Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 7:16-28

16Thereforeprayתִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל׀tit.pa.LelH6419notH369thou for thispeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971,neitherH369liftתִּשָּׂ֧אti.Sa'H5375upH5375cryרִנָּ֥הri.NahH7440norH408prayerוּתְפִלָּ֖הu.te.fi.LahH8605for them,neitherH369makeH8085intercession tomeH1157: for I willnotH369hearשֹׁמֵ֖עַsho.Me.a'H8085thee.

17Seest thounotהַֽאֵינְךָ֣ha.'ei.ne.KhaH369whatמָ֛הmahH4100theydoעֹשִׂ֖ים'o.SimH6213in thecitiesבְּעָרֵ֣יbe.'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063and in thestreetsוּבְחֻצ֖וֹתu.ve.chu.TzotH2351ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389?

18Thechildrenהַבָּנִ֞יםha.ba.NimH1121gatherמְלַקְּטִ֣יםme.la.ke.TimH3950woodעֵצִ֗ים'e.TzimH6086, and thefathersוְהָֽאָבוֹת֙ve.ha.'a.VotH1kindleמְבַעֲרִ֣יםme.va.'a.RimH1197thefireהָאֵ֔שׁha.'EshH784, and thewomenוְהַנָּשִׁ֖יםve.ha.na.ShimH802kneadלָשׁ֣וֹתla.ShotH3888thedoughבָּצֵ֑קba.TzekH1217, tomakeלַעֲשׂ֨וֹתla.'a.SotH6213cakesכַּוָּנִ֜יםka.va.NimH3561to thequeenלִמְלֶ֣כֶתlim.Le.khetH4446ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֗יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and topourוְהַסֵּ֤ךְve.ha.SekhH5258outאֶת־'et-H853drink offerings untootherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsלֵאלֹהִ֣יםle.lo.HimH430, that they mayprovokeהַכְעִסֵֽנִי׃hakh.'i.Se.niH3707meH3707toangerH3707.

19Do theyprovokeH3707meH6440toangerH3707? saith theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068; do theynotהֲל֣וֹאha.Lo'H3808provokeH3707themselvesהֵ֥םhemH1992, to the confusion of theirownH6440facesH6440?

20Thereforethusכֹּה־koh-H3541saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136:Beholdהִנֵּ֨הhi.NehH2009, mineangerאַפִּ֤י'a.PiH639and myfuryוַֽחֲמָתִי֙va.cha.ma.TiH2534shall bepouredנִתֶּ֙כֶת֙ni.Te.khetH5413outH5921uponH5921thisplaceהַמָּק֣וֹםha.ma.KomH4725,uponH5921manהָֽאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120, anduponH5921beastהַבְּהֵמָ֔הha.be.he.MahH929, anduponH5921thetreesעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086of thefieldהַשָּׂדֶ֖הha.sa.DehH7704, anduponH5921thefruitפְּרִ֣יpe.RiH6529of thegroundהָֽאֲדָמָ֑הha.'a.da.MahH127; and it shallburnוּבָעֲרָ֖הu.va.'a.RahH1197, and shallnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808bequenchedתִכְבֶּֽה׃ סtikh.BehH3518.

21Thusכֹּ֥הkohH3541saith theLORDH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478:AddH5595yourburntעֹלוֹתֵיכֶ֛םo.lo.tei.KhemH5930offeringsH3068unto yoursacrificesזִבְחֵיכֶ֖םziv.chei.KhemH2077, andeatוְאִכְל֥וּve.'ikh.LuH398yefleshבָשָֽׂר׃va.SarH1320.

22For I spakenotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808unto yourfathersאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙'a.vo.tei.KhemH1,norוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808commandedצִוִּיתִ֔יםtzi.vi.TimH6680them in thedayבְּי֛וֹםbe.YomH3117that IbroughtH3318themoutH3318of thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, concerningburntעוֹלָ֖הo.LahH5930offeringsH5930orsacrificesוָזָֽבַח׃va.Za.vachH2077:

23but thisthingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697Icommandedצִוִּ֨יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680them,sayingלֵאמֹר֙le.MorH559, Hearken unto myvoiceבְקוֹלִ֔יve.ko.LiH6963, and I will be yourGodלֵֽאלֹהִ֔יםle.lo.HimH430, and ye shall be mypeopleלְעָ֑םle.'AmH5971: andwalkוַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗םva.ha.lakh.TemH1980ye inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thewayהַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ha.De.rekhH1870that Icommandאֲצַוֶּ֣ה'a.tza.VehH6680youH859, that it may bewellיִיטַ֥בyi.TavH3190withyouH859.

24But they hearkenednotוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808,norוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808inclinedהִטּ֣וּhi.TuH5186theirearאָזְנָ֔ם'a.ze.NamH241, but walked in theirownוַיִּהְי֥וּvai.yih.YuH1961counselsבְּמֹ֣עֵצ֔וֹתbe.Mo.'e.TzotH4156and in thestubbornnessבִּשְׁרִר֖וּתbish.ri.RutH8307of theirevilהָרָ֑עha.Ra'H7451heartלִבָּ֣םli.BamH3820, andwentH6440backwardלְאָח֖וֹרle.'a.ChorH268andnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808forwardH6440.

25Sinceלְמִן־le.min-H4480thedayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117that yourfathersאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙'a.vo.tei.KhemH1cameH3318forthH3318outH3318of thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714unto thisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117, I havesentוָאֶשְׁלַ֤חva.'esh.LachH7971untoyouאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834allכָּל־kol-H3605myservantsעֲבָדַ֣י'a.va.DaiH5650theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֔יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,dailyי֖וֹםYomH3117risingהַשְׁכֵּ֥םhash.KemH7925upH7925earlyH7925andsendingוְשָׁלֹֽחַ׃ve.sha.Lo.achH7971them:

26yet they hearkenednotH3808untomeאֵלַ֔י'e.LaiH413,norH3808inclinedהִטּ֖וּhi.TuH5186theirearאָזְנָ֑ם'a.ze.NamH241, butmadeוַיַּקְשׁוּ֙vai.yak.ShuH7185theirneckעָרְפָּ֔ם'a.re.PamH6203stiff: theydidH3808worsethanH3808theirfathersמֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃me.'a.vo.TamH1.

27And thou shaltspeakוְדִבַּרְתָּ֤ve.di.bar.TaH1696allכָּל־kol-H3605theseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697unto them; but they willnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808hearken to thee: thou shalt alsocallוְקָרָ֥אתָve.ka.Ra.taH7121unto them; but they willnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808answerיַעֲנֽוּכָה׃ya.'a.Nu.khahH6030thee.

28And thou shaltsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559unto them, This is thenationהַגּוֹי֙ha.goyH1471that hathnotלֽוֹא־lo'-H3808hearkened to thevoiceבְּקוֹל֙be.kOlH6963of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹהָ֔יו'e.lo.HavH430,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808receivedלָקְח֖וּla.ke.ChuH3947instructionמוּסָ֑רmu.SarH4148:truthהָֽאֱמוּנָ֔הha.'e.mu.NahH530isperishedאָֽבְדָה֙'a.ve.DahH6, and iscutוְנִכְרְתָ֖הve.nikh.re.TahH3772offH3772from theirmouthמִפִּיהֶֽם׃ סmi.pi.HemH6310.

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