Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 31:16-21

16Thusכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068: Refrain thyvoiceקוֹלֵךְ֙ko.leKhH6963fromweepingמִבֶּ֔כִיmi.Be.khiH1065, and thineeyesוְעֵינַ֖יִךְve.'ei.Na.yikhH5869fromtearsמִדִּמְעָ֑הmi.dim.'AhH1832: for thyworkלִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ֙lif.'u.la.teKhH6468shall berewardedשָׂכָ֤רsa.KharH7939, saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; and they shallcomeH7725againH7725from thelandמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776of theenemyאוֹיֵֽב׃'o.YevH341.

17And there ishopeתִּקְוָ֥הtik.VahH8615for thylatterH319endH319, saith theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068; and thychildrenבָנִ֖יםva.NimH1121shallcomeH7725againH7725to their ownborderלִגְבוּלָֽם׃ סlig.vu.LamH1366.

18I havesurelyכִּ֥יkiH3588heardשָׁמ֣וֹעַsha.Mo.a'H8085Ephraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669bemoaninghimselfלֹ֣אlo'H3808thusשָׁמַ֗עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiH8085, Thou hastchastisedיִסַּרְתַּ֙נִי֙yi.sar.Ta.niH3256meH7725, and I waschastisedוָֽאִוָּסֵ֔רva.'i.va.SerH3256, as acalfכְּעֵ֖גֶלke.'E.gelH5695unaccustomed to the yoke:turnH7725thoumeH7725, and I shall beturnedH7725; for thou art theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068myGodאֱלֹהָֽי׃'e.lo.HaiH430.

19SurelyH3588afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310that I wasturnedשׁוּבִי֙shu.ViH7725, Irepentedנִחַ֔מְתִּיni.Cham.tiH5162; andafterוְאַֽחֲרֵי֙ve.'a.cha.ReiH310that I wasinstructedהִוָּ֣דְעִ֔יhi.Va.de.'IH3045, Ismoteסָפַ֖קְתִּיsa.Fak.tiH5606uponעַל־'al-H5921mythighיָרֵ֑ךְya.RekhH3409: I wasashamedבֹּ֚שְׁתִּיBo.she.tiH954,yeaH3588,evenוְגַם־ve.gam-H1571confoundedנִכְלַ֔מְתִּיnikh.Lam.tiH3637,becauseH3588I didbearנָשָׂ֖אתִיna.Sa.tiH5375thereproachחֶרְפַּ֥תcher.PatH2781of myyouthנְעוּרָֽי׃ne.'u.RaiH5271.

20IsEphraimאֶפְרַ֗יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669mydearיַקִּ֨ירya.KirH3357sonהֲבֵן֩ha.VenH1121? is he a pleasantchildיֶ֣לֶדYe.ledH3206? for asoftenמִדֵּ֤יmi.DeiH1767as Ispeakדַבְּרִי֙da.be.RiH1696againstH5921him, Idoאִ֚ם'imH518earnestlyrememberH2142himstillע֑וֹדodH5750: therefore mybowelsמֵעַי֙me.'AiH4578are troubled for him; I willsurelyכִּֽי־ki-H3588havemercyH7355uponH5921him, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

21SetH7760theeupהַצִּ֧יבִיha.Tzi.viH5324waymarks,makeH7760thee guide-posts:setH7760thineheartלִבֵּ֔ךְli.BekhH3820towardאֶל־'el-H413thehighwayלַֽמְסִלָּ֖הlam.si.LahH4546, even thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870bywhichH428thou wentest:turnH7725againH7725, Ovirginבְּתוּלַ֣תbe.tu.LatH1330ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,turnH7725againH7725totheseH428thycitiesעָרַ֥יִךְ'a.Ra.yikhH5892.

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