Revised Literal Translation

Jeremiah 8:4-7

4Moreover thou shalt sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559unto them, Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068;Shall they fallהֲיִפְּל֖וּha.yi.pe.LuH5307,and not ariseיָק֑וּמוּya.Ku.muH6965?shall he turn awayיָשׁ֖וּבya.ShuvH7725,and not returnיָשֽׁוּב׃ya.ShuvH7725?

5Why thenis this peopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389slidden backשׁוֹבְבָ֜הsho.VahH7725by a perpetualנִצַּ֑חַתni.Tza.chatH5329backslidingמְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.VahH4878?they holdהֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙he.che.Zi.kuH2388fast deceitבַּתַּרְמִ֔יתba.tar.MitH8649,they refuseמֵאֲנ֖וּme.'a.NuH3985to returnלָשֽׁוּב׃la.ShuvH7725.

6I hearkenedהִקְשַׁ֤בְתִּיhik.Shav.tiH7181and heardוָֽאֶשְׁמָע֙va.'esh.Ma'H8085, butthey spake not arightיְדַבֵּ֔רוּye.da.Be.ruH1696:no manאִ֗ישׁ'IshH376repentedנִחָם֙ni.ChamH5162him ofעַל־'al-H5921his wickednessרָ֣עָת֔וֹra.'a.ToH7451,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559,What have I doneעָשִׂ֑יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213?every one turnedשָׁ֚בShavH7725to his courseבִּמְר֣וּצָתָ֔םbim.ru.tzo.tamH4794,as the horseכְּס֥וּסke.SusH5483rushethשׁוֹטֵ֖ףsho.TefH7857into the battleבַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ba.mil.cha.MahH4421.

7Yea, the storkחֲסִידָ֣הcha.si.DahH2624in the heavenבַשָּׁמַ֗יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064knowethיָֽדְעָה֙ya.de.'AhH3045her appointed timesמֽוֹעֲדֶ֔יהָmo.'a.Dei.haH4150;and the turtledoveוְתֹ֤רve.TorH8449and the craneוְסִיס֙ve.susH5483and the swallowוְעָג֔וּרve.'a.GurH5693observeשָׁמְר֖וּsha.me.RuH8104the timeעֵ֣ת'etH6256of their comingבֹּאָ֑נָהbo.'A.nahH935;but my peopleוְעַמִּ֕יve.'a.MiH5971knowיָֽדְע֔וּya.de.'UH3045not the judgmentמִשְׁפַּ֥טmish.PatH4941of Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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