New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 2:20-25

20“For longמֵעוֹלָ֞םme.'o.LamH5769agoH5769I brokeשָׁבַ֣רְתִּיsha.Var.tiH7665your yokeעֻלֵּ֗ךְ'u.LekhH5923Andtoreנִתַּ֙קְתִּי֙ni.Tak.tiH5423offH5423your bondsמוֹסְרֹתַ֔יִךְmos.ro.Ta.yikhH4147;But you saidוַתֹּאמְרִ֖יva.tom.RiH559, ‘I will not serveH5647!’For on everyכָּל־kol-H3605highגְּבֹהָ֗הge.vo.HahH1364hillגִּבְעָ֞הgiv.'AhH1389And underוְתַ֙חַת֙ve.Ta.chatH8478everyכָּל־kol-H3605greenרַעֲנָ֔ןra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086You have lainH6808downH6808as a harlotזֹנָֽה׃zo.NahH2181.

21Yet Iplantedנְטַעְתִּ֣יךְne.ta'.TikhH5193you a choiceשֹׂרֵ֔קso.RekH8321vineH8321,A completelyכֻּלֹּ֖הku.LohH3605faithfulאֱמֶ֑ת'e.MetH571seedזֶ֣רַעZe.ra'H2233.Howוְאֵיךְ֙ve.'eiKhH349then have you turnedנֶהְפַּ֣כְתְּneh.PakhtH2015yourself before Me Into thedegenerateH5493shoots of a foreignנָכְרִיָּֽה׃na.khe.ri.YahH5237vineהַגֶּ֥פֶןha.Ge.fenH1612?

22Althoughכִּ֤י אִם־ki 'im-H3588 H518youwashתְּכַבְּסִי֙te.kha.be.SiH3526yourself with lyeבַּנֶּ֔תֶרba.Ne.terH5427AnduseH7235muchH7235soapבֹּרִ֑יתbo.RitH1287, Thestainנִכְתָּ֤םnikh.TamH3799of your iniquityעֲוֹנֵךְ֙'a.vo.neKhH5771is beforeלְפָנַ֔יle.fa.NaiH6440Me,” declaresנְאֻ֖םne.'UmH5002the Lordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GodH3068.

23“Howאֵ֣יךְ'eikhH349can you sayתֹּאמְרִ֞יtom.RiH559, ‘I am not defiledנִטְמֵ֗אתִיnit.Me.tiH2930,I have not goneהָלַ֔כְתִּיha.Lakh.tiH1980afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310theBaalsהַבְּעָלִים֙ha.be.'a.LimH1168’?Lookרְאִ֤יre.'IH7200at your wayדַרְכֵּךְ֙dar.keKhH1870in thevalleyבַּגַּ֔יְאba.Gay'H1516!Knowדְּעִ֖יde.'IH3045whatמֶ֣הmehH4100you have doneעָשִׂ֑ית'a.SitH6213!You are a swiftקַלָּ֖הka.LahH7031youngH1072camelH1072entanglingמְשָׂרֶ֥כֶתme.sa.Re.khetH8308her waysדְּרָכֶֽיהָ׃de.ra.Khei.haH1870,

24Awildפֶּ֣רֶה׀Pe.rehH6501donkeyH6501accustomedלִמֻּ֣דli.MudH3928to the wildernessמִדְבָּ֗רmid.BarH4057,That sniffsשָׁאֲפָ֣הsha.'a.FahH7602the windר֔וּחַRu.achH7307in her passionבְּאַוַּ֤ת נַפְשָׁהּ֙be.'a.Vat na.fo.shahH185 H5315. In the time of herheatתַּאֲנָתָ֖הּta.'a.na.TahH8385whoמִ֣יmiH4310can turnיְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּהye.shi.Ve.nahH7725her awayH7725?Allכָּל־kol-H3605who seekמְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙me.vak.Shei.haH1245her will not becomeH3286wearyיִיעָ֔פוּyi.'A.fuH3286;In her monthבְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּbe.cha.de.ShahH2320they will findיִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃yim.tza.'U.ne.haH4672her.

25Keepמִנְעִ֤יmin.'IH4513your feetרַגְלֵךְ֙rag.leKhH7272from being unshodמִיָּחֵ֔ףmi.ya.ChefH3182And your throatוּגְרוֹנֵ֖ךְu.go.ro.nekhH1627from thirstמִצִּמְאָ֑הmi.tzim.'AhH6773;But you saidוַתֹּאמְרִ֣יva.tom.RiH559, ‘It ishopelessנוֹאָ֔שׁno.'AshH2976!Noל֕וֹאLo'H3808! For I havelovedאָהַ֥בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiH157strangersזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114,And afterוְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֥םve.'a.cha.rei.HemH310them I will walkאֵלֵֽךְ׃'e.LekhH1980.’

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