Revised Literal Translation

Jeremiah 16:11-12

11Then shalt thou sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559unto them, Because your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם'a.vo.tei.KhemH1have forsakenעָזְב֨וּ'a.ze.VuH5800me, saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,and have walkedH3212afterאַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,and have servedוַיַּעַבְד֖וּםvai.ya.'av.DumH5647them, and have worshippedוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812them, and have forsakenעָזָ֔בוּ'a.Za.vuH5800me, and have not keptשָׁמָֽרוּ׃sha.Ma.ruH8104my lawתּוֹרָתִ֖יto.ra.TiH8451;

12And ye have doneלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213worseהֲרֵעֹתֶ֥םha.re.'o.TemH7489than your fathersמֵאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םme.'a.vo.tei.KhemH1;for, beholdH2009,ye walkהֹלְכִ֗יםho.le.KhimH1980every oneאִ֚ישׁ'ishH376afterאַֽחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310the imaginationשְׁרִר֣וּתshe.ri.RutH8307of his evilהָרָ֔עha.Ra'H7451heartלִבּֽוֹ־li.bov-H3820,that they may not hearkenשְׁמֹ֥עַshe.Mo.a'H8085unto me:

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