Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 8:4-13

4MoreoverH3541thou shaltsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559unto them,Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068: shallmenאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559fallהֲיִפְּל֖וּha.yi.pe.LuH5307, andnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808riseH6965upH6965againH7725? shall oneturnיָשׁ֖וּבya.ShuvH7725awayH7725, andnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808returnיָשֽׁוּב׃ya.ShuvH7725?

5Whyמַדּ֨וּעַma.Du.a'H4069then is thispeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389sliddenbackשׁוֹבְבָ֜הsho.VahH7725by a perpetual backsliding? theyholdהֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙he.che.Zi.kuH2388fastH2388deceit, theyrefuseמֵאֲנ֖וּme.'a.NuH3985toreturnלָשֽׁוּב׃la.ShuvH7725.

6I hearkened andheardוָֽאֶשְׁמָע֙va.'esh.Ma'H8085, but they spakenotH3808aright:noH3808manאִ֗ישׁ'IshH376repenteth him of hiswickednessרָ֣עָת֔וֹra.'a.ToH7451,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559,Whatמֶ֣הmehH4100have Idoneעָשִׂ֑יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213?everyכֻּלֹּ֗הku.LohH3605one turneth to hiscourseבִּמְר֣וּצָתָ֔םbim.ru.tzo.tamH4794, as ahorseכְּס֥וּסke.SusH5483that rusheth headlong in thebattleבַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ba.mil.cha.MahH4421.

7Yea, thestorkחֲסִידָ֣הcha.si.DahH2624in theheavenבַשָּׁמַ֗יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064knowethherH935appointedמֽוֹעֲדֶ֔יהָmo.'a.Dei.haH4150timesעֵ֣ת'etH6256; and the turtle and theswallowH5693and thecraneוְעָג֔וּרve.'a.GurH5693observeשָׁמְר֖וּsha.me.RuH8104the time of theircomingH935; but mypeopleוְעַמִּ֕יve.'a.MiH5971knowH3045notלֹ֣אlo'H3808theordinanceמִשְׁפַּ֥טmish.PatH4941of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

8Howאֵיכָ֤ה'ei.KhahH349doעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213yesayתֹֽאמְרוּ֙to.me.RuH559,Weאֲנַ֔חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuH587arewiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450, and thelawוְתוֹרַ֥תve.to.RatH8451of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068is withusH559? But,beholdהִנֵּ֣הhi.NehH2009, thefalseלַשֶּׁ֣קֶרla.She.kerH8267penעֵ֖ט'etH5842of thescribesסֹפְרִֽים׃so.fe.RimH5608hath wroughtfalselyשֶׁ֥קֶרShe.kerH8267.

9Thewiseחֲכָמִ֔יםcha.kha.MimH2450menH2450areashamedהֹבִ֣ישׁוּho.Vi.shuH954, they aredismayedחַ֖תּוּCha.tuH2865andtakenוַיִּלָּכֵ֑דוּvai.yi.la.Khe.duH3920:loהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009, they haverejectedמָאָ֔סוּma.'A.suH3988thewordבִדְבַר־vid.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068; andwhatמֶ֖הmehH4100mannerH1697ofwisdomוְחָכְמַֽת־ve.cha.khe.mat-H2451is in them?

10Therefore will Igiveאֶתֵּ֨ן'e.TenH5414theirwivesנְשֵׁיהֶ֜םne.shei.HemH802untoothersלַאֲחֵרִ֗יםla.'a.che.RimH312, and theirfieldsשְׂדֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙se.do.tei.HemH7704to them that shallpossessלְי֣וֹרְשִׁ֔יםle.Yor.ShimH3423them: foreveryכֻּלֹּ֖הku.LohH3605one from the leastevenוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704unto thegreatestגָּד֔וֹלga.DolH1419isgivenH5414to covetousness, from theprophetמִנָּבִיא֙mi.na.Vi'H5030evenוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704unto thepriestכֹּהֵ֔ןko.HenH3548everyכֻּלֹּ֖הku.LohH3605one dealethfalselyשָּֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerH8267.

11And they havehealedוַיְרַפּ֞וּvay.ra.PuH7495the hurt of thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323of mypeopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971lightlyנְקַלָּ֔הne.ka.LahH7043,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559,Peaceשָׁל֣וֹם׀sha.LomH7965,peaceשָׁל֑וֹםsha.LomH7965; when there isnoוְאֵ֖יןve.'EinH369peaceשָׁלֽוֹם׃sha.LomH7965.

12Were theyashamedH954when they hadcommittedעָשׂ֑וּ'a.SuH6213abominationתוֹעֵבָ֖הto.'e.VahH8441? nay, they werenotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808atallיָדָ֔עוּya.Da.'uH3045ashamedH954,neitherלֹ֣אlo'H3808couldגַּם־gam-H1571theyblushוְהִכָּלֵם֙ve.hi.ka.LemH3637: therefore shall theyfallיִפְּל֣וּyi.pe.LuH5307among them thatfallבַנֹּפְלִ֗יםva.no.fe.LimH5307: in the time of their visitation they shall becastH5307downH5307, saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

13I will utterly consume them, saith theLORDיְהֹוָ֑הYah.wehH3068: there shall benoאֵין֩'einH369grapesעֲנָבִ֨ים'a.na.VimH6025on thevineבַּגֶּ֜פֶןba.Ge.fenH1612,norוְאֵ֧יןve.'EinH369figsתְּאֵנִ֣יםte.'e.NimH8384on thefigבַּתְּאֵנָ֗הba.te.'e.NahH8384treeH8384, and theleafוְהֶֽעָלֶה֙ve.he.'a.LehH5929shallfadeאֲסִיפֵ֖ם'a.si.FemH5486; and the things that I havegivenוָאֶתֵּ֥ןva.'e.TenH5414them shallpassיַעַבְרֽוּם׃ya.'av.RumH5674awayאָסֹ֥ף'a.SofH622from them.

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