New American Standard Bible 2020

Jeremiah 2:29-37

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.

33Howמַה־mah-H4100wellH3190you prepareH3190your wayדַּרְכֵּ֖ךְdar.KekhH1870To seekלְבַקֵּ֣שׁle.va.KeshH1245loveאַהֲבָ֑ה'a.ha.VahH160!Thereforeלָכֵן֙la.KhenH3651evenגַּ֣םgamH1571to the wickedהָרָע֔וֹתha.ra.'otH7451womenH7451You have taughtלִמַּ֖דְתְּli.mad.tiH3925your waysדְּרָכָֽיִךְ׃de.ra.Kha.yikhH1870.

34Alsoגַּ֤םgamH1571on your skirtsבִּכְנָפַ֙יִךְ֙bikh.na.Fa.yikhH3671is foundנִמְצְא֔וּnim.tze.'UH4672Thelifebloodדַּ֛ם נַפְשׁ֥וֹתdam naf.ShotH1818 H5315of the innocentנְקִיִּ֑יםne.ki.YimH5355poorאֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים'ev.yo.NimH34;You did not findמְצָאתִ֖יםme.tza.TimH4672thembreakingבַמַּחְתֶּ֥רֶתva.mach.Te.retH4290inH4290.But inH5921spiteH5921ofH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605theseH428thingsאֵֽלֶּה׃'E.lehH428,

35You saidוַתֹּֽאמְרִי֙va.to.me.RiH559, ‘I amH5352innocentH5352;Surelyאַ֛ךְ'akhH389His angerאַפּ֖וֹ'a.PoH639is turnedשָׁ֥בshavH7725awayH7725from me.’BeholdH2009, I willenterנִשְׁפָּ֣טnish.PatH8199intoH8199judgmentH8199with youBecauseעַל־'al-H5921yousayאָמְרֵ֖ךְ'a.me.RekhH559, ‘I have not sinnedחָטָֽאתִי׃cha.Ta.tiH2398.’

36Whyמַה־mah-H4100do yougoתֵּזְלִ֥יte.ze.LiH235around soH3966muchH3966ChangingH8132your wayדַּרְכֵּ֑ךְdar.KekhH1870?Alsoגַּ֤םgamH1571,you will be putH954toH954shameH954by Egyptמִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,JustH3512asH3512you were putH954toH954shameH954byAssyriaמֵאַשּֽׁוּר׃me.'a.ShurH804.

37From thisזֶה֙zehH2088placeasH1571wellH1571you will goתֵּֽצְאִ֔יte.tze.'IH3318outH3318Withyour handsוְיָדַ֖יִךְve.ya.Da.yikhH3027on your headרֹאשֵׁ֑ךְro.ShekhH7218;For the Lordיְהֹוָה֙Yah.wehH3068has rejectedמָאַ֤סma.'AsH3988those in whomH4009you trustH4009,And you will not prosperתַצְלִ֖יחִיtatz.Li.chiH6743with them.”

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