Revised Literal Translation

Jeremiah 11:14-17

14Therefore prayתִּתְפַּלֵּל֙tit.pa.LelH6419not thou for this peopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971,neither lift upתִּשָּׂ֥אti.Sa'H5375a cryרִנָּ֣הri.NahH7440or prayerוּתְפִלָּ֑הu.te.fi.LahH8605for them: for I will not hearשֹׁמֵ֗עַsho.Me.a'H8085themin the timeבְּעֵ֛תbe.'EtH6256that they cryקָרְאָ֥םka.re.'AmH7121unto me for their troubleרָעָתָֽם׃ סra.'a.TamH7451.

15What hath my belovedלִֽידִידִ֞יli.di.DiH3039to do in mine houseבְּבֵיתִ֗יbe.vei.TiH1004, seeingshe hath wroughtעֲשׂוֹתָ֤הּa.so.TahH6213lewdnessהַֽמְזִמָּ֙תָה֙ham.zi.Ma.tahH4209with manyהָֽרַבִּ֔יםha.ra.BimH7227,and the holyקֹ֖דֶשׁKo.deshH6944fleshוּבְשַׂר־u.ve.sar-H1320is passedיַעַבְר֣וּya.'av.RuH5674from thee? when thou doest evilרָעָתֵ֖כִיra.'a.Te.khiH7451,then thou rejoicestתַּעֲלֹֽזִי׃ta.'a.Lo.ziH5937.

16Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068calledקָרָ֥אka.Ra'H7121thy nameשְׁמֵ֑ךְshe.MekhH8034,A greenרַֽעֲנָן֙ra.'a.NanH7488olive treeזַ֤יִתZa.yitH2132,fairיְפֵ֣הye.PehH3303, andof goodlyתֹ֔אַרTo.'arH8389fruitפְרִי־fe.ri-H6529:with the noiseלְק֣וֹל׀le.KolH6963of a greatגְדֹלָ֗הge.do.LahH1419tumultהֲמוּלָּ֣הha.mu.LahH1999he hath kindledהִצִּ֥יתhi.TzitH3341fireאֵשׁ֙'eshH784upon it, and the branchesדָּלִיּוֹתָֽיו׃da.li.yo.TavH1808of it are brokenוְרָע֖וּve.ra.'UH7489.

17For Yhwhוַיהוָ֤הva.Yah.wehH3068of Armiesצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635,that plantedהַנּוֹטֵ֣עַha.no.Te.a'H5193thee, hath pronouncedדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696evilרָעָ֑הra.'AhH7451against thee, forבִּ֠גְלַלBig.lalH1558the evilרָעַ֨תra.'AtH7451of the houseבֵּֽית־beit-H1004of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478and of the houseוּבֵ֣יתu.VeitH1004of Judahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063,which they have doneעָשׂ֥וּ'a.SuH6213against themselves to provoke me to angerלְהַכְעִסֵ֖נִיle.hakh.'i.Se.niH3707in offering incenseלְקַטֵּ֥רle.ka.TerH6999unto Baalלַבָּֽעַל׃ סla.Ba.'alH1168.

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