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Jeremiah 13:5-7

5So I wentH3212,and hidוָאֶטְמְנֵ֖הוּva.'et.me.Ne.huH2934it by Euphratesבִּפְרָ֑תbif.RatH6578,as Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680me.

6And it came to pass afterמִקֵּ֖ץmi.KetzH7093manyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227daysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117,that Yhwhיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto me, Ariseק֚וּםkumH6965,goH3212to Euphratesפְּרָ֔תָהpe.Ra.tahH6578,and takeוְקַ֤חve.KachH3947the girdleהָ֣אֵז֔וֹרha.'e.ZorH232from thence, which I commandedצִוִּיתִ֖יךָtzi.vi.Ti.khaH6680thee to hideלְטָמְנוֹ־le.ta.me.nov-H2934there.

7Then I wentH3212to Euphratesפְּרָ֔תָהpe.Ra.tahH6578,and diggedוָאֶחְפֹּ֗רva.'ech.PorH2658,and tookוָֽאֶקַּח֙va.'e.KachH3947the girdleהָ֣אֵז֔וֹרha.'e.ZorH232from the placeהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725where I had hidטְמַנְתִּ֣יוte.man.TivH2934it: and, behold, the girdleהָאֵז֔וֹרha.'e.ZorH232was marredנִשְׁחַ֣תnish.ChatH7843,it was profitableיִצְלַ֖חyitz.LachH6743for nothing.

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