Revised Literal Translation

Jeremiah 11:15-19

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.

18And Yhwhוַֽיהוָ֥הva.Yah.wehH3068hath given me knowledgeהֽוֹדִיעַ֖נִיho.di.'A.niH3045of it,and I knowוָֽאֵדָ֑עָהva.'e.Da.'ahH3045it:then thou shewedstהִרְאִיתַ֥נִיhir.'i.Ta.niH7200me their doingsמַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ma.'a.lei.HemH4611.

19But I waslike a lambכְּכֶ֥בֶשׂke.Khe.vesH3532oran oxאַלּ֖וּף'a.LufH441thatis broughtיוּבַ֣לyu.ValH2986to the slaughterלִטְב֑וֹחַlit.Vo.achH2873;and I knewיָדַ֜עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045not that they had devisedחָשְׁב֣וּcha.she.VuH2803devicesמַחֲשָׁב֗וֹתma.cha.sha.VotH4284against me, saying,Let us destroyנַשְׁחִ֨יתָהnash.Chi.tahH7843the treeעֵ֤ץ'etzH6086with the fruitבְּלַחְמוֹ֙be.lach.MoH3899thereof, and let us cut him offוְנִכְרְתֶ֙נּוּ֙ve.nikh.re.Te.nuH3772from the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of the livingחַיִּ֔יםchai.YimH2416,that his nameוּשְׁמ֖וֹu.she.MoH8034may be no more rememberedיִזָּכֵ֥רyi.za.KherH2142.

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