New American Standard Bible 2020

Jeremiah 17:5-11

5ThisH3541isH3541whatH3541the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saysאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559: “Cursedאָר֤וּר'a.RurH779is the manהַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ha.Ge.verH1397whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834trustsיִבְטַ֣חyiv.TachH982in mankindבָּֽאָדָ֔םba.'a.DamH120And makesוְשָׂ֥םve.SamH7760fleshבָּשָׂ֖רba.SarH1320hisstrengthזְרֹע֑וֹze.ro.'OH2220,And whose heartלִבּֽוֹ׃li.BoH3820turnsיָס֥וּרya.SurH5493awayH5493from the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

6For he will be like abushכְּעַרְעָ֣רke.'ar.'ArH6176in the desertבָּֽעֲרָבָ֔הba.'a.ra.VahH6160,And will not seeיִרְאֶ֖הyir.'EhH7200whenכִּי־ki-H3588prosperityט֑וֹבTovH2896comesיָב֣וֹאya.Vo'H935,But will liveH7931inH7931stonyH2788wastesH2788in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֔רba.mid.BarH4057, Alandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of saltמְלֵחָ֖הme.le.ChahH4420that is not inhabitedתֵשֵֽׁב׃ סte.ShevH3427.

7Blessedבָּר֣וּךְba.RukhH1288is the manהַגֶּ֔בֶרha.Ge.verH1397whoאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834trustsיִבְטַ֖חyiv.TachH982in the Lordבַּֽיהוָ֑הba.Yah.wehH3068, And whosetrustמִבְטַחֽוֹ׃miv.ta.ChoH4009is the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

8For he will be like atreeכְּעֵ֣ץ׀ke.'EtzH6086plantedשָׁת֣וּלsha.TulH8362by the waterמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325That extendsיְשַׁלַּ֣חye.sha.LachH7971its rootsשָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יוsha.ra.ShavH8328by a streamיוּבַל֙yu.ValH3105,And does not fearH3372whenכִּֽי־ki-H3588the heatחֹ֔םChomH2527comesיָבֹ֣אya.Vo'H935;But its leavesעָלֵ֖הוּ'a.Le.huH5929will be greenרַֽעֲנָ֑ןra.'a.NanH7488,And it will not be anxiousיִדְאָ֔גyid.'AgH1672in a yearוּבִשְׁנַ֤תu.vish.NatH8141ofdroughtבַּצֹּ֙רֶת֙ba.Tzo.retH1226,NorH3808ceaseיָמִ֖ישׁya.MishH4185to yieldמֵעֲשׂ֥וֹתme.'a.SotH6213fruitפֶּֽרִי׃Pe.riH6529.

9“Theheartהַלֵּ֛בha.LevH3820is moreH4480deceitfulעָקֹ֥בa.KoH6121thanH4480allמִכֹּ֖לmi.KolH3605elseAnd is desperatelyH605sickH605;Whoמִ֖יmiH4310can understandיֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃ye.da.'E.nuH3045it?

10I, the Lordיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068,searchחֹקֵ֥רcho.KerH2713the heartלֵ֖בlevH3820,I testבֹּחֵ֣ןbo.ChenH974themindכְּלָי֑וֹתke.la.YotH3629,To giveוְלָתֵ֤תve.la.TetH5414to eachH376personH376according to his waysכִּדְרָכָ֔יוke.dar.kovH1870, According to theresultsכִּפְרִ֖יkif.RiH6529of his deedsמַעֲלָלָֽיו׃ סma.'a.la.LavH4611.

11As a partridgeקֹרֵ֤אko.Re'H7124that hatchesH1716eggsH1716which it has not laidיָלָ֔דya.LadH3205, So is a person whomakesעֹ֥שֶׂה'O.sehH6213a fortuneעֹ֖שֶׁר'O.sherH6239,but unjustlyבְמִשְׁפָּ֑טve.mish.PatH4941 H3808;In the middleבַּחֲצִ֤יba.cha.TziH2677of his daysיָמָיו֙yo.movH3117it will abandonיַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּya.'az.Ve.nuH5800him, And inthe endוּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹu.ve.'a.cha.ri.ToH319he will be afoolנָבָֽל׃na.ValH5036.”

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