Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 22:1-9

1Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068:Goרֵ֖דredH3381downH3381to thehouseבֵּֽית־beit-H1004of thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063, andspeakוְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ve.di.bar.TaH1696there thiswordהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697,

2Andsayוְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ve.'a.mar.TaH559,Hearשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, Okingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, that sittestuponעַל־'al-H5921thethroneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678ofDavidדָוִ֑דda.VidH1732, thou, and thyservantsוַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙va.'a.va.Dei.khaH5650, and thypeopleוְעַמְּךָ֔ve.'a.me.KhaH5971thatenterהַבָּאִ֖יםha.ba.'ImH935in bytheseהָאֵֽלֶּה׃ סha.'E.lehH428gatesבַּשְּׁעָרִ֥יםba.she.'a.RimH8179.

3Thusכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068: Execute yejudgmentמִשְׁפָּט֙mish.PatH4941andrighteousnessוּצְדָקָ֔הu.tze.da.KahH6666, anddeliverוְהַצִּ֥ילוּve.ha.Tzi.luH5337the spoiledoutH8210of thehandמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027of theoppressorH3238: anddoH6213noH408wrongH3238,doH6213noH408violenceתַּחְמֹ֔סוּtach.Mo.suH2554, to thestrangerוְגֵר֩ve.GerH1616, thefatherlessיָת֨וֹםya.TomH3490,norH408thewidowוְאַלְמָנָ֤הve.'al.ma.NahH490,neitherH408shedתִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּtish.pe.KhuH8210innocentנָקִ֔יna.KiH5355bloodוְדָ֣םve.DamH1818in thisplaceבַּמָּק֥וֹםba.ma.KomH4725.

4Forifאִם־'im-H518yedoH6213thisthingהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697indeedכִּ֤יkiH3588, then shall thereenterוּבָ֣אוּu.Va.'uH935in by thegatesבְשַׁעֲרֵ֣יve.sha.'a.ReiH8179of thishouseהַבַּ֣יִתha.Ba.yitH1004kingsמְלָכִים֩me.la.KhimH4428sittingיֹשְׁבִ֨יםyo.she.VimH3427uponעַל־'al-H5921thethroneכִּסְא֗וֹkis.'OH3678ofDavidלְדָוִ֜דle.da.VidH1732,ridingרֹֽכְבִים֙ro.khe.VimH7392inchariotsבָּרֶ֣כֶבba.Re.khevH7393and onhorsesוּבַסּוּסִ֔יםu.va.su.SimH5483, he, and hisservantsוַעֲבָדָ֖יוve.'av.davH5650, and hispeopleוְעַמּֽוֹ׃ve.'a.MoH5971.

5Butifוְאִם֙ve.'ImH518ye willnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808hearתִשְׁמְע֔וּtish.me.'UH8085theseהָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.RimH1697, Iswearנִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙nish.Ba'.tiH7650by myself, saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, that thishouseהַבַּ֥יִתha.Ba.yitH1004shallbecomeיִֽהְיֶ֖הyih.YehH1961adesolationלְחָרְבָּ֥הle.cha.re.BahH2723.

6Forthusכֹ֣ה׀khohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068concerning thehouseבֵּית֙beitH1004of thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063: Thou artGileadגִּלְעָ֥דgil.'AdH1568untomeעַל־'al-H5921, and theheadרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218ofLebanonהַלְּבָנ֑וֹןha.le.va.NonH3844: yetsurelyכִּֽי־ki-H3588I willmakeאֲשִֽׁיתְךָ֙'a.shi.te.KhaH7896thee awildernessמִדְבָּ֔רmid.BarH4057, andcitiesעָרִ֖ים'a.RimH5892whichH1004arenotH3808inhabitedנוֹשָֽׁבוּ׃no.sha.vahH3427.

7And I willprepareוְקִדַּשְׁתִּ֥יve.ki.dash.TiH6942destroyersמַשְׁחִתִ֖יםmash.chi.TimH7843againstעָלֶ֛יךָ'a.Lei.khaH5921thee,everyאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376one with hisweaponsוְכֵלָ֑יוve.khe.LavH3627: and they shallcutוְכָֽרְתוּ֙ve.kha.re.TuH3772downH5307thychoiceמִבְחַ֣רmiv.CharH4005cedarsאֲרָזֶ֔יךָ'a.ra.Zei.khaH730, andcastוְהִפִּ֖ילוּve.hi.Pi.luH5307themintoעַל־'al-H5921thefireהָאֵֽשׁ׃ha.'EshH784.

8Andmanyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227nationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471shallpassוְעָֽבְרוּ֙ve.'a.ve.RuH5674by thiscityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892, and they shallsayוְאָֽמְרוּ֙ve.'a.me.RuH559everyH376manH376to his neighbour, Wherefore hath theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068doneעָשָׂ֤ה'a.SahH6213thusכָּ֔כָהKa.khahH3602unto thisgreatהַגְּדוֹלָ֖הha.ge.do.LahH1419cityלָעִ֥ירla.'IrH5892?

9Then they shallanswerוְאָ֣מְר֔וּve.'A.me.RuH559,Becauseעַ֚ל'alH5921they forsook thecovenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, and worshippedotherאֲחֵרִ֖ים'a.che.RimH312godsלֵאלֹהִ֥יםle.lo.HimH430, andservedוַיַּעַבְדֽוּם׃ סvai.ya.'av.DumH5647them.

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