Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 6:16-21

16Thusכֹּ֣הkohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֡הYah.wehH3068,Standעִמְדוּ֩'im.DuH5975ye in thewaysH1870andseeוּרְא֜וּu.re.'UH7200, andaskוְשַׁאֲל֣וּ׀ve.sha.'a.LuH7592for theoldעוֹלָ֗םo.LamH5769pathsלִנְתִב֣וֹתlin.ti.VotH5410,whereאֵי־'ei-H335is thegoodהַטּוֹב֙ha.tOvH2896wayH1870, andwalkH1870therein, and ye shallfindוּמִצְא֥וּu.mitz.'UH4672restמַרְגּ֖וֹעַmar.Go.a'H4771for yoursoulsH5315: but theysaidH559,WeH5315willnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808walkH1870therein.

17And Isetוַהֲקִמֹתִ֤יva.ha.ki.mo.TiH6965watchmenצֹפִ֔יםtzo.FimH6822overyouעֲלֵיכֶם֙'a.lei.KhemH5921,sayingH559, Hearken to thesoundלְק֣וֹלle.KolH6963of thetrumpetשׁוֹפָ֑רsho.FarH7782; but theysaidH559, We willnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808hearken.

18Thereforehearשִׁמְע֣וּshim.'UH8085, yenationsהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471, andknowוּדְעִ֥יu.de.'IH3045, Ocongregationעֵדָ֖ה'e.DahH5712,whatאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834is among them.

19Hearשִׁמְעִ֣יshim.'IH8085, Oearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776:beholdהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009, I willbringמֵבִ֥יאme.Vi'H935evilרָעָ֛הra.'AhH7451uponעַל־'al-H5921thispeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971,evenH3588thefruitפְּרִ֣יpe.RiH6529of theirthoughtsמַחְשְׁבוֹתָ֑םmach.she.vo.TamH4284,becauseH3588they havenotלֹ֣אlo'H3808hearkened unto mywordsדְּבָרַי֙de.va.RaiH1697; and as for mylawוְתוֹרָתִ֖יve.to.ra.TiH8451, they haverejectedוַיִּמְאֲסוּ־vai.yim.'a.su-H3988it.

20Towhatלָמָּה־la.mah-H4100purposeזֶּ֨הzehH2088cometh there tomeH935frankincenseלְבוֹנָה֙le.vo.NahH3828fromShebaמִשְּׁבָ֣אmi.she.Va'H7614, and thesweetH6149caneוְקָנֶ֥הve.ka.NehH7070from afarמֶרְחָ֑קmer.ChakH4801countryמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776? yourburntעֹלֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙o.lo.tei.KhemH5930offeringsH5930arenotלֹ֣אlo'H3808acceptableלְרָצ֔וֹןle.ra.TzonH7522,norלֹא־lo'-H3808yoursacrificesוְזִבְחֵיכֶ֖םve.ziv.chei.KhemH2077pleasingעָ֥רְבוּ'A.re.vuH6149untomeH935.

21Thereforethusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,Beholdהִנְנִ֥יhi.NiH2005, I willlayנֹתֵ֛ןno.TenH5414stumblingblocksbeforeH413thispeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971: and thefathersאָב֨וֹת'a.VotH1and thesonsוּבָנִ֥יםu.va.NimH1121togetherיַחְדָּ֛וyach.DavH3162shallstumbleוְכָ֣שְׁלוּve.Kha.she.luH3782againstH413them; the neighbour and hisfriendוְרֵע֖וֹve.re.'OH7453shallperishוְאָבָֽדוּ׃ פve.'a.Ba.duH6.

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