Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 31:8-34

8Beholdהִנְנִי֩hi.NiH2005, I willbringמֵבִ֨יאme.Vi'H935them from thenorthצָפ֗וֹןtza.FonH6828countryמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776, andgatherוְקִבַּצְתִּים֮ve.ki.batz.TimH6908them from the uttermostpartsמִיַּרְכְּתֵי־mi.yar.ke.tei-H3411of theearthאָרֶץ֒'a.RetzH776, and with them theblindעִוֵּ֣ר'i.VerH5787and thelameוּפִסֵּ֔חַu.fi.Se.achH6455, thewomanH2030withchildH2030andherH935that travaileth withchildH2030togetherיַחְדָּ֑וyach.DavH3162: agreatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419companyקָהָ֥לka.HalH6951shall theyreturnיָשׁ֥וּבוּya.Shu.vuH7725hither.

9They shallcomeיָבֹ֗אוּya.Vo.'uH935withweepingבִּבְכִ֣יbiv.KhiH1065, and withsupplicationsוּֽבְתַחֲנוּנִים֮u.ve.ta.cha.nu.NimH8469will Ileadאֶל־'el-H413them: I willcauseהָיִ֤יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961them towalkH1870by rivers ofwatersמַ֔יִםMa.yimH4325, in astraightיָשָׁ֔רya.SharH3477wayH1870wherein they shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808stumbleיִכָּשְׁל֖וּyi.ka.she.LuH3782: for I am afatherלְאָ֔בle.'AvH1toIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, andEphraimוְאֶפְרַ֖יִםve.'ef.Ra.yimH669is myfirstbornבְּכֹ֥רִיbe.Kho.riH1060.

10Hearשִׁמְע֤וּshim.'UH8085thewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, O yenationsגּוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471, anddeclareוְהַגִּ֥ידוּve.ha.Gi.duH5046it in theislesבָאִיִּ֖יםva.'i.YimH339afarH4801offH4801; andsayוְאִמְר֗וּve.'im.RuH559, He thatscatteredמְזָרֵ֤הme.za.RehH2219Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478willgatherיְקַבְּצֶ֔נּוּye.ka.be.Tze.nuH6908him, andkeepוּשְׁמָר֖וֹu.she.ma.RoH8104him, as ashepherdכְּרֹעֶ֥הke.ro.'EhH7462doth hisflockעֶדְרֽוֹ׃ed.RoH5739.

11For theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hathransomedפָדָ֥הfa.DahH6299Jacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290, andredeemedוּגְאָל֕וֹu.ge.'a.LoH1350him from thehandמִיַּ֖דmi.YadH3027of him that wasstrongerחָזָ֥קcha.ZakH2389thanמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480he.

12And they shallcomeוּבָאוּ֮u.va.'UH935andsingוְרִנְּנ֣וּve.ri.ne.NuH7442in theheightבִמְרוֹם־vim.rom-H4791ofZionצִיּוֹן֒tzi.yOnH6726, and shallflowH935togetherH5921unto thegoodnessט֣וּבtuvH2898of theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, to the corn, and to thewineתִּירֹ֣שׁti.RoshH8492, and to theoilיִצְהָ֔רyitz.HarH3323, and to theyoungבְּנֵי־be.nei-H1121of theflockצֹ֖אןtzonH6629and of theherdוּבָקָ֑רu.va.KarH1241: and theirsoulנַפְשָׁם֙naf.ShamH5315shall be as awateredרָוֶ֔הra.VehH7302gardenכְּגַ֣ןke.GanH1588; and they shallnotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808sorrowH5921anyH5750moreH5750atallH5750.

13Then shall thevirginבְּתוּלָה֙be.tu.LahH1330rejoiceתִּשְׂמַ֤חtis.MachH8055in thedanceבְּמָח֔וֹלbe.ma.CholH4234, and theyoungוּבַחֻרִ֥יםu.va.chu.RimH970menH970and theoldוּזְקֵנִ֖יםu.ze.ke.NimH2205togetherיַחְדָּ֑וyach.DavH3162: for I willturnוְהָפַכְתִּ֨יve.ha.fakh.TiH2015theirmourningאֶבְלָ֤ם'ev.LamH60intoH2015joyלְשָׂשׂוֹן֙le.sa.sOnH8342, and willcomfortוְנִ֣חַמְתִּ֔יםve.Ni.cham.TimH5162them, andmakeוְשִׂמַּחְתִּ֖יםve.si.mach.TimH8055themrejoiceH8055from theirsorrowמִיגוֹנָֽם׃mi.go.NamH3015.

