Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 11

1Thewordהַדָּבָר֙ha.da.VarH1697thatcameהָיָ֣הha.YahH1961toJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414from theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2Hearשִׁמְע֕וּshim.'UH8085ye thewordsדִּבְרֵ֖יdiv.ReiH1697of thiscovenantהַבְּרִ֣יתha.be.RitH1285, andspeakוְדִבַּרְתָּם֙ve.di.bar.TamH1696unto themenאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, and to theinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.VeiH3427ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389;

3andsayH559thou unto them,Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478:Cursedאָר֣וּר'a.RurH779be themanהָאִ֔ישׁha.'IshH376that hearethnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808thewordsדִּבְרֵ֖יdiv.ReiH1697of thiscovenantהַבְּרִ֥יתha.be.RitH1285,

4whichH834Icommandedצִוִּ֣יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680yourfathersאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֡ם'a.vo.tei.KhemH1in thedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117that IbroughtH3318themforthH3318outH3318of thelandמֵאֶֽרֶץ־me.'e.retz-H776ofEgyptמִצְרַיִם֩mitz.ra.YimH4714,outH3318of theironהַבַּרְזֶ֜לha.bar.ZelH1270furnaceמִכּ֨וּרmi.KurH3564,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Obeyשִׁמְע֤וּshim.'UH8085myvoiceבְקוֹלִי֙ve.ko.LiH6963, anddoH6213them, according toallכְּכֹ֥לke.KholH3605whichH834Icommandאֲצַוֶּ֖ה'a.tza.VehH6680youH834:soH6213shall ye be mypeopleלְעָ֔םle.'AmH5971, and I will be yourGodלֵאלֹהִֽים׃le.lo.HimH430:

5that I mayestablishהָקִ֨יםha.KimH6965theoathהַשְּׁבוּעָ֜הha.she.vu.'AhH7621whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834I sware unto yourfathersלַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗םla.'a.vo.tei.KhemH1, togiveלָתֵ֤תla.TetH5414them alandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776flowingזָבַ֥תza.VatH2100withmilkחָלָ֛בcha.LavH2461andhoneyוּדְבַ֖שׁu.de.VashH1706, as at thisdayכַּיּ֣וֹםkai.YomH3117. ThenansweredH559I, andsaidH559,Amenאָמֵ֥ן׀'a.MenH543, OLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

6And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untomeאֵלַ֔י'e.LaiH413,Proclaimקְרָ֨אke.Ra'H7121allכָּל־kol-H3605theseהָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֤יםha.de.va.RimH1697in thecitiesבְּעָרֵ֣יbe.'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, and in thestreetsוּבְחֻצ֥וֹתu.ve.chu.TzotH2351ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Hearשִׁמְע֗וּshim.'UH8085ye thewordsדִּבְרֵי֙div.ReiH1697of thiscovenantהַבְּרִ֣יתha.be.RitH1285, anddoוַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖םva.'a.si.TemH6213them.

7For I earnestly protested unto yourfathersבַּאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗םba.'a.vo.tei.KhemH1in thedayבְּיוֹם֩be.yOmH3117that IbroughtH5927themupH5927outאוֹתָ֜ם'o.TamH853of thelandמֵאֶ֤רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714,evenוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704unto thisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117,risingH7925earlyהַשְׁכֵּ֥םhash.KemH7925and protesting,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Obeyשִׁמְע֖וּshim.'UH8085myvoiceבְּקוֹלִֽי׃be.ko.LiH6963.

8Yet theyobeyedשָֽׁמְעוּ֙sha.me.'UH8085notוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808,norוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808inclinedהִטּ֣וּhi.TuH5186theirearאָזְנָ֔ם'a.ze.NamH241, but walkedeveryH3605one in thestubbornnessבִּשְׁרִיר֖וּתbish.ri.RutH8307of theirevilהָרָ֑עha.Ra'H7451heartלִבָּ֣םli.BamH3820: therefore Ibroughtוָאָבִ֨יאva.'a.Vi'H935uponעֲלֵיהֶ֜ם'a.lei.HemH5921themallH3605thewordsדִּבְרֵ֧יdiv.ReiH1697of thiscovenantהַבְּרִית־ha.be.rit-H1285,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834Icommandedצִוִּ֥יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680them todoלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213, but theydidעָשֽׂוּ׃ ס'a.SuH6213themnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808.

