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Jeremiah 10:3-5

3For thecustomsחֻקּ֥וֹתchu.KotH2708of thepeopleהָֽעַמִּ֖יםha.'a.MimH5971arevainהֶ֣בֶלHe.velH1892: for onecuttethכְּרָת֔וֹke.ra.ToH3772atreeעֵץ֙'etzH6086out of theforestמִיַּ֣עַרmi.Ya.'arH3293, theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.SehH4639of thehandsיְדֵ֥י־ye.Dei-H3027of theworkmanחָרָ֖שׁcha.RashH2796, with theaxeבַּֽמַּעֲצָֽד׃Ba.ma.'a.TzadH4621.

4Theydeckיְיַפֵּ֑הוּye.ya.Pe.huH3302it withsilverבְּכֶ֥סֶףbe.Khe.sefH3701and withgoldוּבְזָהָ֖בu.ve.za.HavH2091; theyfastenיְחַזְּק֖וּםye.cha.ze.KumH2388it withnailsבְּמַסְמְר֧וֹתbe.mas.me.RotH4548and withhammersוּבְמַקָּב֛וֹתu.ve.ma.ka.VotH4717, that it may notmoveיָפִֽיק׃ya.FikH6328.

5They areuprightH4749as the palmtreeכְּתֹ֨מֶרke.To.merH8560, butspeakיְדַבֵּ֔רוּye.da.Be.ruH1696not: they mustneedsנָשׂ֥וֹאna.So'H5375beborneיִנָּשׂ֖וּאyi.na.Su'H5375, because they cannotgoיִצְעָ֑דוּyitz.'A.duH6805. Be notafraidתִּֽירְא֤וּti.re.'UH3372of them; for they cannot doevilיָרֵ֔עוּya.Re.'uH7489, neither also is it in them to dogoodהֵיטֵ֖יבhei.TeivH3190.

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