14And I will satiate thesoulנֶ֥פֶשׁNe.feshH5315of thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548withfatnessדָּ֑שֶׁןDa.shenH1880, and mypeopleוְעַמִּ֛יve.'a.MiH5971shall besatisfiedיִשְׂבָּ֖עוּyis.Ba.'uH7646with mygoodnessטוּבִ֥יtu.ViH2898, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

15Thusכֹּ֣ה׀kohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068: Avoiceק֣וֹלKolH6963isheardנִשְׁמָע֙nish.Ma'H8085inRamahבְּרָמָ֤הbe.ra.MahH7414,lamentationנְהִי֙ne.HiH5092, andbitterתַמְרוּרִ֔יםtam.ru.RimH8563weepingבְּכִ֣יbe.KhiH1065,Rachelרָחֵ֖לra.ChelH7354weepingH1065forherעַל־'al-H5921childrenבָּנֶ֑יהָba.Nei.haH1121;sheH3588refuseth to becomfortedלְהִנָּחֵ֥םle.hi.na.ChemH5162forherעַל־'al-H5921childrenבָּנֶ֖יהָba.Nei.haH1121,becauseH3588they arenotאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ ס'ei.Ne.nuH369.

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.

22Howמָתַי֙ma.TaiH4970longעַד־'ad-H5704wilt thougoH5437hither and thither, O thoubackslidingהַשּֽׁוֹבֵבָ֑הha.shoe.VahH7728daughterהַבַּ֖תha.BatH1323? for theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068hathcreatedבָרָ֨אva.Ra'H1254anewחֲדָשָׁה֙cha.da.ShahH2319thingכִּֽי־ki-H3588in theearthבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776, AwomanH1323shallencompassH5437amanגָּֽבֶר׃ סGa.verH1397.

23Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478: Yetagainע֣וֹדodH5750shall they use thisspeechהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697in thelandבְּאֶ֤רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063and in thecitiesוּבְעָרָ֔יוu.ve.'a.RavH5892thereof, when I shallbringבְּשׁוּבִ֖יbe.shu.ViH7725againH5750theircaptivityשְׁבוּתָ֑םshe.vu.TamH7622: TheLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068blessיְבָרֶכְךָ֧ye.va.rekh.KhaH1288thee, O habitation ofjusticeצֶ֖דֶקTze.dekH6664, Omountainהַ֥רharH2022ofholinessהַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ha.Ko.deshH6944.

24AndJudahיְהוּדָ֥הye.hu.DahH3063andallH3605thecitiesעָרָ֖יו'a.RavH5892thereof shalldwellוְיָ֥שְׁבוּve.Ya.she.vuH3427thereintogetherיַחְדָּ֑וyach.DavH3162; the husbandmen, and they thatgoוְנָסְע֖וּve.na.se.'UH5265aboutH3605withflocksבַּעֵֽדֶר׃ba.'E.derH5739.

25For I havesatiatedהִרְוֵ֖יתִיhir.Vei.tiH7301thewearyעֲיֵפָ֑ה'a.ye.FahH5889soulנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315, andeveryוְכָל־ve.kholH3605sorrowfulsoulנֶ֥פֶשׁNe.feshH5315have I replenished.

26UponH5921this I awaked, and beheld; and mysleepוּשְׁנָתִ֖יu.she.na.TiH8142wassweetעָ֥רְבָה'A.re.vahH6149untomeH5921.

27Beholdהִנֵּ֛הhi.NehH2009, thedaysיָמִ֥יםya.MimH3117comeבָּאִ֖יםba.'ImH935, saith theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, that I willsowוְזָרַעְתִּ֗יve.za.ra'.TiH2232thehouseבֵּ֤יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478and thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063with theseedזֶ֥רַעZe.ra'H2233ofmanאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120, and with theseedוְזֶ֥רַעve.Ze.ra'H2233ofbeastבְּהֵמָֽה׃be.he.MahH929.

