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Jeremiah 2:29-37

29Why will yepleadתָרִ֖יבוּta.Ri.vuH7378with me? ye all havetransgressedפְּשַׁעְתֶּ֥םpe.sha'.TemH6586against me,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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.

31Ogenerationהַדּ֗וֹרha.DorH1755,seeרְא֣וּre.'UH7200ye thewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068. Have I been awildernessהֲמִדְבָּ֤רha.mid.BarH4057toIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478? alandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofdarknessמַאְפֵּ֖לְיָ֑הma'.Pe.le.YahH3991? whysayאָמְר֤וּ'a.me.RuH559mypeopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971, We arelordsרַ֔דְנוּRad.nuH7300; we willcomeנָב֥וֹאna.Vo'H935no more to thee?

32Can amaidבְּתוּלָה֙be.tu.LahH1330forgetהֲתִשְׁכַּ֤חha.tish.KachH7911herornamentsעֶדְיָ֔הּ'ed.YahH5716, or abrideכַּלָּ֖הka.LahH3618herattireקִשֻּׁרֶ֑יהָki.shu.Rei.haH7196? yet mypeopleוְעַמִּ֣יve.'a.MiH5971haveforgottenשְׁכֵח֔וּנִיshe.khe.Chu.niH7911medaysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117withoutnumberמִסְפָּֽר׃mis.ParH4557.

33Whytrimmestתֵּיטִ֥בִיtei.Ti.viH3190thou thywayדַּרְכֵּ֖ךְdar.KekhH1870toseekלְבַקֵּ֣שׁle.va.KeshH1245loveאַהֲבָ֑ה'a.ha.VahH160? therefore hast thou alsotaughtלִמַּ֖דְתְּli.mad.tiH3925the wickedonesהָרָע֔וֹתha.ra.'otH7451thywaysדְּרָכָֽיִךְ׃de.ra.Kha.yikhH1870.

34Also in thyskirtsבִּכְנָפַ֙יִךְ֙bikh.na.Fa.yikhH3671isfoundנִמְצְא֔וּnim.tze.'UH4672thebloodדַּ֛םdamH1818of thesoulsנַפְשׁ֥וֹתnaf.ShotH5315of thepoorאֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים'ev.yo.NimH34innocentsנְקִיִּ֑יםne.ki.YimH5355: I have notfoundמְצָאתִ֖יםme.tza.TimH4672it by secretsearchבַמַּחְתֶּ֥רֶתva.mach.Te.retH4290, but upon all these.

35Yet thousayestוַתֹּֽאמְרִי֙va.to.me.RiH559, Because I aminnocentנִקֵּ֔יתִיni.Kei.tiH5352, surely hisangerאַפּ֖וֹ'a.PoH639shallturnשָׁ֥בshavH7725from me. Behold, I willpleadנִשְׁפָּ֣טnish.PatH8199with thee, because thousayestאָמְרֵ֖ךְ'a.me.RekhH559, I have notsinnedחָטָֽאתִי׃cha.Ta.tiH2398.

36Why dost thou goaboutתֵּזְלִ֥יte.ze.LiH235somuchמְאֹ֖דme.'OdH3966tochangeלְשַׁנּ֣וֹתle.sha.NotH8138thywayדַּרְכֵּ֑ךְdar.KekhH1870? thou also shalt beashamedתֵּב֔וֹשִׁיte.Vo.o.shiH954ofEgyptמִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, as thou wastashamedבֹּ֖שְׁתְּBo.shetH954ofAssyriaמֵאַשּֽׁוּר׃me.'a.ShurH804.

37Yea, thou shalt goforthתֵּֽצְאִ֔יte.tze.'IH3318from him, and thyhandsוְיָדַ֖יִךְve.ya.Da.yikhH3027upon thyheadרֹאשֵׁ֑ךְro.ShekhH7218: for theLORDיְהֹוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathrejectedמָאַ֤סma.'AsH3988thyconfidencesבְּמִבְטַחַ֔יִךְbe.miv.ta.Cha.yikhH4009, and thou shalt notprosperתַצְלִ֖יחִיtatz.Li.chiH6743in them.

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