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Jeremiah 9:11-15

11And I will makeוְנָתַתִּ֧יve.na.ta.TiH5414Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimH3389heapsלְגַלִּ֖יםle.ga.LimH1530, anda denמְע֣וֹןme.'onH4583of dragonsתַּנִּ֑יםta.NimH8577;and I will makeאֶתֵּ֥ן'e.TenH5414the citiesעָרֵ֧י'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063desolateשְׁמָמָ֖הshe.ma.MahH8077,without an inhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃ סyo.ShevH3427.

12Who isthe wiseהֶֽחָכָם֙he.cha.KhamH2450manהָאִ֤ישׁha.'IshH376,that may understandוְיָבֵ֣ןve.ya.VenH995this? and who is heto whom the mouthפִּֽי־pi-H6310of the LordH3068hath spokenדִּבֶּ֧רdi.BerH1696,that he may declareוְיַגִּדָ֑הּve.ya.gi.DahH5046it, for what the landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776perishethאָבְדָ֣ה'a.ve.DahH6andis burned upנִצְּתָ֥הni.tze.TahH3341like a wildernessכַמִּדְבָּ֖רkha.mid.BarH4057,that none passeth throughעֹבֵֽר׃ ס'o.VerH5674?

13And the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saithוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Because they have forsakenעָזְבָם֙'a.ze.VamH5800my lawתּ֣וֹרָתִ֔יto.ra.TiH8451which I setנָתַ֖תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414beforeלִפְנֵיהֶ֑םlif.nei.HemH6440them, and have not obeyedשָׁמְע֥וּsha.me.'UH8085my voiceבְקוֹלִ֖יve.ko.LiH6963,neither walkedH1980therein;

14But have walkedH3212afterאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310the imaginationשְׁרִר֣וּתshe.ri.RutH8307of their own heartלִבָּ֑םli.BamH3820,and afterוְאַחֲרֵי֙ve.'a.cha.ReiH310Baalimהַבְּעָלִ֔יםha.be.'a.LimH1168,which their fathersאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ ס'a.vo.TamH1taughtלִמְּד֖וּםli.me.DumH3925them:

15Therefore thus saithאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068of hostsצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635,the Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478;Behold, I will feedמַאֲכִילָ֛םma.'a.khi.LamH398them, eventhis peopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971,with wormwoodלַֽעֲנָ֑הla.'a.NahH3939,and give them waterמֵי־mei-H4325of gallרֹֽאשׁ׃RoshH7219to drinkוְהִשְׁקִיתִ֖יםve.hish.ki.TimH8248.

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