Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 5:26-28

26For among mypeopleבְעַמִּ֖יve.'a.MiH5971arefoundנִמְצְא֥וּnim.tze.'UH4672wickedרְשָׁעִ֑יםre.sha.'ImH7563menH376: theywatchיָשׁוּר֙ya.ShurH7789, asfowlersיְקוּשִׁ֔יםye.ku.ShimH3353lieH7789inwaitH7789; theysetהִצִּ֥יבוּhi.Tzi.vuH5324atrapמַשְׁחִ֖יתmash.ChitH4889, theycatchיִלְכֹּֽדוּ׃yil.Ko.duH3920menH376.

27As acageכִּכְלוּב֙kikh.LuvH3619isfullמָ֣לֵאMa.le'H4392ofbirdsע֔וֹףofH5775,soH3651are theirhousesבָּתֵּיהֶ֖םba.tei.HemH1004fullמְלֵאִ֣יםme.le.'ImH4392ofdeceitמִרְמָ֑הmir.MahH4820: therefore they arebecomeגָּדְל֖וּga.de.LuH1431greatH1431, and waxenrichוַֽיַּעֲשִֽׁירוּ׃Vai.ya.'a.Shi.ruH6238.

28They are waxenfatשָׁמְנ֣וּsha.me.NuH8080, they shine: yea, they overpass indeedsדִבְרֵי־div.rei-H1697ofwickednessרָ֔עRa'H7451: theypleadדָ֔נוּDa.nuH1777notלֹא־lo'-H3808thecauseH4941, thecauseH4941of thefatherlessיָת֖וֹםya.TomH3490, that they shouldprosperוְיַצְלִ֑יחוּve.yatz.Li.chuH6743; and therightH4941of theneedyאֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים'ev.yo.NimH34do theynotלֹ֥אlo'H3808judgeשָׁפָֽטוּ׃sha.Fa.tuH8199.

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