9And theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untomeאֵלָ֑י'e.LaiH413, Aconspiracyקֶ֙שֶׁר֙ke.sherH7195isfoundנִֽמְצָא־nim.tza'-H4672among themenבְּאִ֣ישׁbe.'IshH376ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, and among theinhabitantsוּבְיֹשְׁבֵ֖יu.ve.yo.she.VeiH3427ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

10They areturnedH7725backH7725to theiniquitiesעֲוֹנֹ֨ת'a.vo.NotH5771of theirforefathersאֲבוֹתָ֜ם'a.vo.TamH1,whichאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834refusedמֵֽאֲנוּ֙me.'a.NuH3985tohearלִשְׁמ֣וֹעַlish.Mo.a'H8085mywordsדְּבָרַ֔יde.va.RaiH1697; and they aregoneהָלְכ֗וּha.le.KhuH1980afterאַחֲרֵ֛י'a.cha.ReiH310otherאֲחֵרִ֖ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430toserveלְעָבְדָ֑םle.'a.ve.DamH5647them: thehouseבֵֽית־veit-H1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478and thehouseוּבֵ֣יתu.VeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063havebrokenהֵפֵ֤רוּhe.Fe.ruH6565mycovenantבְּרִיתִ֕יbe.ri.TiH1285whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834Imadeכָּרַ֖תִּיka.Ra.tiH3772with theirfathersאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ ס'a.vo.TamH1.

11Thereforethusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,Beholdהִנְנִ֨יhi.NiH2005, I willbringמֵבִ֤יאme.Vi'H935evilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451uponH935them,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834they shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808beableיוּכְל֖וּyu.khe.LuH3201toescapeלָצֵ֣אתla.TzetH3318; and they shallcryוְזָעֲק֣וּve.za.'a.KuH2199untomeH413, but I willnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808hearken unto them.

12Then shall thecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063and theinhabitantsוְיֹשְׁבֵי֙ve.yo.she.VeiH3427ofJerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389goוְהָֽלְכ֞וּve.ha.le.KhuH1980andcryוְזָֽעֲקוּ֙ve.za.'a.KuH2199unto thegodsהָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430untowhomאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834theyofferH6999incenseH6999: but they shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808saveH3467them at all in the time of theirtroubleרָעָתָֽם׃ra.'a.TamH7451.

13For according to thenumberמִסְפַּ֣רmis.ParH4557of thycitiesעָרֶ֔יךָ'a.Rei.khaH5892are thygodsאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, OJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063; and according to thenumberוּמִסְפַּ֞רu.mis.ParH4557of thestreetsחֻצ֣וֹתchu.TzotH2351ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389have yesetH7760upH7760altarsמִזְבְּחוֹת֙miz.be.chOtH4196to theshamefulלַבֹּ֔שֶׁתla.Bo.shetH1322thingH1322,evenכִּ֚יkiH3588altarsמִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196toburnH6999incenseH6999untoBaalלַבָּֽעַל׃ סla.Ba.'alH1168.

14Thereforeprayתִּתְפַּלֵּל֙tit.pa.LelH6419notH369thou for thispeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971,neitherH369liftתִּשָּׂ֥אti.Sa'H5375upH5375cryH7121norH408prayerוּתְפִלָּ֑הu.te.fi.LahH8605for them: for I willnotH369hearשֹׁמֵ֗עַsho.Me.a'H8085them in the time that theycryH7121untomeאֵלַ֖י'e.LaiH413for theirtroubleרָעָתָֽם׃ סra.'a.TamH7451.

15Whatמֶ֣הmehH4100hath mybelovedלִֽידִידִ֞יli.di.DiH3039todoעֲשׂוֹתָ֤הּa.so.TahH6213in minehouseבְּבֵיתִ֗יbe.vei.TiH1004,seeingH3588sheH3588hath wrought lewdness withmanyהָֽרַבִּ֔יםha.ra.BimH7227, and theholyקֹ֖דֶשׁKo.deshH6944fleshוּבְשַׂר־u.ve.sar-H1320ispassedיַעַבְר֣וּya.'av.RuH5674from thee? when thou doestevilרָעָתֵ֖כִיra.'a.Te.khiH7451, then thou rejoicest.

16TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068calledקָרָ֥אka.Ra'H7121thynameשְׁמֵ֑ךְshe.MekhH8034, Agreenרַֽעֲנָן֙ra.'a.NanH7488oliveזַ֤יִתZa.yitH2132treeH2132,fairיְפֵ֣הye.PehH3303with goodlyfruitפְרִי־fe.ri-H6529: with thenoiseלְק֣וֹל׀le.KolH6963of agreatגְדֹלָ֗הge.do.LahH1419tumultהֲמוּלָּ֣הha.mu.LahH1999he hathkindledהִצִּ֥יתhi.TzitH3341fireאֵשׁ֙'eshH784uponעָלֶ֔יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921it, and thebranchesדָּלִיּוֹתָֽיו׃da.li.yo.TavH1808of it are broken.

