Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 2:20-28

20For ofoldמֵעוֹלָ֞םme.'o.LamH5769time I havebrokenשָׁבַ֣רְתִּיsha.Var.tiH7665thyyokeעֻלֵּ֗ךְ'u.LekhH5923, andburstנִתַּ֙קְתִּי֙ni.Tak.tiH5423thybandsמוֹסְרֹתַ֔יִךְmos.ro.Ta.yikhH4147; and thou saidst, I willnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808serveH5647; foruponעַֽל־'al-H5921everyכָּל־kol-H3605highגְּבֹהָ֗הge.vo.HahH1364hillגִּבְעָ֞הgiv.'AhH1389andunderוְתַ֙חַת֙ve.Ta.chatH8478everyכָּל־kol-H3605greenרַעֲנָ֔ןra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086thou didst bow thyself,playingH2181theharlotH2181.

21Yet I hadplantedנְטַעְתִּ֣יךְne.ta'.TikhH5193thee a noblevineהַגֶּ֥פֶןha.Ge.fenH1612,whollyH3605arightאֱמֶ֑ת'e.MetH571seedזֶ֣רַעZe.ra'H2233:howוְאֵיךְ֙ve.'eiKhH349then art thouturnedH2015intoH2015the degenerateplantH5193of a strangevineH1612untomeH3605?

22Forthoughכִּ֤יkiH3588thouwashתְּכַבְּסִי֙te.kha.be.SiH3526thee withlyeבַּנֶּ֔תֶרba.Ne.terH5427, and take theemuchוְתַרְבִּי־ve.tar.bi-H7235soapבֹּרִ֑יתbo.RitH1287, yet thineiniquityעֲוֹנֵךְ֙'a.vo.neKhH5771is markedbeforeH6440meH6440, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136.

23HowH4100canst thousayתֹּאמְרִ֞יtom.RiH559, I amnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808defiledנִטְמֵ֗אתִיnit.Me.tiH2930, I havenotלֹ֣אlo'H3808goneהָלַ֔כְתִּיha.Lakh.tiH1980afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310the Baalim?seeH7200thywayדַרְכֵּךְ֙dar.keKhH1870in thevalleyבַּגַּ֔יְאba.Gay'H1516,knowדְּעִ֖יde.'IH3045whatH4100thou hastdoneעָשִׂ֑ית'a.SitH6213: thou art aswiftקַלָּ֖הka.LahH7031dromedary traversingherH7200waysדְּרָכֶֽיהָ׃de.ra.Khei.haH1870;

24awildפֶּ֣רֶה׀Pe.rehH6501assusedH3605to thewildernessמִדְבָּ֗רmid.BarH4057, that snuffethupH3605thewindר֔וּחַRu.achH7307inherH3605desireH5315; inherH3605occasion whocanמִ֣יmiH4310turnיְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּהye.shi.Ve.nahH7725herH3605awayH7725?allH3605they thatseekמְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙me.vak.Shei.haH1245herH3605willnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808wearyיִיעָ֔פוּyi.'A.fuH3286themselvesH5315; inherH3605monthבְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּbe.cha.de.ShahH2320they shallfindיִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃yim.tza.'U.ne.haH4672herH3605.

25Withholdמִנְעִ֤יmin.'IH4513thyfootרַגְלֵךְ֙rag.leKhH7272from beingunshodמִיָּחֵ֔ףmi.ya.ChefH3182, and thy throat fromthirstמִצִּמְאָ֑הmi.tzim.'AhH6773: but thou saidst, There isnoH3808hope:noH3808; for I havelovedאָהַ֥בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiH157strangersזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114, andafterוְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֥םve.'a.cha.rei.HemH310them will I go.

26As thethiefגַּנָּב֙ga.NavH1590isashamedH954when he isfoundיִמָּצֵ֔אyi.ma.Tze'H4672,soכֵּ֥ןkenH3651is thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478ashamedH954; they, theirkingsמַלְכֵיהֶם֙mal.khei.HemH4428, theirprincesשָֽׂרֵיהֶ֔םsa.rei.HemH8269, and theirpriestsוְכֹהֲנֵיהֶ֖םve.kho.ha.nei.HemH3548, and theirprophetsוּנְבִיאֵיהֶֽם׃u.ne.vi.'ei.HemH5030;

27whichלָעֵ֜ץla.'EtzH6086sayאֹמְרִ֨ים'o.me.RimH559to a stock, Thou art myfatherאָ֣בִי'A.viH1; and to astoneוְלָאֶ֙בֶן֙ve.la.'E.venH68, Thou hastbroughtH3205meH413forthH3205: for they haveturnedפָנ֥וּfa.NuH6437theirbackH6437untomeH413, andnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808theirfaceפָנִ֑יםfa.NimH6440: but in the time of theirtroubleרָֽעָתָם֙ra.'a.TamH7451they willsayיֹֽאמְר֔וּyo.me.RuH559,Ariseק֖וּמָהKu.mahH6965, andsaveוְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ׃ve.ho.shi.'E.nuH3467usH413.

28Butwhereאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834are thygodsאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430that thou hastmadeעָשִׂ֣יתָ'a.Si.taH6213thee?letהָי֥וּha.YuH1961themariseיָק֕וּמוּya.Ku.muH6965,ifH518theycanH518saveיוֹשִׁיע֖וּךָyo.shi.'U.khaH3467thee in the time of thytroubleרָעָתֶ֑ךָra.'a.Te.khaH7451: for according to thenumberמִסְפַּ֣רmis.ParH4557of thycitiesעָרֶ֔יךָ'a.Rei.khaH5892are thygodsאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, OJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ סye.hu.DahH3063.

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