New American Standard Bible 2020

Jeremiah 2:29-32

29“Whyלָ֥מָּהLa.mahH4100do you contendתָרִ֖יבוּta.Ri.vuH7378with Me? You haveallכֻּלְּכֶ֛םku.le.KhemH3605revoltedפְּשַׁעְתֶּ֥םpe.sha'.TemH6586against Me,” declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

30“In vainלַשָּׁוְא֙la.shaV'H7723I have struckהִכֵּ֣יתִיhi.Kei.tiH5221your sonsבְּנֵיכֶ֔םbe.nei.KhemH1121;They did not acceptלָקָ֑חוּla.Ka.chuH3947disciplineמוּסָ֖רmu.SarH4148. Yourswordחַרְבְּכֶ֛םchar.be.KhemH2719has devouredאָכְלָ֧ה'a.khe.LahH398your prophetsנְבִֽיאֵיכֶ֖םne.vi.'ei.KhemH5030Like a destroyingמַשְׁחִֽית׃mash.ChitH7843lionH743.

31You generationהַדּ֗וֹרha.DorH1755,lookרְא֣וּre.'UH7200to the wordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068.Have I beenהָיִ֙יתִי֙ha.Yi.tiH1961a wildernessהֲמִדְבָּ֤רha.mid.BarH4057to Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,Orאִ֛ם'imH518alandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of thickH3991darknessH3991?Whyמַדּ֜וּעַma.Du.a'H4069do My peopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971sayאָמְר֤וּ'a.me.RuH559, ‘We are free toroamרַ֔דְנוּRad.nuH7300;We will noלֽוֹא־lo'-H3808longerע֖וֹדodH5750comeנָב֥וֹאna.Vo'H935to You’?

32Can a virginבְּתוּלָה֙be.tu.LahH1330forgetהֲתִשְׁכַּ֤חha.tish.KachH7911her jewelryעֶדְיָ֔הּ'ed.YahH5716,Or a brideכַּלָּ֖הka.LahH3618her attireקִשֻּׁרֶ֑יהָki.shu.Rei.haH7196?Yet My peopleוְעַמִּ֣יve.'a.MiH5971haveforgottenשְׁכֵח֔וּנִיshe.khe.Chu.niH7911MeFor daysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117withoutאֵ֥ין'einH369numberמִסְפָּֽר׃mis.ParH4557.

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