17For theLORDוַיהוָ֤הva.Yah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635, thatplantedהַנּוֹטֵ֣עַha.no.Te.a'H5193thee, hathpronouncedדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696evilרָעָ֑הra.'AhH7451againstH5921thee,becauseH5921of theevilרָעַ֨תra.'AtH7451of thehouseבֵּֽית־beit-H1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478and of thehouseוּבֵ֣יתu.VeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063,whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834they have wrought forthemselvesH1992inprovokingלְהַכְעִסֵ֖נִיle.hakh.'i.Se.niH3707meH5921toangerH3707by offeringincenseלְקַטֵּ֥רle.ka.TerH6999untoBaalלַבָּֽעַל׃ סla.Ba.'alH1168.

18And theLORDוַֽיהוָ֥הva.Yah.wehH3068gavemeH7200knowledgeהֽוֹדִיעַ֖נִיho.di.'A.niH3045of it, and Iknewוָֽאֵדָ֑עָהva.'e.Da.'ahH3045it: then thou shewedstmeH7200theirdoingsמַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ma.'a.lei.HemH4611.

19But I was like a gentlelambכְּכֶ֥בֶשׂke.Khe.vesH3532that isledיוּבַ֣לyu.ValH2986to theslaughterלִטְב֑וֹחַlit.Vo.achH2873; and Iknewיָדַ֜עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045notH3808that they haddevisedחָשְׁב֣וּcha.she.VuH2803devicesagainstH5921meH5921, saying,LetH3808usH5921destroyנַשְׁחִ֨יתָהnash.Chi.tahH7843thetreeעֵ֤ץ'etzH6086with thefruitH6086thereof, andletH3808usH5921cutוְנִכְרְתֶ֙נּוּ֙ve.nikh.re.Te.nuH3772himoffH3772from thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of thelivingחַיִּ֔יםchai.YimH2416, that hisnameוּשְׁמ֖וֹu.she.MoH8034may benoH3808moreעֽוֹד׃odH5750rememberedיִזָּכֵ֥רyi.za.KherH2142.

20But, OLORDוַֽיהוָ֤הva.Yah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635, that judgestrighteouslyצֶ֔דֶקTze.dekH6664, that triest the reins and theheartוָלֵ֑בva.LevH3820,letH1540meאֵלֶ֖יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413seeאֶרְאֶ֤ה'er.'EhH7200thyvengeanceנִקְמָֽתְךָ֙nik.ma.te.ChaH5360on them: for unto thee have IrevealedH1540mycauseרִיבִֽי׃ סri.ViH7379.

21Thereforethusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068concerning themenH376ofAnathothעֲנָת֔וֹתa.na.TotH6068, thatseekהַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥יםham.vak.ShimH1245thylifeנַפְשְׁךָ֖naf.she.KhaH5315,sayingH559, Thou shaltnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808prophesyתִנָּבֵא֙ti.na.Ve'H5012in thenameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, that thoudieתָמ֖וּתta.MutH4191notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808by ourhandבְּיָדֵֽנוּ׃ סbe.ya.De.nuH3027:

22thereforethusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,Beholdהִנְנִ֥יhi.NiH2005, I willpunishפֹקֵ֖דfo.KedH6485them: theyoungH1121menהַבַּֽחוּרִים֙ha.ba.chu.RimH970shalldieיָמֻ֣תוּya.Mu.tuH4191by theswordבַחֶ֔רֶבva.Che.revH2719; theirsonsבְּנֵיהֶם֙be.nei.HemH1121and theirdaughtersוּבְנ֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔םu.ve.No.tei.HemH1323shalldieיָמֻ֖תוּya.Mu.tuH4191byfamineבָּרָעָֽב׃ba.ra.'AvH7458;

23and there shall benoלֹ֥אlo'H3808remnantוּשְׁאֵרִ֕יתu.she.'e.RitH7611unto them: for I willbringאָבִ֥יא'a.Vi'H935evilרָעָ֛הra.'AhH7451uponH935themenH376ofAnathothעֲנָת֖וֹתa.na.TotH6068,evenכִּֽי־ki-H3588theyearשְׁנַ֥תshe.NatH8141of their visitation.

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