New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 13:22-27

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.

26So I Myselfאֲנִ֛י'a.NiH589have alsoוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571strippedחָשַׂ֥פְתִּיcha.Saf.tiH2834your skirtsשׁוּלַ֖יִךְshu.La.yikhH7757offH2834overעַל־'al-H5921your faceפָּנָ֑יִךְpa.Na.yikhH6440,That your shameקְלוֹנֵֽךְ׃ke.lo.NekhH7036may be seenוְנִרְאָ֖הve.nir.'AhH7200.

27As for youradulteriesנִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְni.'u.Fa.yikhH5004and your lustfulneighingsוּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙u.mitz.ha.lo.Ta.yikhH4684, Thelewdnessזִמַּ֣תzi.MatH2154of your prostitutionזְנוּתֵ֔ךְze.nu.TekhH2184On thehillsגְּבָעוֹת֙ge.va.'OtH1389in the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.DehH7704,I have seenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200your abominationsשִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְshi.ku.Tza.yikhH8251.Woeא֥וֹי'oH188to you, O Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389!HowH4970longאַחֲרֵ֥י עֹֽד׃ פ'a.cha.Rei 'OdH310 H4970 H5750will you remainH2891uncleanלֹ֣אlo'H3808 H2891?”

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