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Jeremiah 2:8-26
8Thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548saidאָֽמְרוּ֙'a.me.RuH559not, Where is theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068? and they thathandleוְתֹפְשֵׂ֤יve.to.fe.SeiH8610thelawהַתּוֹרָה֙ha.to.RahH8451knewיְדָע֔וּנִיye.da.'U.niH3045me not: therulersוְהָרֹעִ֖יםve.ha.ro.'ImH7462alsotransgressedפָּ֣שְׁעוּPa.she.'uH6586against me, and theprophetsוְהַנְּבִיאִים֙ve.ha.ne.vi.'ImH5030prophesiedנִבְּא֣וּni.be.'UH5012byBaalבַבַּ֔עַלva.Ba.'alH1168, andwalkedהָלָֽכוּ׃ha.La.khuH1980afterוְאַחֲרֵ֥יve.'a.cha.ReiH310things that do notprofitיוֹעִ֖לוּyo.'I.luH3276.
10For passoverעִבְר֞וּ'iv.RuH5674theislesאִיֵּ֤י'i.YeiH339ofChittimכִתִּיִּים֙khi.ti.YimH3794, andseeוּרְא֔וּu.re.'UH7200; andsendשִׁלְח֥וּshil.ChuH7971toKedarוְקֵדָ֛רve.ke.DarH6938, andconsiderוְהִֽתְבּוֹנְנ֖וּve.hit.bo.NuH995diligentlyמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966, andseeוּרְא֕וּu.re.'UH7200if there is such a thing.
13For mypeopleעַמִּ֑י'a.MiH5971havecommittedעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213twoשְׁתַּ֥יִםshe.Ta.yimH8147evilsרָע֖וֹתra.'otH7451; they haveforsakenעָזְב֜וּ'a.ze.VuH5800me thefountainמְק֣וֹר׀me.KorH4726oflivingחַיִּ֗יםchai.YimH2416watersמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325, and hewedoutלַחְצֹ֤בlach.TzoH2672for themselvescisternsבֹּאר֔וֹתbo.RotH877,brokenנִשְׁבָּרִ֔יםnish.ba.RimH7665cisternsבֹּארֹת֙bo.RotH877, that canholdיָכִ֖לוּya.Khi.luH3557nowaterהַמָּֽיִם׃ha.Ma.yimH4325.
15The younglionsכְפִרִ֔יםkhe.fi.RimH3715roaredיִשְׁאֲג֣וּyish.'a.GuH7580upon him, andyelledנָתְנ֖וּ קוֹלָ֑םna.te.Nu ko.LamH5414H6963, and theymadeוַיָּשִׁ֤יתוּvai.ya.Shi.tuH7896hislandאַרְצוֹ֙'ar.TzoH776wasteלְשַׁמָּ֔הle.sha.MahH8047: hiscitiesעָרָ֥יו'a.RavH5892areburnedנִצְּת֖וּni.tze.tahH3341withoutinhabitantיֹשֵֽׁב׃yo.ShevH3427.
18And now what hast thou to do in thewayלְדֶ֣רֶךְle.De.rekhH1870ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, todrinkלִשְׁתּ֖וֹתlish.TotH8354thewatersמֵ֣יmeiH4325ofSihorשִׁח֑וֹרshi.ChorH7883? or what hast thou to do in thewayלְדֶ֣רֶךְle.De.rekhH1870ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804, todrinkלִשְׁתּ֖וֹתlish.TotH8354thewatersמֵ֥יmeiH4325of theriverנָהָֽר׃na.HarH5104?
19Thy ownwickednessרָעָתֵ֗ךְra.'a.TekhH7451shallcorrectתְּיַסְּרֵ֣ךְte.ya.se.RekhH3256thee, and thybackslidingsוּמְשֻֽׁבוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙u.me.shu.vo.Ta.yikhH4878shallreproveתּוֹכִחֻ֔ךְto.khi.ChukhH3198thee:knowוּדְעִ֤יu.de.'IH3045therefore andseeוּרְאִי֙u.re.'IH7200that it is anevilרַ֣עra'H7451thing andbitterוָמָ֔רva.MarH4751, that thou hastforsakenעָזְבֵ֖ךְ'a.ze.VekhH5800theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהָ֑יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430, and that myfearפַחְדָּתִי֙fach.da.TiH6345is not in thee,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODיְהוִ֖הYah.wehH3069ofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635.
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,
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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