Revised Literal Translation

Jeremiah 29:22-23

22And of them shall be taken upוְלֻקַּ֤חve.lu.KachH3947a curseקְלָלָ֔הke.la.LahH7045by all the captivityגָּל֣וּתga.LutH1546of Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063which arein Babylonבְּבָבֶ֖לbe.va.VelH894,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068makeיְשִֽׂמְךָ֤ye.sim.KhaH7760thee like Zedekiahכְּצִדְקִיָּ֣הוּke.tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667and like Ahabוּכְאֶחָ֔בu.khe.'e.ChavH256,whom the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894roastedקָלָ֥םka.LamH7033in the fireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784;

23Because they have committedH6213villanyנְבָלָ֜הne.va.LahH5039in Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,and have committedH6213adulteryוַיְנַֽאֲפוּ֙vay.na.'a.FuH5003with their neighbours’רֵֽעֵיהֶ֔םre.'ei.HemH7453wivesנְשֵׁ֣יne.SheiH802,and have spokenוַיְדַבְּר֨וּvay.da.be.RuH1696lyingשֶׁ֔קֶרShe.kerH8267wordsדָבָ֤רda.VarH1697in my nameבִּשְׁמִי֙bish.MiH8034,which I have not commandedצִוִּיתִ֑םtzi.vi.TimH6680them; even I knowהַיּוֹדֵ֥עַhu.yo.de.a'H3045, and ama witnessוָעֵ֖דva.'EdH5707,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

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