New American Standard Bible 2020

Jeremiah 8:4-7

4“You shall sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559to them, ‘ThisH3541isH3541whatH3541the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saysאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559: “Do peoplefallהֲיִפְּל֖וּha.yi.pe.LuH5307and not getH6965upH6965?Does one turnH7725awayH7725and notrepentH7725?

5Whyמַדּ֨וּעַma.Du.a'H4069has thisהַזֶּ֛הha.ZehH2088peopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971,Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,TurnedH7725awayשׁוֹבְבָ֜הsho.VahH7725in continualנִצַּ֑חַתni.Tza.chatH5329apostasyמְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.VahH4878? Theyholdהֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙he.che.Zi.kuH2388onH2388to deceitבַּתַּרְמִ֔יתba.tar.MitH8649, Theyrefuseמֵאֲנ֖וּme.'a.NuH3985to returnלָשֽׁוּב׃la.ShuvH7725.

6Ihave listenedהִקְשַׁ֤בְתִּיhik.Shav.tiH7181and heardוָֽאֶשְׁמָע֙va.'esh.Ma'H8085,They have spokenיְדַבֵּ֔רוּye.da.Be.ruH1696whatH3653isH3653not rightH3653;Noאֵ֣ין'einH369oneאִ֗ישׁ'IshH376repentedנִחָם֙ni.ChamH5162of his wickednessH7463,Sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559, ‘Whatמֶ֣הmehH4100have I doneעָשִׂ֑יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213?’Everyoneכֻּלֹּ֗הku.LohH3605turnedשָׁ֚בShavH7725to his own 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.TorH8449,the swallowוְסִיס֙ve.susH5483,and the craneוְעָג֔וּרve.'a.GurH5693Keepשָׁמְר֖וּsha.me.RuH8104toH8104the timeעֵ֣ת'etH6256of theirmigrationבֹּאָ֑נָהbo.'A.nahH935; ButMy peopleוְעַמִּ֕יve.'a.MiH5971do not knowיָֽדְע֔וּya.de.'UH3045The judgmentמִשְׁפַּ֥טmish.PatH4941of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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