New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 25:3-9

3“From thethirteenthשְׁלֹ֣שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֣הshe.Losh 'es.RehH7969 H6240yearשָׁנָ֡הsha.NahH8141ofJosiahלְיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּle.yo.shi.Ya.huH2977the sonבֶן־ven-H1121of Amonאָמוֹן֩'a.mOnH526,kingמֶ֨לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֜הye.hu.DahH3063,even to thisהַזֶּ֗הha.ZehH2088dayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117,theseזֶ֚הzehH2088twenty-threeשָׁלֹ֤שׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים֙sha.Losh ve.'es.RimH6242 H7969yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141the wordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068has comeהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961to me, and I have spokenוָאֲדַבֵּ֧רva.'a.da.BerH1696to youagainאַשְׁכֵּ֥ים'ash.KeimH7925and againוְדַבֵּ֖רve.da.BerH1696,but you have not listenedשְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃she.ma'.TemH8085.

4And the Lordיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068has sentוְשָׁלַח֩ve.sha.LachH7971to you allכָּל־kol-H3605Hisservantsעֲבָדָ֧יו'a.va.DavH5650the prophetsהַנְּבִאִ֛יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030againהַשְׁכֵּ֥םhash.KemH7925and againוְשָׁלֹ֖חַve.sha.Lo.achH7971,but you have not listenedשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םshe.ma'.TemH8085norH3808inclinedהִטִּיתֶ֥םhi.ti.TemH5186your earאָזְנְכֶ֖ם'a.ze.ne.KhemH241to hearלִשְׁמֹֽעַ׃lish.Mo.a'H8085,

5sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, ‘Turnשֽׁוּבוּ־shu.vu-H7725nowנָ֞אna'H4994everyoneאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376from his evilהָֽרָעָה֙ha.ra.'AhH7451wayמִדַּרְכּ֤וֹmi.dar.KoH1870and from the evilוּמֵרֹ֣עַu.me.Ro.a'H7455of your deedsמַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔םma.'a.lei.KhemH4611,and dwellוּשְׁבוּ֙u.she.VuH3427on the landהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834the Lordיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068has givenנָתַ֧ןna.TanH5414to you and your forefathersוְלַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םve.la.'a.vo.tei.KhemH1foreverלְמִן־ עוֹלָ֖םle.min- o.LamH4480 H5769and everעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769;

6anddo not goתֵּלְכ֗וּte.le.KhuH1980afterאַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430toserveלְעָבְדָ֖םle.'a.ve.DamH5647them and toworshipוּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣תu.le.hish.ta.cha.VotH7812them, and do not provokeתַכְעִ֤יסוּtakh.'I.suH3707Me to angerH3707with the workבְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הbe.ma.'a.SehH4639of your handsיְדֵיכֶ֔םye.dei.KhemH3027,and I will doH7489you noH3808harmאָרַ֖ע'a.Ra'H7489.’

7Yet you have not listenedשְׁמַעְתֶּ֥םshe.ma'.TemH8085to Me,” declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, “in orderלְמַ֧עַןle.Ma.'anH4616that you mightprovokeהַכְעִיסֵ֛נִיhikh.'i.su.niH3707Me to angerH3707with the workבְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הbe.ma.'a.SehH4639of your handsיְדֵיכֶ֖םye.dei.KhemH3027to your own harmלְרַ֥עle.Ra'H7451.

8“Thereforeלָכֵ֕ןla.KhenH3651thusכֹּ֥הkohH3541saysאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of hostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, ‘Becauseיַ֕עַן אֲשֶׁ֥רYa.'an 'a.SherH3282 H834you have not obeyedשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םshe.ma'.TemH8085My wordsדְּבָרָֽי׃de.va.RaiH1697,

9beholdH2009, I willsendשֹׁלֵ֡חַsho.Le.achH7971and takeוְלָקַחְתִּי֩ve.la.kach.TiH3947allכָּל־kol-H3605the familiesמִשְׁפְּח֨וֹתmish.pe.ChotH4940of the northצָפ֜וֹןtza.FonH6828,’declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, ‘and I will sendto Nebuchadnezzarנְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.re.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶל֮ba.VelH894,My servantעַבְדִּי֒'av.DiH5650,and will bringוַהֲבִ֨אֹתִ֜יםva.ha.Vi.'o.TimH935them againstעַל־'al-H5921thisH2088landהָאָ֤רֶץha.'A.retzH776and againstוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921its inhabitantsיֹ֣שְׁבֶ֔יהָyo.she.Vei.haH3427and againstוְעַ֛לve.'AlH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605theseהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428nationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471roundסָבִ֑יבsa.VivH5439aboutH5439; and I willutterlyH2763destroyוְהַ֣חֲרַמְתִּ֔יםve.Ha.cha.ram.TimH2763them andmakeוְשַׂמְתִּים֙ve.sam.TimH7760them a horrorלְשַׁמָּ֣הle.sha.MahH8047and a hissingוְלִשְׁרֵקָ֔הve.lish.re.KahH8322,and an everlastingעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769desolationוּלְחָרְב֖וֹתu.le.cha.re.VotH2723.

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