Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 17:5-11

5Thusכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068:Cursedאָר֤וּר'a.RurH779is themanH120that trusteth inmanH120, and makethfleshבָּשָׂ֖רba.SarH1320hisarmזְרֹע֑וֹze.ro.'OH2220, andwhoseאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834heartלִבּֽוֹ׃li.BoH3820departeth from theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

6For he shall be like the heath in thedesertבָּֽעֲרָבָ֔הba.'a.ra.VahH6160, and shallnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808seeיִרְאֶ֖הyir.'EhH7200whengoodט֑וֹבTovH2896cometh; but shallinhabitH3427the parched places in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֔רba.mid.BarH4057, asaltמְלֵחָ֖הme.le.ChahH4420landאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776andnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808inhabitedH3427.

7Blessedבָּר֣וּךְba.RukhH1288is themanהַגֶּ֔בֶרha.Ge.verH1397that trusteth in theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֑הba.Yah.wehH3068, andwhoseאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834hope theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068is.

8For he shall be as atreeכְּעֵ֣ץ׀ke.'EtzH6086plantedשָׁת֣וּלsha.TulH8362by thewatersמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325, and that spreadethoutיְשַׁלַּ֣חye.sha.LachH7971hisrootsשָֽׁרָשָׁ֔יוsha.ra.ShavH8328by theriverכִּֽי־ki-H3588, and shallnotוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808fearH3372whenheatחֹ֔םChomH2527cometh, but hisleafעָלֵ֖הוּ'a.Le.huH5929shall begreenרַֽעֲנָ֑ןra.'a.NanH7488; and shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808be careful in theyearוּבִשְׁנַ֤תu.vish.NatH8141ofdroughtבַּצֹּ֙רֶת֙ba.Tzo.retH1226,neitherוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808shallceaseיָמִ֖ישׁya.MishH4185from yieldingfruitפֶּֽרִי׃Pe.riH6529.

9Theheartהַלֵּ֛בha.LevH3820is deceitfulaboveH3820allמִכֹּ֖לmi.KolH3605things, and it isdesperatelyH605sickH605: whocanמִ֖יmiH4310knowיֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃ye.da.'E.nuH3045it?

10I theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068searchחֹקֵ֥רcho.KerH2713theheartלֵ֖בlevH3820, Itryבֹּחֵ֣ןbo.ChenH974the reins, even togiveוְלָתֵ֤תve.la.TetH5414everyH376manH376accordingH376to hiswaysכִּדְרָכָ֔יוke.dar.kovH1870,accordingH376to thefruitכִּפְרִ֖יkif.RiH6529of hisdoingsמַעֲלָלָֽיו׃ סma.'a.la.LavH4611.

11As thepartridgeקֹרֵ֤אko.Re'H7124that gatherethyoungH3117whichsheH3808hathnotH3808broughtH3205forthH3205,soעֹ֥שֶׂה'O.sehH6213is he that gettethrichesעֹ֖שֶׁר'O.sherH6239, andnotH3808byrightבְמִשְׁפָּ֑טve.mish.PatH4941; in themidstבַּחֲצִ֤יba.cha.TziH2677of hisdaysיָמָיו֙yo.movH3117they shallleaveיַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּya.'az.Ve.nuH5800him, and at hisendוּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹu.ve.'a.cha.ri.ToH319he shall be afoolנָבָֽל׃na.ValH5036.

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