Revised Literal Translation

Jeremiah 3:6-13

6Yhwhיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559also unto me in the daysבִּימֵי֙bi.MeiH3117of Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,Hast thou seenהֲֽרָאִ֔יתָhara.'I.taH7200thatwhich backslidingמְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.VahH4878Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478hath doneעָשְׂתָ֖ה'a.se.TahH6213?she is gone upהֹלְכָ֨הho.le.KhahH1980upon every highגָּבֹ֗הַּga.Vo.ahH1364mountainהַ֣רharH2022and underתַּ֛חַתTa.chatH8478every greenרַעֲנָ֖ןra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086,and there hath played the harlotוַתִּזְנִי־va.tiz.ni-H2181.

7And I saidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559afterאַחֲרֵ֨י'a.cha.ReiH310she had doneעֲשׂוֹתָ֧הּa.so.TahH6213all these things,Turnתָּשׁ֖וּבta.ShuvH7725thou unto me. But she returnedשָׁ֑בָהSha.vahH7725not. And her treacherousבָּגוֹדָ֥הba.go.DahH901sisterאֲחוֹתָ֖הּ'a.cho.TahH269Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063sawוַתֵּ֛רֶאva.te.reh'H7200it.

8And I sawוָאֵ֗רֶאva.'E.re'H7200,when for all the causesאֹדוֹת֙'o.dOtH182whereby backslidingמְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.VahH4878Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478committed adulteryנִֽאֲפָה֙ni.'a.FahH5003I had put her awayשִׁלַּחְתִּ֕יהָshi.lach.Ti.haH7971,and givenוָאֶתֵּ֛ןva.'e.TenH5414her a billסֵ֥פֶרSe.ferH5612of divorceכְּרִיתֻתֶ֖יהָke.ri.tu.Tei.haH3748;yet her treacherousבֹּֽגֵדָ֤הbo.ge.DahH898sisterאֲחוֹתָ֔הּ'a.cho.TahH269Judahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063fearedיָֽרְאָ֜הya.re.'AhH3372not, but wentH3212and played the harlotוַתִּ֥זֶןva.Ti.zenH2181also.

9And it came to pass through the lightnessמִקֹּ֣לmi.KolH6963of her whoredomזְנוּתָ֔הּze.nu.TahH2184,that she defiledוַתֶּחֱנַ֖ףva.te.che.NafH2610the landהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,and committed adulteryוַתִּנְאַ֥ףva.tin.'AfH5003with stonesהָאֶ֖בֶןha.'E.venH68and with stocksהָעֵֽץ׃ha.'EtzH6086.

10And yet for all this her treacherousבָּגוֹדָ֧הba.go.DahH901sisterאֲחוֹתָ֛הּ'a.cho.TahH269Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063hath not turnedשָׁ֨בָהSha.vahH7725unto me with her whole heartלִבָּ֑הּli.BahH3820,but feignedlyבְּשֶׁ֖קֶרbe.She.kerH8267,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

11And Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto me, The backslidingמְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.VahH4878Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478hath justifiedצִדְּקָ֥הtzi.de.KahH6663herselfנַפְשָׁ֖הּnaf.ShahH5315more than treacherousמִבֹּגֵדָ֖הmi.bo.ge.DahH898Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

12Goהָלֹ֡ךְha.LokhH1980and proclaimוְקָֽרָאתָ֩ve.ka.ra.TaH7121these wordsהַדְּבָרִ֨יםha.de.va.RimH1697toward the northצָפ֗וֹנָהtza.Fo.nahH6828,and sayוְ֠אָמַרְתָּVe.'a.mar.taH559,Returnשׁ֣וּבָהShu.vahH7725,thou backslidingמְשֻׁבָ֤הme.shu.VahH4878Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; andI will not cause mine angerפָּנַ֖יpa.NaiH6440to fallאַפִּ֥יל'a.PilH5307upon you: for I ammercifulחָסִ֤ידcha.SidH2623,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, andI will not keepאֶטּ֖וֹר'e.TorH5201angerfor everלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769.

13Only acknowledgeדְּעִ֣יde.'IH3045thine iniquityעֲוֹנֵ֔ךְ'a.vo.NekhH5771,that thou hast transgressedפָּשָׁ֑עַתְּpa.Sha.'atH6586against Yhwhבַּיהוָ֥הba.Yah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהַ֖יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430,and hast scatteredוַתְּפַזְּרִ֨יva.te.fa.ze.RiH6340thy waysדְּרָכַ֜יִךְde.ra.Kha.yikhH1870to the strangersלַזָּרִ֗יםla.za.RimH2114under every greenרַעֲנָ֔ןra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086,and ye have not obeyedשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖םshe.ma'.TemH8085my voiceוּבְקוֹלִ֥יu.ve.ko.LiH6963,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהֹוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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