Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 18:11-17

11NowH6258thereforegoH7725to,speakH559to themenאִישׁ־'ish-H376ofJudahיְהוּדָה֩ye.hu.DahH3063, and to theinhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵ֨יyo.she.VeiH3427ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,sayingH559,Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068:Beholdהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009, I frameevilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451againstH5921youH5921, anddeviseוְחֹשֵׁ֥בve.cho.ShevH2803a deviceagainstH5921youH5921:returnH7725yenowH6258everyאִ֚ישׁ'ishH376one from hisevilהָֽרָעָ֔הha.ra.'AhH7451wayמִדַּרְכּ֣וֹmi.dar.KoH1870, andamendוְהֵיטִ֥יבוּve.hei.Ti.vuH3190yourwaysדַרְכֵיכֶ֖םdar.khei.KhemH1870and yourdoingsוּמַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃u.ma.'a.lei.KhemH4611.

12But theysayוְאָמְר֖וּve.'a.me.RuH559, There is no hope: forweH3588will walkafterH310ourownH376devices, andweH3588willdoנַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ סna.'a.SehH6213everyH376oneafterH310thestubbornnessשְׁרִר֥וּתshe.ri.RutH8307of hisevilהָרָ֖עha.Ra'H7451heartלִבּֽוֹ־li.bov-H3820.

13Thereforethusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068:Askשַֽׁאֲלוּ־sha.'a.lu-H7592yenowנָא֙na'H4994among thenationsבַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.YimH1471, who hathheardשָׁמַ֖עsha.Ma'H8085suchכָּאֵ֑לֶּהka.'E.lehH428things; thevirginבְּתוּלַ֖תbe.tu.LatH1330ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478hathdoneעָשְׂתָ֣ה'a.se.TahH6213averyמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966horriblethingלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651.

14Shall thesnowשֶׁ֣לֶגShe.legH7950ofLebanonלְבָנ֑וֹןle.va.NonH3844fail from therockמִצּ֛וּרmi.TzurH6697of thefieldשָׂדַ֖יsa.DaiH7704? or shall thecoldקָרִ֖יםka.RimH7119watersמַ֛יִםMa.yimH4325thatflowנוֹזְלִֽים׃noz.LimH5140downH5140from afar be dried up?

15For mypeopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971hathforgottenשְׁכֵחֻ֥נִיshe.khe.Chu.niH7911meH7911, they haveburnedH6999incenseH6999tovanityלַשָּׁ֣וְאla.Shav'H7723; and they have caused them tostumbleוַיַּכְשִׁל֤וּםvai.yakh.shi.LumH3782in theirwaysבְּדַרְכֵיהֶם֙be.dar.khei.HemH1870, in theancientעוֹלָ֔םo.LamH5769pathsשְׁבִילֵ֣יshe.vi.LeiH7635, towalkH1870in bypaths, in awayדֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekhH1870notלֹ֥אlo'H3808castH3782upסְלוּלָֽה׃se.lu.LahH5549;

16tomakeלָשׂ֥וּםla.SumH7760theirlandאַרְצָ֛ם'ar.TzamH776an astonishment, and aperpetualעוֹלָ֑םo.LamH5769hissingשְׁרִיק֣וֹתshe.ru.katH8292;everyכֹּ֚לkolH3605one that passeth thereby shall beastonishedיִשֹּׁ֖םyi.ShomH8074, andshakeוְיָנִ֥ידve.ya.NidH5110hisheadבְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃be.ro.ShoH7218.

17I willscatterאֲפִיצֵ֖ם'a.fi.TzemH6327them as with aneastקָדִ֥יםka.DimH6921windכְּרֽוּחַ־ke.Ru.ach-H7307beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440theenemyאוֹיֵ֑ב'o.YevH341; I willlookאֶרְאֵ֖ם'er.'EmH7200uponH7307theirbackעֹ֧רֶף'O.refH6203, andnotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808theirfaceפָנִ֛יםfa.NimH6440, in thedayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117of theircalamityאֵידָֽם׃ ס'ei.DamH343.

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