Revised Literal Translation

Jeremiah 2:17-19

17Hast thou not procuredתַּעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsakenעָזְבֵךְ֙'a.ze.veKhH5800Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהַ֔יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430,whenבְּעֵ֖תbe.'EtH6256he ledH3212thee by the wayבַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ba.Da.rekhH1870?

18And now what hast thou to do in the wayלְדֶ֣רֶךְle.De.rekhH1870of Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,to drinkלִשְׁתּ֖וֹתlish.TotH8354the watersמֵ֣יmeiH4325of Sihorשִׁח֑וֹרshi.ChorH7883?or what hast thou to do in the wayלְדֶ֣רֶךְle.De.rekhH1870of Assyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804,to drinkלִשְׁתּ֖וֹתlish.TotH8354the watersמֵ֥יmeiH4325of the riverנָהָֽר׃na.HarH5104?

19Thine own wickednessרָעָתֵ֗ךְra.'a.TekhH7451shall correctתְּיַסְּרֵ֣ךְte.ya.se.RekhH3256thee, and thy backslidingsוּמְשֻֽׁבוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙u.me.shu.vo.Ta.yikhH4878shall reproveתּוֹכִחֻ֔ךְto.khi.ChukhH3198thee: knowוּדְעִ֤יu.de.'IH3045therefore and seeוּרְאִי֙u.re.'IH7200that it isan evilרַ֣עra'H7451thingand bitterוָמָ֔רva.MarH4751,that thou hast forsakenעָזְבֵ֖ךְ'a.ze.VekhH5800Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהָ֑יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430,and that my fearפַחְדָּתִי֙fach.da.TiH6345isnot in thee, saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִ֖הYah.wehH3069of Armiesצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635.

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