Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 29:24-32

24And concerningShemaiahשְׁמַעְיָ֥הוּshe.ma'.Ya.huH8098theNehelamiteהַנֶּחֱלָמִ֖יha.ne.che.la.MiH5161thou shaltspeakתֹּאמַ֥רto.MarH559,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

25Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541speaketh theLORDיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֛וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,sayingH559,Becauseיַ֡עַןYa.'anH3282thou hastsentשָׁלַ֨חְתָּsha.Lach.taH7971lettersסְפָרִ֗יםse.fa.RimH5612in thine ownnameבְשִׁמְכָ֜הve.shim.KhahH8034untoallכָּל־kol-H3605thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971that are atJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389, and toZephaniahצְפַנְיָ֤הtze.fan.YahH6846thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofMaaseiahמַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙ma.'a.se.YahH4641thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548, and toallכָּל־kol-H3605thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548,sayingH559,

26TheLORDיְהוָ֞הYah.wehH3068hathmadeנְתָנְךָ֣ne.ta.ne.KhaH5414theepriestכֹהֵ֗ןkho.HenH3548in thesteadתַּ֚חַתTa.chatH8478ofJehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָ֣עye.ho.ya.Da'H3077thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.HenH3548, that ye should beofficersפְּקִדִים֙pe.ki.DimH6496in thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, foreveryלְכָל־le.kholH3605manH376that ismadמְשֻׁגָּ֖עme.shu.Ga'H7696, and makethhimselfH413aprophetH376, that thou shouldestputוְנָתַתָּ֥הve.na.ta.TahH5414him in thestocksהַמַּהְפֶּ֖כֶתha.mah.Pe.khetH4115and in shackles.

27Nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258therefore,whyלָ֚מָּהLa.mahH4100hast thounotH3808rebukedגָעַ֔רְתָּga.'Ar.taH1605Jeremiahבְּיִרְמְיָ֖הוּbe.yir.me.Ya.huH3414ofAnathothהָֽעֲנְּתֹתִ֑יha.'a.ne.to.TiH6069,whichH4100makethhimselfH3808a prophet toyouH3808,

28forasmuch as he hathsentשָׁלַ֥חsha.LachH7971untousאֵלֵ֛ינוּ'e.Lei.nuH413inBabylonבָּבֶ֥לba.VelH894,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559, The captivity islongאֲרֻכָּ֣ה'a.ru.KahH752:buildבְּנ֤וּbe.NuH1129yehousesבָתִּים֙va.TimH1004, anddwellוְשֵׁ֔בוּve.She.vuH3427in them; andplantוְנִטְע֣וּve.nit.'UH5193gardensגַנּ֔וֹתga.NotH1593, andeatוְאִכְל֖וּve.'ikh.LuH398thefruitפְּרִיהֶֽן׃pe.ri.HenH6529of them?

29AndZephaniahצְפַנְיָ֥הtze.fan.YahH6846thepriestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.HenH3548readוַיִּקְרָ֛אvai.yik.Ra'H7121thisletterהַסֵּ֣פֶרha.Se.ferH5612in theearsבְּאָזְנֵ֖יbe.'a.ze.NeiH241ofJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֥הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414theprophetהַנָּבִֽיא׃ פha.na.Vi'H5030.

30Thencameוַֽיְהִי֙vay.HiH1961thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068untoJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

31Sendשְׁלַ֤חshe.LachH7971toallכָּל־kol-H3605them of the captivity,sayingH559,Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068concerningShemaiahשְׁמַעְיָ֖הshe.ma'.YahH8098theNehelamiteהַנֶּחֱלָמִ֑יha.ne.che.la.MiH5161:BecauseH5921thatShemaiahשְׁמַעְיָ֗הshe.ma'.YahH8098hathprophesiedנִבָּ֨אni.Ba'H5012untoyouH834, and Isentשְׁלַחְתִּ֔יוshe.lach.TivH7971himnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808, and he hathcausedH834youH834totrustוַיַּבְטַ֥חvai.yav.TachH982in alieשָֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerH8267;

32thereforethusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,BeholdH2005, I willpunishפֹקֵ֜דfo.KedH6485Shemaiahשְׁמַעְיָ֣הshe.ma'.YahH8098theNehelamiteהַנֶּחֱלָמִי֮ha.ne.che.la.MiH5161, and hisseedזַרְעוֹ֒zar.'OH2233; he shallnotלֹא־lo'-H3808have amanאִ֣ישׁ׀'ishH376todwellיוֹשֵׁ֣ב׀yo.ShevH3427among thispeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971,neitherוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808shall hebeholdH2005thegoodבַטּ֛וֹבva.TovH2896that I willdoעֹשֶֽׂה־'o.seh-H6213unto mypeopleלְעַמִּ֖יle.'a.MiH5971, saith theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068:becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588he hathspokenדִבֶּ֖רdi.BerH1696rebellionסָרָ֥הsa.RahH5627againstH5921theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

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