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Jeremiah 9

1OthatH5414myheadרֹאשִׁי֙ro.ShiH7218werewatersמַ֔יִםMa.yimH4325, and myeyesוְעֵינִ֖יve.'ei.NiH5869afountainמְק֣וֹרme.KorH4726oftearsדִּמְעָ֑הdim.'AhH1832, that I mightweepוְאֶבְכֶּה֙ve.'ev.KehH1058dayיוֹמָ֣םyo.MamH3119andnightוָלַ֔יְלָהva.Lay.lahH3915for theslainחַֽלְלֵ֥יcha.LeiH2491of thedaughterבַת־vat-H1323of mypeopleH5971!

2Othatיִתְּנֵ֣נִיyi.te.Ne.niH5414I had in thewildernessבַמִּדְבָּ֗רva.mid.BarH4057a lodgingplaceמְלוֹן֙me.lOnH4411of wayfaringmenאֹֽרְחִ֔ים'o.re.ChimH732; that I mightleaveוְאֶֽעֶזְבָה֙ve.'e.'ez.VahH5800mypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971, andgoH3212from them! for they are alladulterersמְנָ֣אֲפִ֔יםme.Na.'a.FimH5003, anassemblyעֲצֶ֖רֶת'a.Tze.retH6116of treacherousmenבֹּגְדִֽים׃bo.ge.DimH898.

3And theybendוַֽיַּדְרְכ֤וּvai.yad.re.KhuH1869theirtonguesלְשׁוֹנָם֙le.sho.NamH3956like theirbowקַשְׁתָּ֣םkash.TamH7198forliesשֶׁ֔קֶרShe.kerH8267: but they are notvaliantגָּבְר֣וּga.ve.RuH1396for thetruthלֶאֱמוּנָ֖הle.'e.mu.NahH530upon theearthבָאָ֑רֶץva.'A.retzH776; for theyproceedיָצָ֛אוּya.Tza.'uH3318fromevilמֵרָעָ֨הme.ra.'AhH7451toevilרָעָ֧ה׀ra.'AhH7451, and theyknowיָדָ֖עוּya.Da.'uH3045not me,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

4Take yeheedהִשָּׁמֵ֔רוּhi.sha.Me.ruH8104everyoneH376of hisneighbourH7453, andtrustתִּבְטָ֑חוּtiv.Ta.chuH982ye not in anybrotherאָ֖ח'achH251: for everybrotherאָח֙'achH251willutterlyעָק֣וֹבa.KovH6117supplantיַעְקֹ֔בya'.KoH6117, and everyneighbourH7453willwalkיַהֲלֹֽךְ׃ya.ha.LokhH1980withslandersרָכִ֥ילra.KhilH7400.

5And they willdeceiveיְהָתֵ֔לּוּye.ha.Te.luH2048everyoneוְאִ֤ישׁve.'IshH376hisneighbourבְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙be.re.'E.huH7453, and will notspeakיְדַבֵּ֑רוּye.da.Be.ruH1696thetruthוֶאֱמֶ֖תve.'e.MetH571: they havetaughtלִמְּד֧וּli.me.DuH3925theirtongueלְשׁוֹנָ֛םle.sho.NamH3956tospeakדַּבֶּר־da.ber-H1696liesשֶׁ֖קֶרShe.kerH8267, andwearyנִלְאֽוּ׃nil.'UH3811themselves to commitiniquityהַעֲוֵ֥הha.'a.VehH5753.

6Thyhabitationשִׁבְתְּךָ֖shiv.te.KhaH3427is in themidstבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432ofdeceitמִרְמָ֑הmir.MahH4820; throughdeceitבְּמִרְמָ֛הbe.mir.MahH4820theyrefuseמֵאֲנ֥וּme.'a.NuH3985toknowדַֽעַת־da.'at-H3045me,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDH3068.

7Therefore thussaithאָמַר֙'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, Behold, I willmeltצוֹרְפָ֖םtzor.FamH6884them, andtryוּבְחַנְתִּ֑יםu.ve.chan.TimH974them; for how shall Idoאֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה'e.'e.SehH6213forמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323of mypeopleעַמִּֽי׃'a.MiH5971?

