Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 14:1-10

1ThewordH1697of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068thatcameהָיָ֤הha.YahH1961toJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414concerning thedroughtהַבַּצָּרֽוֹת׃ha.ba.tza.RotH1226.

2Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063mourneth, and thegatesוּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָu.she.'a.Rei.haH8179thereoflanguishאֻמְלְל֖וּ'um.le.LuH535, theysitH6937inblackH6937upon thegroundלָאָ֑רֶץla.'A.retzH776; and thecryוְצִוְחַ֥תve.tziv.ChatH6682ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389isgoneH5927upH5927.

3And theirnoblesוְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔םve.'a.Di.rei.HemH117sendשָׁלְח֥וּsha.le.ChuH7971theirlittleH6810onesH6810to thewatersלַמָּ֑יִםla.Ma.yimH4325: theycomeבָּ֣אוּBa.'uH935to the pits, andfindמָ֣צְאוּMa.tze.'uH4672noלֹא־lo'-H3808waterמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325; theyreturnשָׁ֤בוּSha.vuH7725with theirvesselsכְלֵיהֶם֙khe.lei.HemH3627emptyרֵיקָ֔םrei.KamH7387: they areashamedבֹּ֥שׁוּBo.shuH954andconfoundedוְהָכְלְמ֖וּve.ha.khe.le.MuH3637, andcoverוְחָפ֥וּve.cha.FuH2645theirheadsרֹאשָֽׁם׃ro.ShamH7218.

4Becauseכִּ֛יkiH3588of thegroundH776which is chapt, for thatnoלֹא־lo'-H3808rainגֶ֖שֶׁםGe.shemH1653hath been in thelandבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776, theplowmenאִכָּרִ֖ים'i.ka.RimH406areashamedבֹּ֥שׁוּBo.shuH954, theycoverחָפ֥וּcha.FuH2645theirheadsרֹאשָֽׁם׃ro.ShamH7218.

5Yeaכִּ֤יkiH3588, the hind also in thefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.DehH7704calveth, and forsakethherהָיָ֖הha.YahH1961young,becauseכִּ֥יkiH3588there isnoלֹֽא־lo'-H3808grassדֶּֽשֶׁא׃De.she'H1877.

6And thewildוּפְרָאִים֙u.fe.ra.'ImH6501assesstandעָמְד֣וּ'a.me.DuH5975on thebareשְׁפָיִ֔םshe.fa.YimH8205heightsH8205, they pant forairר֖וּחַRu.achH7307likejackalsכַּתַּנִּ֑יםka.ta.NimH8577; theireyesעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם'ei.nei.HemH5869failכָּל֥וּka.LuH3615,becauseכִּי־ki-H3588there isnoאֵ֥ין'einH369herbage.

7ThoughH3588ouriniquitiesעֲוֹנֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.vo.Nei.nuH5771testifyעָ֣נוּ'A.nuH6030againstH2398usH3588, work thou for thyname’sשְׁמֶ֑ךָshe.Me.khaH8034sakeלְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anH4616, OLORDיְהוָ֕הYah.wehH3068: for our backslidings aremanyרַבּ֥וּra.BuH7231;weH3588havesinnedH2398againstH2398thee.

8O thou hope ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, the saviour thereof in the time oftroubleצָרָ֑הtza.RahH6869,whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100shouldest thou be as asojournerכְּגֵ֣רke.GerH1616in thelandבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776, and as a wayfaring man that turnethasideנָטָ֥הna.TahH5186to tarry for a night?

9Whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100shouldest thou be as amanH376astonied, as amightyכְּגִבּ֖וֹרke.gi.BorH1368manH376thatcannotH3808saveלְהוֹשִׁ֑יעַle.ho.Shi.a'H3467? yet thou, OLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, art in themidstבְקִרְבֵּ֣נוּve.kir.Be.nuH7130ofusH5921, andweH7130arecalledנִקְרָ֖אnik.Ra'H7121by thynameוְשִׁמְךָ֛ve.shim.KhaH8034;leaveH3240usH5921notH3808.

10Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068unto thispeopleלָעָ֣םla.'AmH5971,EvenH3808soכֵּ֤ןkenH3651have theylovedאָֽהֲבוּ֙'a.ha.VuH157towanderלָנ֔וּעַla.Nu.a'H5128; they havenotH3808refrained theirfeetרַגְלֵיהֶ֖םrag.lei.HemH7272: therefore theLORDוַיהוָה֙va.Yah.wehH3068dothnotH3808acceptרָצָ֔םra.TzamH7521them;nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258will herememberיִזְכֹּ֣רyiz.KorH2142theiriniquityעֲוֹנָ֔ם'a.vo.NamH5771, andvisitוְיִפְקֹ֖דve.yif.KodH6485theirsinsחַטֹּאתָֽם׃ סcha.to.TamH2403.

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