New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 13:22-25

22Ifוְכִ֤יve.KhiH3588yousayתֹאמְרִי֙to.me.RiH559in your heartבִּלְבָבֵ֔ךְbil.va.VekhH3824, ‘Whyמַדּ֖וּעַma.Du.a'H4069have theseH428thingsאֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehH428happenedקְרָאֻ֣נִיke.ra.'U.niH7122to me?’ Because of themagnitudeבְּרֹ֧בbe.RoH7230of your iniquityעֲוֹנֵ֛ךְ'a.vo.NekhH5771Your skirtsשׁוּלַ֖יִךְshu.La.yikhH7757have been removedנִגְל֥וּnig.LuH1540And your heelsעֲקֵבָֽיִךְ׃'a.ke.Va.yikhH6119havebeen exposedנֶחְמְס֥וּnech.me.SuH2554.

23Can the Ethiopianכּוּשִׁי֙ku.ShiH3569changeהֲיַהֲפֹ֤ךְha.ya.ha.FokhH2015his skinעוֹר֔וֹo.RoH5785Or the leopardוְנָמֵ֖רve.na.MerH5246his spotsחֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָ֑יוcha.var.bu.ro.TavH2272? Thenyou alsoגַּם־gam-H1571canתּוּכְל֣וּtu.khe.LuH3201doH3190goodלְהֵיטִ֔יבle.hei.TivH3190Who are accustomedלִמֻּדֵ֖יli.mu.DeiH3928to doingH7489evilהָרֵֽעַ׃ha.Re.a'H7489.

24Therefore I willscatterוַאֲפִיצֵ֖םva.'a.fi.TzemH6327them like driftingעוֹבֵ֑רo.VerH5674strawכְּקַשׁ־ke.kash-H7179To the desertמִדְבָּֽר׃mid.BarH4057windלְר֖וּחַle.Ru.achH7307.

25Thisזֶ֣הzehH2088is yourlotגוֹרָלֵ֧ךְgo.ra.LekhH1486,the portionמְנָת־me.not-H4521measuredמִדַּ֛יִךְmi.Da.yikhH4055to youFrom Me,” declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, “Becauseאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834you haveforgottenשָׁכַ֣חַתְּsha.Kha.chatH7911MeAnd trustedוַֽתִּבְטְחִ֖יva.tiv.te.ChiH982in falsehoodבַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃ba.Sha.kerH8267.

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