Revised Literal Translation

Jeremiah 1:14-19

14Then Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto me, Out of the northמִצָּפוֹן֙mi.tza.fOnH6828an evilהָרָעָ֔הha.ra.'AhH7451shall break forthתִּפָּתַ֣חti.pa.TachH6605upon all the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.VeiH3427of the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

15For, lo, I will callקֹרֵ֗אko.Re'H7121all the familiesמִשְׁפְּח֛וֹתmish.pe.ChotH4940of the kingdomsמַמְלְכ֥וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467of the northצָפ֖וֹנָהtza.Fo.nahH6828,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068;and they shall comeוּבָ֡אוּu.Va.'uH935,and they shall setוְֽנָתְנוּ֩ve.na.te.NuH5414every oneאִ֨ישׁ'ishH376his throneכִּסְא֜וֹkis.'OH3678at the enteringפֶּ֣תַח׀Pe.tachH6607of the gatesשַׁעֲרֵ֣יsha.'a.ReiH8179of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,and against all the wallsחוֹמֹתֶ֙יהָ֙cho.mo.Tei.haH2346thereof round aboutסָבִ֔יבsa.VivH5439,and against all the citiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

16And I will utterוְדִבַּרְתִּ֤יve.di.bar.TiH1696my judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטַי֙mish.pa.TaiH4941against them touchingעַ֖ל'alH5921all their wickednessרָעָתָ֑םra.'a.TamH7451,who have forsakenעֲזָב֗וּנִי'a.za.Vu.niH5800me, and have burned incenseוַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙vay.ka.te.RuH6999unto otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsלֵאלֹהִ֣יםle.lo.HimH430,and worshippedוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812the worksלְמַעֲשֵׂ֥יle.ma.'a.SeiH4639of their own handsיְדֵיהֶֽם׃ye.dei.HemH3027.

17Thou therefore gird upתֶּאְזֹ֣רte'.ZorH247thy loinsמָתְנֶ֔יךָma.te.Nei.khaH4975,and ariseוְקַמְתָּ֙ve.kam.TaH6965,and speakוְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ve.di.bar.TaH1696unto them all that I commandאֲצַוֶּ֑ךָּ'a.tza.Ve.kaH6680thee: be not dismayedתֵּחַת֙te.ChatH2865at their facesמִפְּנֵיהֶ֔םmi.pe.nei.HemH6440,lest I confoundאֲחִתְּךָ֖'a.chi.te.KhaH2865thee beforeלִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃lif.nei.HemH6440them.

18For, behold, Iוַאֲנִ֞יva.'a.NiH589have madeנְתַתִּ֣יךָne.ta.Ti.khaH5414thee this dayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117a defencedמִבְצָ֜רmiv.TzarH4013cityלְעִ֨ירle.'IrH5892,and an ironבַּרְזֶ֛לbar.ZelH1270pillarוּלְעַמּ֥וּדu.le.'a.MudH5982,and brasenנְחֹ֖שֶׁתne.Cho.shetH5178wallsוּלְחֹמ֥וֹתu.le.cho.MotH2346against the whole landהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,against the kingsלְמַלְכֵ֤יle.mal.KheiH4428of Judahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063,against the princesלְשָׂרֶ֔יהָle.sa.Rei.haH8269thereof, against the priestsלְכֹהֲנֶ֖יהָle.kho.ha.Nei.haH3548thereof, and against the peopleוּלְעַ֥םu.le.'AmH5971of the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

19And they shall fightוְנִלְחֲמ֥וּve.nil.cha.MuH3898against thee; but they shall not prevailי֣וּכְלוּYu.khe.luH3201against thee; for I amwith thee, saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,to deliverלְהַצִּילֶֽךָ׃ פle.ha.tzi.Le.khaH5337thee.

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