Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 2:29-37

29Wherefore will yepleadתָרִ֖יבוּta.Ri.vuH7378withmeH413? yeallכֻּלְּכֶ֛םku.le.KhemH3605havetransgressedפְּשַׁעְתֶּ֥םpe.sha'.TemH6586againstH413meH413, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

30Invainלַשָּׁוְא֙la.shaV'H7723have Ismittenהִכֵּ֣יתִיhi.Kei.tiH5221yourchildrenבְּנֵיכֶ֔םbe.nei.KhemH1121; theyreceivedלָקָ֑חוּla.Ka.chuH3947noלֹ֣אlo'H3808correctionמוּסָ֖רmu.SarH4148: your ownswordחַרְבְּכֶ֛םchar.be.KhemH2719hathdevouredאָכְלָ֧ה'a.khe.LahH398yourprophetsנְבִֽיאֵיכֶ֖םne.vi.'ei.KhemH5030, like adestroyingמַשְׁחִֽית׃mash.ChitH7843lionכְּאַרְיֵ֥הke.'ar.YehH738.

31Ogenerationהַדּ֗וֹרha.DorH1755,seeרְא֣וּre.'UH7200ye thewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068. Have I been awildernessהֲמִדְבָּ֤רha.mid.BarH4057untoIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478? or alandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofthickH3991darknessH3991? whereforesayאָמְר֤וּ'a.me.RuH559mypeopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971,WeH518are broken loose;weH518willcomeנָב֥וֹאna.Vo'H935noלֽוֹא־lo'-H3808moreע֖וֹדodH5750unto thee?

32CanH369a maidforgetהֲתִשְׁכַּ֤חha.tish.KachH7911herH7911ornamentsעֶדְיָ֔הּ'ed.YahH5716, or abrideכַּלָּ֖הka.LahH3618herH7911attireקִשֻּׁרֶ֑יהָki.shu.Rei.haH7196? yet mypeopleוְעַמִּ֣יve.'a.MiH5971haveforgottenשְׁכֵח֔וּנִיshe.khe.Chu.niH7911meH7911daysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117withoutH369numberמִסְפָּֽר׃mis.ParH4557.

33Howמַה־mah-H4100trimmest thou thywayדַּרְכֵּ֖ךְdar.KekhH1870toseekלְבַקֵּ֣שׁle.va.KeshH1245loveאַהֲבָ֑ה'a.ha.VahH160! thereforeevenגַּ֣םgamH1571thewickedהָרָע֔וֹתha.ra.'otH7451women hast thoutaughtלִמַּ֖דְתְּli.mad.tiH3925thywaysדְּרָכָֽיִךְ׃de.ra.Kha.yikhH1870.

34Also, in thyskirtsבִּכְנָפַ֙יִךְ֙bikh.na.Fa.yikhH3671isfoundנִמְצְא֔וּnim.tze.'UH4672thebloodדַּ֛םdamH1818of thesoulsנַפְשׁ֥וֹתnaf.ShotH5315of theinnocentנְקִיִּ֑יםne.ki.YimH5355poorאֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים'ev.yo.NimH34: I havenotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808foundמְצָאתִ֖יםme.tza.TimH4672it at theplaceH3605ofbreakingבַמַּחְתֶּ֥רֶתva.mach.Te.retH4290in, butuponעַל־'al-H5921allH3605theseאֵֽלֶּה׃'E.lehH428.

35Yet thou saidst, I aminnocentנִקֵּ֔יתִיni.Kei.tiH5352;surelyH3588hisangerאַפּ֖וֹ'a.PoH639isturnedשָׁ֥בshavH7725awayH7725frommeH7725.Beholdהִנְנִי֙hi.NiH2005, I willenterנִשְׁפָּ֣טnish.PatH8199intoH8199judgmentH8199with thee,becauseH3588thou sayest, I havenotלֹ֥אlo'H3808sinnedחָטָֽאתִי׃cha.Ta.tiH2398.

36Whyמַה־mah-H4100gaddest thouaboutH1870soכַּאֲשֶׁר־ka.'a.Sher-H834muchH4100to change thywayדַּרְכֵּ֑ךְdar.KekhH1870? thou shalt beashamedתֵּב֔וֹשִׁיte.Vo.o.shiH954ofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714also, as thou wastashamedבֹּ֖שְׁתְּBo.shetH954ofAssyriaמֵאַשּֽׁוּר׃me.'a.ShurH804.

37From him also shalt thougoתֵּֽצְאִ֔יte.tze.'IH3318forthH3318, with thinehandsוְיָדַ֖יִךְve.ya.Da.yikhH3027uponעַל־'al-H5921thineheadרֹאשֵׁ֑ךְro.ShekhH7218: for theLORDיְהֹוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathrejectedמָאַ֤סma.'AsH3988thy confidences, and thou shaltnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808prosperתַצְלִ֖יחִיtatz.Li.chiH6743in them.

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