Revised Literal Translation

Jeremiah 2:22-23

22For though thou washתְּכַבְּסִי֙te.kha.be.SiH3526thee with nitreבַּנֶּ֔תֶרba.Ne.terH5427,and take thee muchוְתַרְבִּי־ve.tar.bi-H7235soapבֹּרִ֑יתbo.RitH1287, yetthine iniquityעֲוֹנֵךְ֙'a.vo.neKhH5771is markedנִכְתָּ֤םnikh.TamH3799beforeלְפָנַ֔יle.fa.NaiH6440me, saithנְאֻ֖םne.'UmH5002the Lordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִֽה׃Yah.wehH3069.

23How canst thou sayתֹּאמְרִ֞יtom.RiH559,I am not pollutedנִטְמֵ֗אתִיnit.Me.tiH2930,I have not goneהָלַ֔כְתִּיha.Lakh.tiH1980afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310Baalimהַבְּעָלִים֙ha.be.'a.LimH1168?seeרְאִ֤יre.'IH7200thy wayדַרְכֵּךְ֙dar.keKhH1870in the valleyבַּגַּ֔יְאba.Gay'H1516,knowדְּעִ֖יde.'IH3045what thou hast doneעָשִׂ֑ית'a.SitH6213: thou arta swiftקַלָּ֖הka.LahH7031dromedaryבִּכְרָ֥הbikh.RahH1072traversingמְשָׂרֶ֥כֶתme.sa.Re.khetH8308her waysדְּרָכֶֽיהָ׃de.ra.Khei.haH1870;

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