Revised Literal Translation

Jeremiah 21:8-10

8And unto this peopleהָעָ֤םha.'AmH5971thou shalt sayתֹּאמַ֔רto.MarH559,Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068;Behold, I setנֹתֵן֙no.TenH5414beforeלִפְנֵיכֶ֔םlif.nei.KhemH6440you the wayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of lifeהַחַיִּ֖יםha.chai.YimH2416,and the wayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of deathהַמָּֽוֶת׃ha.Ma.vetH4194.

9He that abidethהַיֹּשֵׁב֙hai.yo.ShevH3427in this cityבָּעִ֣ירba.'IrH5892shall dieיָמ֕וּתya.MutH4191by the swordבַּחֶ֖רֶבba.Che.revH2719,and by the famineוּבָרָעָ֣בu.va.ra.'AvH7458,and by the pestilenceוּבַדָּ֑בֶרu.va.Da.verH1698:but he that goeth outוְהַיּוֹצֵא֩ve.hai.yo.Tze'H3318,and fallethוְנָפַ֨לve.na.FalH5307to the Chaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֜יםha.kas.DimH3778that besiegeהַצָּרִ֤יםha.tza.RimH6696you, he shall liveוְחָיָ֔הve.cha.yahH2421,and his lifeנַפְשׁ֖וֹnaf.ShoH5315shall be unto him for a preyלְשָׁלָֽל׃le.sha.LalH7998.

10For I have setשַׂ֣מְתִּיSam.tiH7760my faceפָ֠נַיFa.naiH6440against this cityבָּעִ֨ירba.'IrH5892for evilלְרָעָ֛הle.ra.'AhH7451,and not for goodלְטוֹבָ֖הle.to.VahH2896,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068:it shall be givenתִּנָּתֵ֔ןti.na.TenH5414into the handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of the kingמֶ֤לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Babylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894,and he shall burnוּשְׂרָפָ֖הּu.se.ra.FahH8313it with fireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ סba.'EshH784.

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