Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 4:25-31

25When thou shaltbegetתוֹלִ֤ידto.LidH3205childrenבָּנִים֙ba.NimH1121, andchildren’sוּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.NeiH1121childrenבָנִ֔יםva.NimH1121, and ye shall have beenlongוְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּ֖םve.no.shan.TemH3462in thelandבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776, and shallcorruptוְהִשְׁחַתֶּ֗םve.hish.cha.TemH7843yourselves, andmakeוַעֲשִׂ֤יתֶםva.'a.Si.temH6213agravenH6459imageפֶּ֙סֶל֙pe.selH6459in theformתְּמ֣וּנַתte.Mu.natH8544ofanyכֹּ֔לKolH3605thingכִּֽי־ki-H3588, and shalldoוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֥םva.'a.si.TemH6213thatwhichH5869isevilהָרַ֛עha.Ra'H7451in thesightH5869of theLORDיְהוָֽה־Yah.weh-H3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, toprovokeלְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃le.hakh.'i.SoH3707him toangerH3707:

26I callheavenהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064andearthהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776to witnessagainstH5921youאַתֶּ֜ם'a.TemH859thisdayהַיּ֜וֹםhai.YomH3117, that ye shallsoonH3588utterlyH6perishH6fromoffH5921thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whereunto yegoעֹבְרִ֧ים'oe.RimH5674overJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֛ןhai.yar.DenH3383topossessלְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּle.rish.TahH3423it; ye shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808prolongתַאֲרִיכֻ֤ןta.'a.ri.KhunH748yourdaysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117uponH5921it, but shallutterlyH6bedestroyedH8045.

27And theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068shallscatterוְהֵפִ֧יץve.he.FitzH6327youH834among thepeoplesבָּעַמִּ֑יםba.'a.MimH5971, and ye shall beleftוְנִשְׁאַרְתֶּם֙ve.nish.'ar.TemH7604fewH4557innumberמִסְפָּ֔רmis.ParH4557among thenationsבַּגּוֹיִ֕םba.go.YimH1471, whither theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068shall leadyouH834awayיְנַהֵ֧גye.na.HegH5090.

28And there ye shallserveוַעֲבַדְתֶּם־va.'a.vad.tem-H5647godsאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430, theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.SehH4639ofmen’sאָדָ֑ם'a.DamH120handsיְדֵ֣יye.DeiH3027,woodעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086andstoneוָאֶ֔בֶןva.'E.venH68,whichאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834neitherלֹֽא־lo'-H3808seeיִרְאוּן֙yir.'UnH7200,norוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808hearיִשְׁמְע֔וּןyish.me.'UnH8085,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808eatיֹֽאכְל֖וּןyokh.LunH398,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808smellיְרִיחֻֽן׃ye.ri.ChunH7306.

29ButifH3588from thence ye shallseekוּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥םu.vi.kash.TemH1245theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, thou shaltfindוּמָצָ֑אתָu.ma.Tza.taH4672him,ifH3588thousearchH1245afterH3588him withallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thyheartלְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve.KhaH3824and withallוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605thysoulנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khaH5315.

30When thou art in tribulation, andallכֹּ֖לkolH3605theseהָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.lehH428things arecomeH7725upon thee, in thelatterבְּאַחֲרִית֙be.'a.cha.RitH319daysהַיָּמִ֔יםhai.ya.MimH3117thou shaltreturnוְשַׁבְתָּ֙ve.shav.TaH7725to theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, and hearken unto hisvoiceבְּקֹלֽוֹ׃be.ko.LoH6963:

31for theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430is amercifulרַחוּם֙ra.ChumH7349GodH430; he willnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808failיַרְפְּךָ֖yar.pe.KhaH7503thee,neitherוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808destroyיַשְׁחִיתֶ֑ךָyash.chi.Te.khaH7843thee,norוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808forgetיִשְׁכַּח֙yish.KachH7911thecovenantבְּרִ֣יתbe.RitH1285of thyfathersאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ'a.vo.Tei.khaH1whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834he sware unto them.

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