Revised Webster's Bible
Jeremiah 2:20-30
20For of oldtimeמֵעוֹלָ֞םme.'o.LamH5769I havebrokenשָׁבַ֣רְתִּיsha.Var.tiH7665thyyokeעֻלֵּ֗ךְ'u.LekhH5923, andburstנִתַּ֙קְתִּי֙ni.Tak.tiH5423thybandsמוֹסְרֹתַ֔יִךְmos.ro.Ta.yikhH4147; and thousaidstוַתֹּאמְרִ֖יva.tom.RiH559, I will nottransgressאֶעֱב֑וֹר'e.'e.vodH5674H5647; when upon everyhighגְּבֹהָ֗הge.vo.HahH1364hillגִּבְעָ֞הgiv.'AhH1389and under everygreenרַעֲנָ֔ןra.'a.NanH7488treeעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086thouwanderestצֹעָ֥הtzo.'AhH6808, playing theharlotזֹנָֽה׃zo.NahH2181.
21Yet I hadplantedנְטַעְתִּ֣יךְne.ta'.TikhH5193thee a noblevineשֹׂרֵ֔קso.RekH8321, wholly arightאֱמֶ֑ת'e.MetH571seedזֶ֣רַעZe.ra'H2233: how then art thouturnedנֶהְפַּ֣כְתְּneh.PakhtH2015into the degenerateplantסוּרֵ֖יsu.ReiH5494of astrangeנָכְרִיָּֽה׃na.khe.ri.YahH5237vineהַגֶּ֥פֶןha.Ge.fenH1612to me?
22For though thou shaltwashתְּכַבְּסִי֙te.kha.be.SiH3526thee withlyeבַּנֶּ֔תֶרba.Ne.terH5427, and take theemuchוְתַרְבִּי־ve.tar.bi-H7235soapבֹּרִ֑יתbo.RitH1287, yet thyiniquityעֲוֹנֵךְ֙'a.vo.neKhH5771ismarkedנִכְתָּ֤םnikh.TamH3799beforeלְפָנַ֔יle.fa.NaiH6440me,saithנְאֻ֖םne.'UmH5002theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODיְהוִֽה׃Yah.wehH3069.
23How canst thousayתֹּאמְרִ֞יtom.RiH559, I am notpollutedנִטְמֵ֗אתִיnit.Me.tiH2930, I have notgoneהָלַ֔כְתִּיha.Lakh.tiH1980afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310Baalimהַבְּעָלִים֙ha.be.'a.LimH1168?seeרְאִ֤יre.'IH7200thywayדַרְכֵּךְ֙dar.keKhH1870in thevalleyבַּגַּ֔יְאba.Gay'H1516,knowדְּעִ֖יde.'IH3045what thou hastdoneעָשִׂ֑ית'a.SitH6213: thou art aswiftקַלָּ֖הka.LahH7031dromedaryבִּכְרָ֥הbikh.RahH1072traversingמְשָׂרֶ֥כֶתme.sa.Re.khetH8308herwaysדְּרָכֶֽיהָ׃de.ra.Khei.haH1870;
24A wilddonkeyפֶּ֣רֶה׀Pe.rehH6501usedלִמֻּ֣דli.MudH3928to thewildernessמִדְבָּ֗רmid.BarH4057, that snuffethupשָׁאֲפָ֣הsha.'a.FahH7602thewindר֔וּחַRu.achH7307at herpleasureבְּאַוַּ֤ת נַפְשָׁהּ֙be.'a.Vat na.fo.shahH185H5315; in heroccasionתַּאֲנָתָ֖הּta.'a.na.TahH8385who can turn herawayיְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּהye.shi.Ve.nahH7725? all they thatseekמְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙me.vak.Shei.haH1245her will notwearyיִיעָ֔פוּyi.'A.fuH3286themselves; in hermonthבְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּbe.cha.de.ShahH2320they shallfindיִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃yim.tza.'U.ne.haH4672her.
25Withholdמִנְעִ֤יmin.'IH4513thyfootרַגְלֵךְ֙rag.leKhH7272from beingunshodמִיָּחֵ֔ףmi.ya.ChefH3182, and thythroatוּגְרוֹנֵ֖ךְu.go.ro.nekhH1627fromthirstמִצִּמְאָ֑הmi.tzim.'AhH6773: but thousaidstוַתֹּאמְרִ֣יva.tom.RiH559, There is nohopeנוֹאָ֔שׁno.'AshH2976: no; for I havelovedאָהַ֥בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiH157strangersזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114, andafterוְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֥םve.'a.cha.rei.HemH310them will IgoH3212.
26As thethiefגַּנָּב֙ga.NavH1590isashamedכְּבֹ֤שֶׁתke.Vo.shetH1322when he isfoundיִמָּצֵ֔אyi.ma.Tze'H4672, so is thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478ashamedH3001; they, theirkingsמַלְכֵיהֶם֙mal.khei.HemH4428, theirprincesשָֽׂרֵיהֶ֔םsa.rei.HemH8269, and theirpriestsוְכֹהֲנֵיהֶ֖םve.kho.ha.nei.HemH3548, and theirprophetsוּנְבִיאֵיהֶֽם׃u.ne.vi.'ei.HemH5030,
27Sayingאֹמְרִ֨ים'o.me.RimH559to astockלָעֵ֜ץla.'EtzH6086, Thou art myfatherאָ֣בִי'A.viH1; and to astoneוְלָאֶ֙בֶן֙ve.la.'E.venH68, Thou hast brought meforthיְלִדְתָּ֔נוּye.lid.ti.nuH3205: for they haveturnedפָנ֥וּfa.NuH6437theirbackעֹ֖רֶף'O.refH6203to me, and not theirfaceפָנִ֑יםfa.NimH6440: but in thetimeוּבְעֵ֤תu.ve.'EtH6256of theirtroubleרָֽעָתָם֙ra.'a.TamH7451they willsayיֹֽאמְר֔וּyo.me.RuH559,Ariseק֖וּמָהKu.mahH6965, andsaveוְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ׃ve.ho.shi.'E.nuH3467us.
28But where are thygodsאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430that thou hastmadeעָשִׂ֣יתָ'a.Si.taH6213for thyself? let themariseיָק֕וּמוּya.Ku.muH6965, if they cansaveיוֹשִׁיע֖וּךָyo.shi.'U.khaH3467thee in thetimeבְּעֵ֣תbe.'EtH6256of thytroubleרָעָתֶ֑ךָra.'a.Te.khaH7451: for according to thenumberמִסְפַּ֣רmis.ParH4557of thycitiesעָרֶ֔יךָ'a.Rei.khaH5892are thygodsאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, OJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ סye.hu.DahH3063.
30Invainלַשָּׁוְא֙la.shaV'H7723have Ismittenהִכֵּ֣יתִיhi.Kei.tiH5221yourchildrenבְּנֵיכֶ֔םbe.nei.KhemH1121; they havereceivedלָקָ֑חוּla.Ka.chuH3947nocorrectionמוּסָ֖רmu.SarH4148: your ownswordחַרְבְּכֶ֛םchar.be.KhemH2719hathdevouredאָכְלָ֧ה'a.khe.LahH398yourprophetsנְבִֽיאֵיכֶ֖םne.vi.'ei.KhemH5030, like adestroyingמַשְׁחִֽית׃mash.ChitH7843lionכְּאַרְיֵ֥הke.'ar.YehH738.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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