Revised Literal Translation

Jeremiah 17:5-10

5Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068;Cursedאָר֤וּר'a.RurH779bethe manהַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ha.Ge.verH1397that trustethיִבְטַ֣חyiv.TachH982in manבָּֽאָדָ֔םba.'a.DamH120,and makethוְשָׂ֥םve.SamH7760fleshבָּשָׂ֖רba.SarH1320his armזְרֹע֑וֹze.ro.'OH2220,and whose heartלִבּֽוֹ׃li.BoH3820departethיָס֥וּרya.SurH5493from Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

6For he shall be like the heathH6199in the desertבָּֽעֲרָבָ֔הba.'a.ra.VahH6160,and shall not seeיִרְאֶ֖הyir.'EhH7200when goodט֑וֹבTovH2896comethיָב֣וֹאya.Vo'H935;but shall inhabitוְשָׁכַ֤ןve.sha.KhanH7931the parched placesחֲרֵרִים֙cha.re.RimH2788in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֔רba.mid.BarH4057, ina saltמְלֵחָ֖הme.le.ChahH4420landאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776and not inhabitedתֵשֵֽׁב׃ סte.ShevH3427.

7Blessedבָּר֣וּךְba.RukhH1288isthe manהַגֶּ֔בֶרha.Ge.verH1397that trustethיִבְטַ֖חyiv.TachH982in Yhwhבַּֽיהוָ֑הba.Yah.wehH3068,and whose hopeמִבְטַחֽוֹ׃miv.ta.ChoH4009Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068is.

8For he shall be as a treeכְּעֵ֣ץ׀ke.'EtzH6086plantedשָׁת֣וּלsha.TulH8362by the watersמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325, and thatspreadeth outיְשַׁלַּ֣חye.sha.LachH7971her rootsשָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יוsha.ra.ShavH8328by the riverיוּבַל֙yu.ValH3105,and shall not seeיִרְאֶה֙yi.raH7200when heatחֹ֔םChomH2527comethיָבֹ֣אya.Vo'H935,but her leafעָלֵ֖הוּ'a.Le.huH5929shall be greenרַֽעֲנָ֑ןra.'a.NanH7488;and shall not be carefulיִדְאָ֔גyid.'AgH1672in the yearוּבִשְׁנַ֤תu.vish.NatH8141of droughtבַּצֹּ֙רֶת֙ba.Tzo.retH1226,neither shall ceaseיָמִ֖ישׁya.MishH4185from yieldingמֵעֲשׂ֥וֹתme.'a.SotH6213fruitפֶּֽרִי׃Pe.riH6529.

9The heartהַלֵּ֛בha.LevH3820isdeceitfulעָקֹ֥בa.KoH6121above all things,and desperately wickedוְאָנֻ֣שׁve.'a.NushH605:who can knowיֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃ye.da.'E.nuH3045it?

10I Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068searchחֹקֵ֥רcho.KerH2713the heartלֵ֖בlevH3820, Itryבֹּחֵ֣ןbo.ChenH974the reinsכְּלָי֑וֹתke.la.YotH3629,even to giveוְלָתֵ֤תve.la.TetH5414every manלְאִישׁ֙le.'IshH376according to his waysכִּדְרָכָ֔יוke.dar.kovH1870, andaccording to the fruitכִּפְרִ֖יkif.RiH6529of his doingsמַעֲלָלָֽיו׃ סma.'a.la.LavH4611.

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