָּטָר֙la.ma.TarH4306,and bringeth forthוַיֹּ֥צֵאvai.Yo.tze'H3318the windר֖וּחַRu.achH7307out of his treasuresמֵאֹצְרֹתָֽיו׃me.'o.tze.ro.TavH214.

17Every manאָדָם֙'a.DamH120is brutishנִבְעַ֤רniv.'ArH1197by hisknowledgeמִדַּ֔עַתmi.Da.'atH1847;every founderצֹרֵ֖ףtzo.RefH6884is confoundedH3001by the graven imageמִפָּ֑סֶלmi.Pa.selH6459:for his molten imageנִסְכּ֖וֹnis.KoH5262isfalsehoodשֶׁ֥קֶרShe.kerH8267, and there isno breathר֥וּחַRu.achH7307in them.

18They arevanityהֶ֣בֶלHe.velH1892,the workמַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.SehH4639of errorsתַּעְתֻּעִ֑יםta'.tu.'ImH8595:in the timeבְּעֵ֥תbe.'EtH6256of their visitationפְּקֻדָּתָ֖םpe.ku.da.TamH6486they shall perishיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃yo.Ve.duH6.

19The portionחֵ֣לֶקChe.lekH2506of Jacobיַעֲק֗וֹבya.'a.KovH3290is not like them; for he isthe formerיוֹצֵ֤רyo.TzerH3335of all things: and Israel isthe rodוְשֵׁ֖בֶטve.She.vetH7626of his inheritanceנַחֲלָת֑וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159:the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068of hostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635ishis nameשְׁמֽוֹ׃ סshe.MoH8034.

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