Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 22:20-30

20Goעֲלִ֤י'a.LiH5927upH5927toLebanonהַלְּבָנוֹן֙ha.le.va.nOnH3844, andcryוּֽצְעָ֔קִיu.tze.'A.kiH6817; andliftתְּנִ֣יte.NiH5414upH5927thyvoiceקוֹלֵ֑ךְko.LekhH6963inBashanוּבַבָּשָׁ֖ןu.va.ba.ShanH1316: andcryוְצַֽעֲקִי֙ve.tza.'a.KiH6817fromAbarimמֵֽעֲבָרִ֔יםme.'a.va.RimH5682; forallכָּל־kol-H3605thyloversמְאַהֲבָֽיִךְ׃me.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157are destroyed.

21I spake unto thee in thyprosperityבְּשַׁלְוֹתַ֔יִךְbe.shal.vo.Ta.yikhH7962; but thou saidst, I willnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808hearH8085. This hath been thymannerדַרְכֵּךְ֙dar.keKhH1870from thyyouthמִנְּעוּרַ֔יִךְmi.ne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271, that thou obeyedstnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808myvoiceבְּקוֹלִֽי׃be.ko.LiH6963.

22Thewindר֔וּחַRu.achH7307shallfeedרֹעַ֙יִךְ֙ro.'A.yikhH7462allכָּל־kol-H3605thyshepherdsתִּרְעֶה־tir.'eh-H7462, and thyloversוּֽמְאַהֲבַ֖יִךְu.me.'a.ha.Va.yikhH157shall go intocaptivityבַּשְּׁבִ֣יba.she.ViH7628:surelyכִּ֣יkiH3588then shalt thou beashamedתֵּבֹ֙שִׁי֙te.Vo.shiH954andconfoundedוְנִכְלַ֔מְתְּve.nikh.LamtH3637forallמִכֹּ֖לmi.KolH3605thywickednessרָעָתֵֽךְ׃ra.'a.TekhH7451.

23Oinhabitantיֹשַׁבְתְּ֙yo.shav.tiH3427ofLebanonבַּלְּבָנ֔וֹןba.le.va.NonH3844, that makest thynestמְקֻנַּ֖נְתְּme.ku.nan.tiH7077in thecedarsבָּֽאֲרָזִ֑יםba.'a.ra.ZimH730,howמַה־mah-H4100greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangscomeבְּבֹא־be.vo'-H935uponH935thee, thepainחִ֖ילchilH2427as of a woman in travail!

24As Iliveחַי־chai-H2416, saith theLORDיְהוָה֒Yah.wehH3068,thoughH3588Coniah thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofJehoiakimיְהֽוֹיָקִים֙ye.ho.ya.KimH3079kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063were thesignetחוֹתָ֖םcho.TamH2368uponעַל־'al-H5921myrightיְמִינִ֑יye.mi.NiH3225handיַ֣דyadH3027, yet would I pluck thee thence;

25and I willgiveוּנְתַתִּ֗יךָu.ne.ta.Ti.khaH5414theeintoH3027thehandבְּיַד֙be.YadH3027of them thatseekמְבַקְשֵׁ֣יme.vak.SheiH1245thylifeנַפְשֶׁ֔ךָnaf.She.khaH5315, andintoH3027thehandוּבְיַ֛דu.ve.YadH3027of them ofwhomאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thou art afraid, evenintoH3027thehandוּבְיַ֛דu.ve.YadH3027ofNebuchadrezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥רne.vu.khad.re.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894, andintoH3027thehandוּבְיַ֥דu.ve.YadH3027of theChaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּֽים׃ha.kas.DimH3778.

26And I willcastוְהֵֽטַלְתִּ֣יve.he.tal.TiH2904theeoutH5921, and thymotherאִמְּךָ֙'i.me.KhaH517that bare thee,intoH5921anotherאַחֶ֔רֶת'a.Che.retH312countryהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776,whereH834ye werenotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808bornH3205; and there shall yedieתָּמֽוּתוּ׃ta.Mu.tuH4191.

27But to thelandהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776whereunto theirsoulנַפְשָׁ֖םnaf.ShamH5315longeth toreturnלָשׁ֣וּבla.ShuvH7725, thither shall theynotלֹ֥אlo'H3808returnיָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ סya.Shu.vuH7725.

28Is thismanהָאִ֤ישׁha.'IshH376Coniah adespisedנִבְזֶ֜הniv.ZehH959brokenvesselכְּלִ֔יke.LiH3627? is he avesselH3627whereinH834isnoH3808pleasureחֵ֖פֶץChe.fetzH2656? wherefore are theycastH7993outH3045, he and hisseedוְזַרְע֔וֹve.zar.'OH2233, and arecastH7993intoעַל־'al-H5921thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichH834theyknowH3045notH3808?

29Oearthאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776,earthאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776,earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,hearשִׁמְעִ֖יshim.'IH8085thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

30Thusכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,Writeכִּתְב֞וּkit.VuH3789ye thismanH376childlessעֲרִירִ֔י'a.ri.RiH6185, amanH376that shallnotלֹא־lo'-H3808prosperיִצְלַ֣חyitz.LachH6743in hisdaysבְּיָמָ֑יוbe.ya.MavH3117: fornoלֹ֨אlo'H3808manH376of hisseedמִזַּרְע֗וֹmi.zar.'OH2233shallprosperיִצְלַ֜חyitz.LachH6743,sittingיֹשֵׁב֙yo.ShevH3427uponעַל־'al-H5921thethroneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678ofDavidדָוִ֔דda.VidH1732, andrulingוּמֹשֵׁ֥לu.mo.ShelH4910anyH376moreע֖וֹדodH5750inJudahבִּיהוּדָֽה׃bi.hu.DahH3063.

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