8Theirtongueלְשׁוֹנָ֖םle.sho.NamH3956is as anarrowחֵ֥ץchetzH2671shotoutשָׁח֛וּטsho.chetH7819; itspeakethדִבֵּ֑רdi.BerH1696deceitמִרְמָ֣הmir.MahH4820: onespeakethיְדַבֵּ֔רye.da.BerH1696peaceablyשָׁל֤וֹםsha.LomH7965to hisneighbourרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙re.'E.huH7453with hismouthבְּפִ֗יוbe.FivH6310, but inheartוּבְקִרְבּ֖וֹu.ve.kir.BoH7130heliethיָשִׂ֥יםya.SimH7760inwaitאָרְבּֽוֹ׃'a.re.BoH696.

9Shall I notpunishאֶפְקָד־'ef.kod-H6485them for these things ?saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068: shall not mysoulנַפְשִֽׁי׃ סnaf.ShiH5315beavengedתִתְנַקֵּ֖םtit.na.KemH5358on such anationבְּג֣וֹיbe.GoyH1471as this?

10For themountainsהֶ֨הָרִ֜יםhe.ha.RimH2022will I takeupאֶשָּׂ֧א'e.Sa'H5375aweepingבְכִ֣יve.KhiH1065andwailingוָנֶ֗הִיva.Ne.hiH5092, and for thehabitationsנְא֤וֹתne.'otH4999of thewildernessמִדְבָּר֙mid.BarH4057alamentationקִינָ֔הki.NahH7015, because they are burnedupנִצְּתוּ֙ni.tze.TuH3341, so thatnoneאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376canpassעֹבֵ֔ר'o.VerH5674through them ; neither can menhearשָׁמְע֖וּsha.me.'UH8085thevoiceק֣וֹלKolH6963of thecattleמִקְנֶ֑הmik.NehH4735; both thefowlמֵע֤וֹףme.'ofH5775of theheavensהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064and thebeastבְּהֵמָ֔הbe.he.MahH929havefledנָדְד֖וּna.de.DuH5074; they aregoneהָלָֽכוּ׃ha.La.khuH1980.

11And I willmakeוְנָתַתִּ֧יve.na.ta.TiH5414Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimH3389heapsלְגַלִּ֖יםle.ga.LimH1530, and adenמְע֣וֹןme.'onH4583ofdragonsתַּנִּ֑יםta.NimH8577; and I willmakeאֶתֵּ֥ן'e.TenH5414thecitiesעָרֵ֧י'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063desolateשְׁמָמָ֖הshe.ma.MahH8077, without aninhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃ סyo.ShevH3427.

12Who is thewiseהֶֽחָכָם֙he.cha.KhamH2450manהָאִ֤ישׁha.'IshH376, that mayunderstandוְיָבֵ֣ןve.ya.VenH995this? and who is he to whom themouthפִּֽי־pi-H6310of theLORDH3068hathspokenדִּבֶּ֧רdi.BerH1696, that he maydeclareוְיַגִּדָ֑הּve.ya.gi.DahH5046it, for what thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776perishethאָבְדָ֣ה'a.ve.DahH6and is burnedupנִצְּתָ֥הni.tze.TahH3341like awildernessכַמִּדְבָּ֖רkha.mid.BarH4057, that none passeththroughעֹבֵֽר׃ ס'o.VerH5674?

13And theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saithוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Because they haveforsakenעָזְבָם֙'a.ze.VamH5800mylawתּ֣וֹרָתִ֔יto.ra.TiH8451which Isetנָתַ֖תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414beforeלִפְנֵיהֶ֑םlif.nei.HemH6440them, and have notobeyedשָׁמְע֥וּsha.me.'UH8085myvoiceבְקוֹלִ֖יve.ko.LiH6963, neitherwalkedH1980in it;

14But havewalkedH3212afterאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310theimaginationשְׁרִר֣וּתshe.ri.RutH8307of their ownheartלִבָּ֑םli.BamH3820, andafterוְאַחֲרֵי֙ve.'a.cha.ReiH310Baalimהַבְּעָלִ֔יםha.be.'a.LimH1168, which theirfathersאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ ס'a.vo.TamH1taughtלִמְּד֖וּםli.me.DumH3925them:

15Therefore thussaithאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478; Behold, I willfeedמַאֲכִילָ֛םma.'a.khi.LamH398them, even thispeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971, withwormwoodלַֽעֲנָ֑הla.'a.NahH3939, and give themwaterמֵי־mei-H4325ofgallרֹֽאשׁ׃RoshH7219todrinkוְהִשְׁקִיתִ֖יםve.hish.ki.TimH8248.

