Revised Version 1895

Jeremiah 9:9-16

9Shall Inotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808my soul be avenged onsuchוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808a nation as this?

10For the mountains will ItakeH5414upH5414a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation,becauseH1097they are burnedupH5414,soH5414that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled, they are gone.

11And I willmakeH5046Jerusalem heaps, a dwellingplaceהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776of jackals; and I willmakeH5046the cities of Judah a desolation,withoutH1097inhabitant.

12Who is the wise man, that mayunderstandשָׁמְע֥וּsha.me.'UH8085this? and who is he towhomH834themouthH6440of theLORDH3068hathspokenוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, that he may declare it? wherefore is thelandH6440and perished burnedupעַל־'al-H5921like a wilderness,soהָ֥לְכוּHal.khuH1980thatnoneH3808passeththroughעַל־'al-H5921?

13And the LORD saith,BecauseH834they have forsaken my lawwhichH834IsetH834before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

14but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim,whichמֵי־mei-H4325their fathers taught them:

15thereforethusH3808saith the LORD of hosts, theGodH3808of Israel,BeholdH3808, I willfeedכַּלּוֹתִ֖יka.lo.TiH3615them,evenעַ֥ד'adH5704thispeopleבַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.YimH1471, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

16I will scatter them also among the nations,whomוְקִרְא֥וּve.kir.'UH7121neither theynorH413their fathers have known: and I willsendH7971the swordafterH413them, till I have consumed them.

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