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Jeremiah 44:15-16

15Then all the menהָאֲנָשִׁ֤יםha.'a.na.ShimH582which knewהַיֹּֽדְעִים֙hai.yo.de.'ImH3045that their wivesנְשֵׁיהֶם֙ne.shei.HemH802had burned incenseמְקַטְּר֤וֹתme.ka.te.RotH6999unto otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsלֵאלֹהִ֣יםle.lo.HimH430,and all the womenהַנָּשִׁ֥יםha.na.ShimH802that stood byהָעֹמְד֖וֹתha.'o.me.DotH5975,a greatגָּד֑וֹלga.DolH1419multitudeקָהָ֣לka.HalH6951,even all the peopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971that dweltהַיֹּשְׁבִ֥יםhai.yo.she.VimH3427in the landבְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-H776of Egyptמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,in Pathrosבְּפַתְר֥וֹסbe.fat.RosH6624,answeredוַיַּעֲנ֣וּvai.ya.'a.NuH6030Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֗הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

16As forthe wordהַדָּבָ֛רha.da.VarH1697that thou hast spokenדִּבַּ֥רְתָּdi.Bar.taH1696unto us in the nameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034of Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,we will not hearkenשֹׁמְעִ֖יםsho.me.'ImH8085unto thee.

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