New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 2:20-28

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.’

26“As thethiefגַּנָּב֙ga.NavH1590is shamedH954whenכִּ֣יkiH3588he is discoveredיִמָּצֵ֔אyi.ma.Tze'H4672,Soכֵּ֥ןkenH3651the houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478is shamedH954;They, their kingsמַלְכֵיהֶם֙mal.khei.HemH4428,their princesשָֽׂרֵיהֶ֔םsa.rei.HemH8269And their priestsוְכֹהֲנֵיהֶ֖םve.kho.ha.nei.HemH3548and their prophetsוּנְבִיאֵיהֶֽם׃u.ne.vi.'ei.HemH5030,

27Who sayאֹמְרִ֨ים'o.me.RimH559to a treeלָעֵ֜ץla.'EtzH6086, ‘You are my fatherאָ֣בִי'A.viH1,’And to a stoneוְלָאֶ֙בֶן֙ve.la.'E.venH68, ‘You gaveH3205me birthיְלִדְתָּ֔נוּye.lid.ti.nuH3205.’For they have turnedפָנ֥וּfa.NuH6437theirbackעֹ֖רֶף'O.refH6203to Me, And not theirfaceפָנִ֑יםfa.NimH6440; But in thetimeוּבְעֵ֤תu.ve.'EtH6256of theirtroubleH7463they will sayיֹֽאמְר֔וּyo.me.RuH559, ‘Ariseק֖וּמָהKu.mahH6965and saveוְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ׃ve.ho.shi.'E.nuH3467us.’

28But whereוְאַיֵּ֤הve.'ai.YehH346are yourgodsאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430Whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834you madeעָשִׂ֣יתָ'a.Si.taH6213for yourself?Let them ariseיָק֕וּמוּya.Ku.muH6965,ifאִם־'im-H518they cansaveיוֹשִׁיע֖וּךָyo.shi.'U.khaH3467youIn the timeבְּעֵ֣תbe.'EtH6256of yourtroubleH7463; For according tothe numberמִסְפַּ֣רmis.ParH4557of your citiesעָרֶ֔יךָ'a.Rei.khaH5892Are your godsאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,O Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ סye.hu.DahH3063.

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