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Jeremiah 11:6-8

6Then Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto me, Proclaimקְרָ֨אke.Ra'H7121all these wordsהַדְּבָרִ֤יםha.de.va.RimH1697in the citiesבְּעָרֵ֣יbe.'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,and in the streetsוּבְחֻצ֥וֹתu.ve.chu.TzotH2351of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Hearשִׁמְע֗וּshim.'UH8085ye the wordsדִּבְרֵי֙div.ReiH1697of this covenantהַבְּרִ֣יתha.be.RitH1285,and doוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖םva.'a.si.TemH6213them.

7For I earnestlyהָעֵ֨דha.'EdH5749protestedהַעִדֹ֜תִיha.'i.Do.tiH5749unto your fathersבַּאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗םba.'a.vo.tei.KhemH1in the dayבְּיוֹם֩be.yOmH3117thatI brought them upהַעֲלוֹתִ֨יha.'a.lo.TiH5927out of the landמֵאֶ֤רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714, evenunto this dayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117,rising earlyהַשְׁכֵּ֥םhash.KemH7925and protestingוְהָעֵ֖דve.ha.'EdH5749,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Obeyשִׁמְע֖וּshim.'UH8085my voiceבְּקוֹלִֽי׃be.ko.LiH6963.

8Yet they obeyedשָֽׁמְעוּ֙sha.me.'UH8085not, nor inclinedהִטּ֣וּhi.TuH5186their earאָזְנָ֔ם'a.ze.NamH241,but walkedH3212every oneאִ֕ישׁ'ishH376in the imaginationבִּשְׁרִיר֖וּתbish.ri.RutH8307of their evilהָרָ֑עha.Ra'H7451heartלִבָּ֣םli.BamH3820:therefore I will bringוָאָבִ֨יאva.'a.Vi'H935upon them all the wordsדִּבְרֵ֧יdiv.ReiH1697of this covenantהַבְּרִית־ha.be.rit-H1285,which I commandedצִוִּ֥יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680themto doלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213;but they didעָשֽׂוּ׃ ס'a.SuH6213them not.

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