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Jeremiah 8:4-9

4Moreover thou shaltsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559to them, Thussaithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; Shall theyfallהֲיִפְּל֖וּha.yi.pe.LuH5307, and notriseיָק֑וּמוּya.Ku.muH6965? shall he turnawayיָשׁ֖וּבya.ShuvH7725, and notreturnיָשֽׁוּב׃ya.ShuvH7725?

5Why then hath thispeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389sliddenbackשׁוֹבְבָ֜הsho.VahH7725by aperpetualנִצַּ֑חַתni.Tza.chatH5329backslidingמְשֻׁבָ֣הme.shu.VahH4878? theyholdהֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙he.che.Zi.kuH2388fastdeceitבַּתַּרְמִ֔יתba.tar.MitH8649, theyrefuseמֵאֲנ֖וּme.'a.NuH3985toreturnלָשֽׁוּב׃la.ShuvH7725.

6Ihearkenedהִקְשַׁ֤בְתִּיhik.Shav.tiH7181andheardוָֽאֶשְׁמָע֙va.'esh.Ma'H8085, but they spoke notarightיְדַבֵּ֔רוּye.da.Be.ruH1696: nomanאִ֗ישׁ'IshH376repentedנִחָם֙ni.ChamH5162ofעַל־'al-H5921hiswickednessרָ֣עָת֔וֹra.'a.ToH7451,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559, What have Idoneעָשִׂ֑יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213? every oneturnedשָׁ֚בShavH7725to hiscourseבִּמְר֣וּצָתָ֔םbim.ru.tzo.tamH4794, as thehorseכְּס֥וּסke.SusH5483rushethשׁוֹטֵ֖ףsho.TefH7857to thebattleבַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ba.mil.cha.MahH4421.

7Yea, thestorkחֲסִידָ֣הcha.si.DahH2624in theheavenבַשָּׁמַ֗יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064knowethיָֽדְעָה֙ya.de.'AhH3045her appointedtimesמֽוֹעֲדֶ֔יהָmo.'a.Dei.haH4150; and theturtledoveוְתֹ֤רve.TorH8449and thecraneוְסִיס֙ve.susH5483and theswallowוְעָג֔וּרve.'a.GurH5693observeשָׁמְר֖וּsha.me.RuH8104thetimeעֵ֣ת'etH6256of theircomingבֹּאָ֑נָהbo.'A.nahH935; but mypeopleוְעַמִּ֕יve.'a.MiH5971knowיָֽדְע֔וּya.de.'UH3045not thejudgmentמִשְׁפַּ֥טmish.PatH4941of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

8How do yesayתֹֽאמְרוּ֙to.me.RuH559, We arewiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450, and thelawוְתוֹרַ֥תve.to.RatH8451of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068is with us? Lo,certainlyאָכֵן֙'a.KhenH403invainלַשֶּׁ֣קֶרla.She.kerH8267he hathmadeעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213it ; thepenעֵ֖ט'etH5842of thescribesסֹפְרִֽים׃so.fe.RimH5608is invainשֶׁ֥קֶרShe.kerH8267.

9Thewiseחֲכָמִ֔יםcha.kha.MimH2450men areashamedH3001, they aredismayedחַ֖תּוּCha.tuH2865andtakenוַיִּלָּכֵ֑דוּvai.yi.la.Khe.duH3920: lo, they haverejectedמָאָ֔סוּma.'A.suH3988thewordבִדְבַר־vid.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068; and whatwisdomוְחָכְמַֽת־ve.cha.khe.mat-H2451is in them?

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