New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 10:17-25

17Pickאִסְפִּ֥י'is.PiH622up your bundleכִּנְעָתֵ֑ךְkin.'a.TekhH3666from the groundמֵאֶ֖רֶץme.'E.retzH776,You who dwellיֹשֶׁ֖בֶתyo.shav.tiH3427under siegeבַּמָּצֽוֹר׃ סba.ma.TzorH4692!

18For thusכֹה֙khohH3541saysאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, “BeholdH2009, I amslingingקוֹלֵ֛עַko.Le.a'H7049out the inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427of the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776At thisH2088timeבַּפַּ֣עַםba.Pa.'amH6471,And will causeוַהֲצֵר֥וֹתִיva.ha.tze.Ro.tiH6887them distressH6887, That they maybe foundיִמְצָֽאוּ׃ סyim.Tza.'uH4672.”

19Woeא֥וֹי'oH188is me, becauseעַל־'al-H5921of myinjuryשִׁבְרִ֔יshiv.RiH7667! Mywoundמַכָּתִ֑יma.ka.TiH4347is incurableנַחְלָ֖הnach.LahH2470.But I saidאָמַ֔רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559, “Trulyאַ֛ךְ'akhH389thisזֶ֥הzehH2088is a sicknessחֳלִ֖יcho.LiH2483, And Imust bearוְאֶשָּׂאֶֽנּוּ׃ve.'e.sa.'E.nuH5375it.”

20Mytentאָהֳלִ֣י'o.ho.LiH168is destroyedשֻׁדָּ֔דshu.DadH7703,And allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605my ropesמֵיתָרַ֖יmei.ta.RaiH4340are brokenנִתָּ֑קוּni.Ta.kuH5423; Mysonsבָּנַ֤יba.NaiH1121have goneיְצָאֻ֙נִי֙ye.tza.'U.niH3318from me and are noH369moreH369.ThereH369isnoH369oneH369to stretchנֹטֶ֥הno.TehH5186out my tentאָהֳלִ֔י'o.ho.LiH168againעוֹד֙'OdH5750Or to setוּמֵקִ֖יםu.me.KimH6965up my curtainsיְרִיעוֹתָֽי׃ye.ri.'o.TaiH3407.

21For the shepherdsהָֽרֹעִ֔יםha.ro.'ImH7462have becomeH1197stupidH1197Andhave not soughtדָרָ֑שׁוּda.Ra.shuH1875the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068;Thereforeעַל־ כֵּן֙'al- kenH5921 H3651they have not prosperedהִשְׂכִּ֔ילוּhis.Ki.luH7919, Andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605their flockמַרְעִיתָ֖םmar.'i.TamH4830is scatteredנָפֽוֹצָה׃ סna.Fo.tzahH6327.

22The soundק֤וֹלKolH6963of areportשְׁמוּעָה֙she.mu.'AhH8052!Beholdהִנֵּ֣הhi.NehH2009,it comesבָאָ֔הva.'AhH935--A greatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419commotionוְרַ֥עַשׁve.Ra.'ashH7494out of the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of the northצָפ֑וֹןtza.FonH6828-- Tomakeלָשׂ֞וּםla.SumH7760the citiesעָרֵ֧י'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063A desolationשְׁמָמָ֖הshe.ma.MahH8077,a hauntמְע֥וֹןme.'onH4583of jackalsH8565.

23I knowיָדַ֣עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045, O Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, thata man’sלָאָדָ֖םla.'a.DamH120wayדַּרְכּ֑וֹdar.KoH1870is not in himselfH376,NorH3808is it in a manH376who walksהֹלֵ֔ךְho.LekhH1980to directוְהָכִ֖יןve.ha.KhinH3559his stepsצַעֲדֽוֹ׃tza.'a.DoH6806.

24Correctיַסְּרֵ֥נִיya.se.Re.niH3256me, O Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,but with justiceבְּמִשְׁפָּ֑טbe.mish.PatH4941;Not with Your angerבְּאַפְּךָ֖be.'a.pe.KhaH639,orפֶּן־pen-H6435You willbringH4591me to nothingH4591.

25Pourשְׁפֹ֣ךְshe.FokhH8210out Your wrathחֲמָתְךָ֗cha.ma.te.KhaH2534on the nationsהַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.YimH1471thatdo not knowיְדָע֔וּךָye.da.'U.khaH3045YouAnd on the familiesמִשְׁפָּח֔וֹתmish.pa.ChotH4940thatdo not callקָרָ֑אוּka.Ra.'uH7121Your nameבְּשִׁמְךָ֖be.shim.KhaH8034;For they have devouredאָכְל֣וּ'a.khe.LuH398Jacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290; They havedevouredוַאֲכָלֻ֙הוּ֙va.'a.kha.Lu.huH398him and consumedוַיְכַלֻּ֔הוּvay.kha.Lu.huH3615himAnd have laidH8074wasteH8074hishabitationנָוֵ֖הוּna.Ve.huH5116.

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