New American Standard Bible 2020

Jeremiah 12:7-17

7“I haveforsakenעָזַ֙בְתִּי֙'a.Zav.tiH5800My houseבֵּיתִ֔יbei.TiH1004,I have abandonedנָטַ֖שְׁתִּיna.Tash.tiH5203My inheritanceנַחֲלָתִ֑יna.cha.la.TiH5159;I have handedבְּכַ֥ףbe.KhafH3709thebelovedיְדִד֥וּתye.di.DutH3033of My soulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315Overנָתַ֛תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414to her enemiesH340.

8My inheritanceנַחֲלָתִ֖יna.cha.la.TiH5159has becomeהָיְתָה־ha.ye.tah-H1961to MeLike a lionH743in the forestבַיָּ֑עַרvai.Ya.'arH3293; She hasroaredנָתְנָ֥ה בְּקוֹלָ֖הּna.te.Nah be.ko.LahH5414 H6963againstעָלַ֛י'a.LaiH5921Me;Thereforeעַל־ כֵּ֥ן'al- kenH5921 H3651I have come tohateשְׂנֵאתִֽיהָ׃se.ne.Ti.haH8130her.

9Is My inheritanceנַחֲלָתִי֙na.cha.la.TiH5159likea speckledצָב֤וּעַtza.Vu.a'H6641birdהַעַ֨יִטha.'A.yitH5861ofH5861preyהַעַ֖יִטha.'A.yitH5861to Me? Are thebirdsH5861ofH5861preyH5861againstעָלֶ֑יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921her on everyH5439sideH5439?Goלְכ֗וּle.KhuH1980,gatherאִסְפ֛וּ'is.FuH622allכָּל־kol-H3605theanimalsH2421of the fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֖הha.sa.DehH7704,Bringהֵתָ֥יוּhe.Ta.yuH857them to devourH398!

10Manyרַבִּים֙ra.BimH7227shepherdsרֹעִ֤יםro.'ImH7462have ruinedשִֽׁחֲת֣וּshi.cha.TuH7843Myvineyardכַרְמִ֔יkhar.MiH3754, They havetrampledH947downבֹּסְס֖וּbo.se.SuH947My fieldחֶלְקָתִ֑יchel.ka.TiH2513;They have madeנָֽתְנ֛וּna.te.NuH5414Mypleasantחֶמְדָּתִ֖יchem.da.TiH2532fieldחֶלְקַ֥תchel.KatH2513A desolateשְׁמָמָֽה׃she.ma.MahH8077wildernessלְמִדְבַּ֥רle.mid.BarH4057.

11It has been madeשָׂמָהּ֙sa.MahH7760a desolationשְׁמֵמָ֑הshe.me.MahH8077;Desolateלִשְׁמָמָ֔הlish.ma.MahH8076, itmournsאָבְלָ֥ה'a.ve.LahH56beforeH5921Me; Thewholeכָּל־kol-H3605landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776has been madeH8074desolateנָשַׁ֙מָּה֙na.Sha.mahH8074,Becauseכִּ֛יkiH3588noאֵ֥ין'einH369oneאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376takesשָׂ֥םsamH7760it to heartלֵֽב׃LevH3820.

12On allכָּל־kol-H3605thebareשְׁפָיִ֣םshe.fa.YimH8205heightsH8205in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֗רba.mid.BarH4057Destroyersשֹֽׁדְדִ֔יםsho.de.DimH7703have comeבָּ֚אוּBa.'uH935, For theswordחֶ֤רֶבChe.revH2719of the Lordלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068is devouringאֹֽכְלָ֔ה'o.khe.LahH398From one endמִקְצֵה־mik.tzeh-H7097of the landאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776even to theotherקְצֵ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץke.Tzeh ha.'A.retzH7097 H776;ThereH369isH369noH369peaceשָׁל֖וֹםsha.LomH7965foranyoneלְכָל־ בָּשָֽׂר׃ סle.khol ba.SarH3605 H1320.

13They havesownזָרְע֤וּza.re.'UH2232wheatחִטִּים֙chi.TimH2406but have harvestedקָצָ֔רוּka.Tza.ruH7114thornsוְקֹצִ֣יםve.ko.TzimH6975, They havestrainedנֶחְל֖וּnech.LuH2470themselvesto noלֹ֣אlo'H3808profitיוֹעִ֑לוּyo.'I.luH3276.So beH954ashamedוּבֹ֙שׁוּ֙u.Vo.shuH954of yourproduceמִתְּבוּאֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םmi.te.vu.'O.tei.KhemH8393BecauseH4480of thefierceמֵחֲר֖וֹןme.cha.RonH2740angerאַף־'af-H639of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.”

14ThisH3541isH3541whatH3541the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saysאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559concerningH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605Mywickedהָֽרָעִ֔יםha.ra.'ImH7451neighborsשְׁכֵנַי֙she.khe.NaiH7934whodoH5060harmH5060to the inheritanceבַּֽנַּחֲלָ֔הba.na.cha.LahH5159with whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834I have endowedהִנְחַ֥לְתִּיhin.Chal.tiH5157My peopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478: “BeholdH2009,I am going to driveH5428them outH5428of their landאַדְמָתָ֔ם'ad.ma.TamH127, and I willdriveH5428the houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063outH5428from amongמִתּוֹכָֽם׃mi.to.KhamH8432them.

15And it will comeH1961aboutH1961that afterאַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310I have drivenH5428them outH5428, I willagainH7725haveH7355compassionוְרִֽחַמְתִּ֑יםve.ri.cham.TimH7355onH7355them; and I willbringH7725them backH7725,eachH376oneH376to his inheritanceלְנַחֲלָת֖וֹle.na.cha.la.ToH5159and eachH376oneH376to his landלְאַרְצֽוֹ׃le.'ar.TzoH776.

16Then, ifאִם־'im-H518they will reallyלָמֹ֣דla.ModH3925learnיִלְמְדוּ֩yil.me.DuH3925the waysדַּֽרְכֵ֨יdar.KheiH1870of My peopleעַמִּ֜י'a.MiH5971, toswearלְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַle.hi.sha.Ve.a'H7650by My nameבִּשְׁמִי֙bish.MiH8034, ‘As the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068livesחַי־chai-H2416,’justH3512asH3512they taughtלִמְּדוּ֙li.me.DuH3925My peopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971toswearלְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַle.hi.sha.Ve.a'H7650by Baalבַּבָּ֑עַלba.Ba.'alH1168, they will bebuiltH1129upH1129in the midstבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432of My peopleעַמִּֽי׃'a.MiH5971.

17But ifוְאִ֖םve.'ImH518they do not listenיִשְׁמָ֑עוּyish.Ma.'uH8085, then I willdriveH5428outH5428that nationהַגּ֥וֹיha.GoyH1471,driveH5428itoutH5428and destroyוְאַבֵּ֖דve.'a.BedH6it,”declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

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