New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 8:4-9

4“You shall sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559to them, ‘Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saysאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, “Do menfallהֲיִפְּל֖וּha.yi.pe.LuH5307and not getיָק֑וּמוּya.Ku.muH6965up again?Does one turnH7725awayH7725and notrepentH7725?

5Whyמַדּ֨וּעַma.Du.a'H4069then has thisהַזֶּ֛הha.ZehH2088peopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971,Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,TurnedH7725awayשׁוֹבְבָ֜הsho.VahH7725in continualנִצַּ֑חַתni.Tza.chatH5329apostasyמְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.VahH4878? Theyholdהֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙he.che.Zi.kuH2388fastH2388to deceitבַּתַּרְמִ֔יתba.tar.MitH8649, Theyrefuseמֵאֲנ֖וּme.'a.NuH3985to returnלָשֽׁוּב׃la.ShuvH7725.

6Ihave listenedהִקְשַׁ֤בְתִּיhik.Shav.tiH7181and heardוָֽאֶשְׁמָע֙va.'esh.Ma'H8085,They have spokenיְדַבֵּ֔רוּye.da.Be.ruH1696whatH3653is not rightH3653;Noאֵ֣ין'einH369manאִ֗ישׁ'IshH376repentedנִחָם֙ni.ChamH5162of his wickednessH7463,Sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559, ‘Whatמֶ֣הmehH4100have I doneעָשִׂ֑יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213?’Everyoneכֻּלֹּ֗הku.LohH3605turnedשָׁ֚בShavH7725to his courseבִּמְר֣וּצָתָ֔םbim.ru.tzo.tamH4794, Like ahorseכְּס֥וּסke.SusH5483chargingשׁוֹטֵ֖ףsho.TefH7857into the battleבַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ba.mil.cha.MahH4421.

7Evenגַּם־gam-H1571the storkחֲסִידָ֣הcha.si.DahH2624in the skyבַשָּׁמַ֗יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064Knowsיָֽדְעָה֙ya.de.'AhH3045her seasonsמֽוֹעֲדֶ֔יהָmo.'a.Dei.haH4150; And theturtledoveוְתֹ֤רve.TorH8449and the swiftוְסִיס֙ve.susH5483and the thrushוְעָג֔וּרve.'a.GurH5693Observeשָׁמְר֖וּsha.me.RuH8104the timeעֵ֣ת'etH6256of theirmigrationבֹּאָ֑נָהbo.'A.nahH935; ButMy peopleוְעַמִּ֕יve.'a.MiH5971do not knowיָֽדְע֔וּya.de.'UH3045The ordinanceמִשְׁפַּ֥טmish.PatH4941of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

8“HowH351can you sayתֹֽאמְרוּ֙to.me.RuH559, ‘We are wiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450,And the lawוְתוֹרַ֥תve.to.RatH8451of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068is with us’?But beholdהִנֵּ֣הhi.NehH2009,the lyingלַשֶּׁ֣קֶרla.She.kerH8267penעֵ֖ט'etH5842of the scribesH5613Has madeעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213itinto a lieשֶׁ֥קֶרShe.kerH8267.

9The wiseחֲכָמִ֔יםcha.kha.MimH2450menH2450areputהֹבִ֣ישׁוּho.Vi.shuH954to shameH954,They are dismayedחַ֖תּוּCha.tuH2865and caughtוַיִּלָּכֵ֑דוּvai.yi.la.Khe.duH3920;Beholdהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009, they haverejectedמָאָ֔סוּma.'A.suH3988the wordבִדְבַר־vid.var-H1697of the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,And whatמֶ֖הmehH4100kind of wisdomוְחָכְמַֽת־ve.cha.khe.mat-H2451do they have?

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