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Jeremiah 51:38-40

38They shall roarיִשְׁאָ֑גוּyish.'A.guH7580togetherיַחְדָּ֖וyach.DavH3162like lionsכַּכְּפִרִ֣יםka.ke.fi.RimH3715:they shall yellנָעֲר֖וּna.'a.RuH5286as lions’אֲרָיֽוֹת׃'a.ra.YotH738whelpsכְּגוֹרֵ֥יke.go.ReiH1484.

39In their heatH2527I will makeאָשִׁ֣ית'a.ShitH7896their feastsמִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֗םmish.tei.HemH4960,and I will make them drunkenוְהִשְׁכַּרְתִּים֙ve.hish.kar.TimH7937,that they may rejoiceיַעֲלֹ֔זוּya.'a.Lo.zuH5937,and sleepוְיָשְׁנ֥וּve.ya.she.NuH3462a perpetualעוֹלָ֖םo.LamH5769sleepשְׁנַת־she.nat-H8142,and not wakeיָקִ֑יצוּya.Ki.tzuH6974,saithנְאֻ֖םne.'UmH5002Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

40I will bring them downאֽוֹרִידֵ֖ם'o.ri.DemH3381like lambsכְּכָרִ֣יםke.kha.RimH3733to the slaughterלִטְב֑וֹחַlit.Vo.achH2873,like ramsכְּאֵילִ֖יםke.'ei.LimH352with he goatsעַתּוּדִֽים׃'a.tu.DimH6260.

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