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Jeremiah 6:16-21

16Thussaithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֡הYah.wehH3068,Standעִמְדוּ֩'im.DuH5975ye in thewaysדְּרָכִ֨יםde.ra.KhimH1870, andseeוּרְא֜וּu.re.'UH7200, andaskוְשַׁאֲל֣וּ׀ve.sha.'a.LuH7592for theoldעוֹלָ֗םo.LamH5769pathsלִנְתִב֣וֹתlin.ti.VotH5410, where is thegoodהַטּוֹב֙ha.tOvH2896wayדֶ֤רֶךְDe.rekhH1870, andwalkH3212in it, and ye shallfindוּמִצְא֥וּu.mitz.'UH4672restמַרְגּ֖וֹעַmar.Go.a'H4771for yoursoulsלְנַפְשְׁכֶ֑םle.naf.she.KhemH5315. But theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, We will notwalkH3212in it .

17Also Isetוַהֲקִמֹתִ֤יva.ha.ki.mo.TiH6965watchmenצֹפִ֔יםtzo.FimH6822over you, saying,Hearkenהַקְשִׁ֖יבוּhak.Shi.vuH7181to thesoundלְק֣וֹלle.KolH6963of thetrumpetשׁוֹפָ֑רsho.FarH7782. But theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, We will nothearkenנַקְשִֽׁיב׃nak.ShivH7181.

18Thereforehearשִׁמְע֣וּshim.'UH8085, yenationsהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471, andknowוּדְעִ֥יu.de.'IH3045, Ocongregationעֵדָ֖ה'e.DahH5712, what is among them.

19Hearשִׁמְעִ֣יshim.'IH8085, Oearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776: behold, I willbringמֵבִ֥יאme.Vi'H935evilרָעָ֛הra.'AhH7451upon thispeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971, even thefruitפְּרִ֣יpe.RiH6529of theirthoughtsמַחְשְׁבוֹתָ֑םmach.she.vo.TamH4284, because they have nothearkenedהִקְשִׁ֔יבוּhik.Shi.vuH7181to mywordsדְּבָרַי֙de.va.RaiH1697, nor to mylawוְתוֹרָתִ֖יve.to.ra.TiH8451, but haverejectedוַיִּמְאֲסוּ־vai.yim.'a.su-H3988it.

20To what purposecomethתָב֔וֹאta.Vo'H935there to meincenseלְבוֹנָה֙le.vo.NahH3828fromShebaמִשְּׁבָ֣אmi.she.Va'H7614, and thesweetהַטּ֖וֹבha.TovH2896caneוְקָנֶ֥הve.ka.NehH7070from adistantמֶרְחָ֑קmer.ChakH4801countryמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776? your burntofferingsעֹלֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙o.lo.tei.KhemH5930are notacceptableלְרָצ֔וֹןle.ra.TzonH7522, nor yoursacrificesוְזִבְחֵיכֶ֖םve.ziv.chei.KhemH2077sweetעָ֥רְבוּ'A.re.vuH6149to me.

21Therefore thussaithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, Behold, I willlayנֹתֵ֛ןno.TenH5414stumblingblocksמִכְשֹׁלִ֑יםmikh.sho.LimH4383before thispeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971, and thefathersאָב֨וֹת'a.VotH1and thesonsוּבָנִ֥יםu.va.NimH1121togetherיַחְדָּ֛וyach.DavH3162shallfallוְכָ֣שְׁלוּve.Kha.she.luH3782upon them; theneighbourשָׁכֵ֥ןsha.KhenH7934and hisfriendוְרֵע֖וֹve.re.'OH7453shallperishוְאָבָֽדוּ׃ פve.'a.Ba.duH6.

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