28And it shallcomeH1961topassH1961, that like as I havewatchedשָׁקַ֣דְתִּיsha.Kad.tiH8245over them topluckלִנְת֧וֹשׁlin.To.oshH5428upH5921and tobreakH2040downוְלִנְת֛וֹץve.lin.TotzH5422, and tooverthrowH2040and todestroyוּלְהַאֲבִ֣ידu.le.ha.'a.VidH6, and to afflict;soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651will Iwatchאֶשְׁקֹ֧ד'esh.KodH8245over them tobuildלִבְנ֥וֹתliv.NotH1129and toplantוְלִנְט֖וֹעַve.lin.To.a'H5193, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

29Inthoseהָהֵ֔םha.HemH1992daysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117they shallsayיֹאמְר֣וּyo.me.RuH559noלֹא־lo'-H3808moreע֔וֹדodH5750, Thefathersאָב֖וֹת'a.VotH1haveeatenאָ֣כְלוּ'A.khe.luH398sourבֹ֑סֶרVo.serH1155grapesH1155, and thechildren’sבָנִ֖יםva.NimH1121teethוְשִׁנֵּ֥יve.shi.NeiH8127are set on edge.

30ButeveryH3605one shalldieיָמ֑וּתya.MutH4191for hisownH376iniquityבַּעֲוֹנ֖וֹba.'a.vo.NoH5771:everyH3605manH376that eateth thesourהַבֹּ֖סֶרha.Bo.serH1155grapesH1155, histeethשִׁנָּֽיו׃ סshi.NavH8127shall be set on edge.

31Beholdהִנֵּ֛הhi.NehH2009, thedaysיָמִ֥יםya.MimH3117comeבָּאִ֖יםba.'ImH935, saith theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, that I willmakeוְכָרַתִּ֗יve.kha.ra.TiH3772anewחֲדָשָֽׁה׃cha.da.ShahH2319covenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285with thehouseבֵּ֧יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and with thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063:

32notH3808accordingH3027to thecovenantכַבְּרִ֗יתkha.be.RitH1285that Imadeכָּרַ֙תִּי֙ka.Ra.tiH3772with theirfathersאֲבוֹתָ֔ם'a.vo.TamH1in thedayבְּיוֹם֙be.yOmH3117that ItookH3318them by thehandבְיָדָ֔םve.ya.DamH3027tobringלְהוֹצִיאָ֖םle.ho.tzi.'AmH3318themoutH3318of thelandמֵאֶ֖רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714;whichH834mycovenantבְּרִיתִ֗יbe.ri.TiH1285they brake,althoughH3808I was anhusbandבָּעַ֥לְתִּיba.'Al.tiH1166unto them, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

33But this is thecovenantהַבְּרִ֡יתha.be.RitH1285that I willmakeH5414with thehouseבֵּ֨יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478afterאַחֲרֵ֨י'a.cha.ReiH310thoseאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834daysהַיָּמִ֤יםhai.ya.MimH3117, saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; I willputנָתַ֤תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414mylawתּֽוֹרָתִי֙to.ra.TiH8451in theirinwardH1004parts, and in theirheartלִבָּ֖םli.BamH3820will Iwriteאֶכְתֲּבֶ֑נָּה'ekh.ta.Ve.nahH3789it; and I will be theirGodלֵֽאלֹהִ֔יםle.lo.HimH430, and they shall be mypeopleלְעָֽם׃le.'AmH5971:

34and they shallteachיְלַמְּד֣וּye.la.me.DuH3925noוְלֹ֧אve.Lo'H3808moreע֗וֹדodH5750everyH3605manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376his neighbour, andeveryH3605manוְאִ֤ישׁve.'IshH376hisbrotherאָחִיו֙'a.ChivH251,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Knowדְּע֖וּde.'UH3045theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068: for they shallallH3605knowיֵדְע֨וּye.de.'UH3045meH3925, from the least of them unto thegreatestגְּדוֹלָם֙ge.do.LamH1419of them, saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068: for I willforgiveאֶסְלַח֙'es.LachH5545theiriniquityלַֽעֲוֹנָ֔םla.'a.vo.NamH5771, and theirsinוּלְחַטָּאתָ֖םu.le.cha.ta.TamH2403will Irememberאֶזְכָּר־'ez.kor-H2142noלֹ֥אlo'H3808moreעֽוֹד׃ סodH5750.

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