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Jeremiah 8:18-21

18WhenI would comfortמַבְלִ֥יגִיתִ֖יmav.Li.gi.TiH4010myself against sorrowיָג֑וֹןya.GonH3015,my heartלִבִּ֥יli.BiH3820isfaintדַוָּֽי׃da.VaiH1742in me.

19Behold the voiceק֞וֹלKolH6963of the cryשַֽׁוְעַ֣תshav.'AtH7775of the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of my peopleעַמִּ֗י'a.MiH5971because of them that dwell in a farמַרְחַקִּ֔יםmar.cha.KimH4801countryמֵאֶ֙רֶץ֙me.'E.retzH776: Isnot the Lordהַֽיהוָה֙ha.Yah.wehH3068in Zionבְּצִיּ֔וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726? isnot her kingמַלְכָּ֖הּmal.KahH4428in her? Why have they provoked me to angerהִכְעִס֛וּנִיhikh.'i.Su.niH3707with their graven imagesבִּפְסִלֵיהֶ֖םbif.si.lei.HemH6456, andwith strangeנֵכָֽר׃ne.KharH5236vanitiesבְּהַבְלֵ֥יbe.hav.LeiH1892?

20The harvestקָצִ֖ירka.TzirH7105is pastעָבַ֥ר'a.VarH5674,the summerקָ֑יִץKa.yitzH7019is endedכָּ֣לָהKa.lahH3615,and we are not savedנוֹשָֽׁעְנוּ׃no.Sha.'e.nuH3467.

21For the hurtשֶׁ֥בֶרShe.verH7667of the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of my peopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971am I hurtהָשְׁבָּ֑רְתִּיha.she.Ba.re.tiH7665;I am blackקָדַ֕רְתִּיka.Dar.tiH6937;astonishmentשַׁמָּ֖הsha.MahH8047hath taken holdהֶחֱזִקָֽתְנִי׃he.che.zi.Ka.te.niH2388on me.

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