Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 8:6-10

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.

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