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Jeremiah 42:4-7

4Then Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֤הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414the prophetהַנָּבִיא֙ha.na.Vi'H5030saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, I have heardשָׁמַ֔עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiH8085you;behold, I will prayמִתְפַּלֵּ֛לmit.pa.LelH6419unto Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430according to your wordsכְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֑םke.div.rei.KhemH1697; and it shall come to pass, thatwhatsoever thingהַדָּבָר֩ha.da.VarH1697Yhwhיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068shall answerיַעֲנֶ֨הya.'a.NehH6030you, I will declareאַגִּ֣יד'a.GidH5046itunto you; I will keepH4513nothingדָּבָֽר׃da.VarH1697backH4513from you.

5Then they saidאָמְר֣וּ'a.me.RuH559to Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068be a trueאֱמֶ֣ת'e.MetH571and faithfulוְנֶאֱמָ֑ןve.ne.'e.ManH539witnessלְעֵ֖דle.'EdH5707between us, if we doנַעֲשֶֽׂה׃na.'a.SehH6213not even according to all thingsהַ֠דָּבָרHa.da.vorH1697for the which Yhwhיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shall sendיִֽשְׁלָחֲךָ֜yish.la.cha.KhaH7971thee to us.

6Whether it begoodט֣וֹבTovH2896, or whether it beevilרָ֔עRa'H7451,we will obeyנִשְׁמָ֑עnish.Ma'H8085the voiceבְּק֣וֹל׀be.KolH6963of Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,to whom weH580sendשֹׁלְחִ֥יםsho.le.ChimH7971thee; that it may be wellיִֽיטַב־yi.tav-H3190with us, when we obeyנִשְׁמַ֔עnish.Ma'H8085the voiceבְּק֖וֹלbe.KolH6963of Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ ס'e.lo.Hei.nuH430.

7And it came to pass afterמִקֵּ֖ץmi.KetzH7093tenעֲשֶׂ֣רֶת'a.Se.retH6235daysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117,that the wordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068came unto Jeremiahיִרְמְיָֽהוּ׃yir.me.Ya.huH3414.

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