Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 13:18-27

18Sayאֱמֹ֥ר'e.MorH559thou unto thekingלַמֶּ֛לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves,sitשֵׁ֑בוּShe.vuH3427downH3381: for your headtires arecomeיָרַד֙ya.RadH3381downH3381,evenכִּ֤יkiH3588thecrownעֲטֶ֖רֶת'a.Te.retH5850of yourgloryתִּֽפְאַרְתְּכֶֽם׃Tif.'ar.te.KhemH8597.

19Thecitiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892of theSouthהַנֶּ֛גֶבha.Ne.gevH5045areshutסֻגְּר֖וּsu.ge.RuH5462upH5462, and there isnoneוְאֵ֣יןve.'EinH369toopenפֹּתֵ֑חַpo.Te.achH6605them:Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063iscarriedH1540awayH1540captiveH1540allH3605of it; it iswhollyH3605carriedH1540awayH1540captiveH1540.

20Liftשְׂא֤וּse.'iH5375upH5375youreyesעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙'ei.nei.KhemH5869, andbeholdוּרְא֔וּu.re.'iH7200them thatcomeהַבָּאִ֖יםha.ba.'ImH935from thenorthמִצָּפ֑וֹןmi.tza.FonH6828:whereאַיֵּ֗ה'ai.YehH346is theflockH6629that wasgivenנִתַּן־ni.tan-H5414thee, thybeautifulתִּפְאַרְתֵּֽךְ׃tif.'ar.TekhH8597flockH6629?

21Whatמַה־mah-H4100wilt thousayתֹּֽאמְרִי֙to.me.RiH559, when he shall set thy friends over thee asheadלְרֹ֑אשׁle.RoshH7218,seeingכִּֽי־ki-H3588thou thyself hastinstructedH559themagainstH5921thee? shallnotהֲל֤וֹאha.Lo'H3808sorrowstakeH270holdH270of thee, as of awomanאֵ֥שֶׁת'E.shetH802in travail?

22Andifוְכִ֤יve.KhiH3588thousayתֹאמְרִי֙to.me.RiH559in thineheartבִּלְבָבֵ֔ךְbil.va.VekhH3824, Wherefore aretheseאֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehH428thingscomeקְרָאֻ֣נִיke.ra.'U.niH7122uponmeH3824? for thegreatnessבְּרֹ֧בbe.RoH7230of thineiniquityעֲוֹנֵ֛ךְ'a.vo.NekhH5771are thyskirtsשׁוּלַ֖יִךְshu.La.yikhH7757discovered, and thyheelsעֲקֵבָֽיִךְ׃'a.ke.Va.yikhH6119sufferviolenceנֶחְמְס֥וּnech.me.SuH2554.

23Canתּוּכְל֣וּtu.khe.LuH3201theEthiopianכּוּשִׁי֙ku.ShiH3569changeהֲיַהֲפֹ֤ךְha.ya.ha.FokhH2015hisskinעוֹר֔וֹo.RoH5785, or theleopardוְנָמֵ֖רve.na.MerH5246hisspotsחֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָ֑יוcha.var.bu.ro.TavH2272? then may ye alsodoH3190goodלְהֵיטִ֔יבle.hei.TivH3190, that areaccustomedלִמֻּדֵ֖יli.mu.DeiH3928todoH3190evilהָרֵֽעַ׃ha.Re.a'H7489.

24Therefore will Iscatterוַאֲפִיצֵ֖םva.'a.fi.TzemH6327them, as thestubbleכְּקַשׁ־ke.kash-H7179that passethawayH4057, by thewindלְר֖וּחַle.Ru.achH7307of thewildernessמִדְבָּֽר׃mid.BarH4057.

25This is thylotגוֹרָלֵ֧ךְgo.ra.LekhH1486, theportionH4490measuredמִדַּ֛יִךְmi.Da.yikhH4055unto thee frommeH7911, saith theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068;becauseאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834thou hastforgottenשָׁכַ֣חַתְּsha.Kha.chatH7911meH7911, andtrustedוַֽתִּבְטְחִ֖יva.tiv.te.ChiH982infalsehoodבַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃ba.Sha.kerH8267.

26Therefore will I also discover thyskirtsשׁוּלַ֖יִךְshu.La.yikhH7757uponעַל־'al-H5921thyfaceפָּנָ֑יִךְpa.Na.yikhH6440, and thyshameקְלוֹנֵֽךְ׃ke.lo.NekhH7036shallappearוְנִרְאָ֖הve.nir.'AhH7200.

27I haveseenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200thineabominationsשִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְshi.ku.Tza.yikhH8251,evenH5750thineadulteriesנִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְni.'u.Fa.yikhH5004, and thyneighingsוּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙u.mitz.ha.lo.Ta.yikhH4684, thelewdnessזִמַּ֣תzi.MatH2154of thy whoredom, on thehillsגְּבָעוֹת֙ge.va.'OtH1389in thefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.DehH7704.Woeא֥וֹי'oH188unto thee, OJerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389! thou wiltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808be madecleanתִטְהֲרִ֔יtit.ha.RiH2891;howמָתַ֖יma.TaiH4970longH5750shall it yet be?

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