16I willscatterוַהֲפִֽצוֹתִים֙va.ha.fi.tzo.TimH6327them also among theheathenבַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.YimH1471, whom neither they nor theirfathersוַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑םva.'a.vo.TamH1haveknownיָֽדְע֔וּya.de.'UH3045: and I willsendH7971aswordהַחֶ֔רֶבha.Che.revH2719afterאַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙'a.cha.rei.HemH310them, till I haveconsumedכַּלּוֹתִ֖יka.lo.TiH3615them.

17Thussaithאָמַר֙'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,Considerהִתְבּֽוֹנְנ֛וּhit.bo.NuH995ye, andcallוְקִרְא֥וּve.kir.'UH7121for the mourningwomenלַמְקוֹנְנ֖וֹתlam.ko.NotH6969, that they maycomeוּתְבוֹאֶ֑ינָהu.te.vo.'Ei.nahH935; andsendשִׁלְח֖וּshil.ChuH7971forskilfulהַחֲכָמ֥וֹתha.cha.kha.MotH2450women, that they maycomeוְתָבֽוֹאנָה׃ve.ta.Vo.nahH935:

18And let them makehasteוּתְמַהֵ֕רְנָהu.te.ma.He.re.nahH4116, and takeupוְתִשֶּׂ֥נָהve.ti.Se.nahH5375awailingH5092for us, that oureyesעֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙'ei.Nei.nuH5869may rundownוְתֵרַ֤דְנָהve.te.Rad.nahH3381withtearsדִּמְעָ֔הdim.'AhH1832, and oureyelidsוְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּve.'af.'a.Pei.nuH6079gushoutיִזְּלוּ־yi.ze.lu-H5140withwatersמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325.

19For avoiceק֥וֹלKolH6963ofwailingH5092isheardH8085out ofZionמִצִּיּ֖וֹןmi.tzi.YonH6726, How are we laidwasteשֻׁדָּ֑דְנוּshu.Da.de.nuH7703! we aregreatlyמְאֹד֙me.'OdH3966confoundedבֹּ֤שְׁנֽוּBo.she.nuH954, because we haveforsakenעָזַ֣בְנוּ'a.Zav.nuH5800thelandאָ֔רֶץ'A.retzH776, because ourdwellingsמִשְׁכְּנוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ סmish.ke.no.Tei.nuH4908have cast usoutהִשְׁלִ֖יכוּhish.Li.khuH7993.

20Yethearשְׁמַ֤עְנָהshe.Ma'.nahH8085thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, O yewomenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802, and let yourearאָזְנְכֶ֖ם'a.ze.ne.KhemH241receiveוְתִקַּ֥חve.ti.KachH3947thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of hismouthפִּ֑יוPivH6310, andteachוְלַמֵּ֤דְנָהve.la.Me.de.nahH3925yourdaughtersבְנֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ve.no.tei.KhemH1323wailingנֶ֔הִיNe.hiH5092, and everyoneוְאִשָּׁ֥הve.'i.ShahH802herneighbourרְעוּתָ֖הּre.'u.TahH7468lamentationקִינָֽה׃ki.NahH7015.

21Fordeathמָ֙וֶת֙ma.vetH4194hath comeupעָ֤לָה'A.lahH5927into ourwindowsבְּחַלּוֹנֵ֔ינוּbe.cha.lo.Nei.nuH2474, and hathenteredבָּ֖אba'H935into ourpalacesבְּאַרְמְנוֹתֵ֑ינוּbe.'ar.me.no.Tei.nuH759, to cutoffלְהַכְרִ֤יתle.hakh.RitH3772thechildrenעוֹלָל֙o.LalH5768fromoutsideמִח֔וּץmi.ChutzH2351, and the youngmenבַּחוּרִ֖יםba.chu.RimH970from thestreetsמֵרְחֹבֽוֹת׃me.re.cho.VotH7339.

22Speakדַּבֵּ֗רda.BerH1696, Thussaithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDH3068, Even the deadbodiesנִבְלַ֣תniv.LatH5038ofmenהָֽאָדָ֔םha.'a.DamH120shallfallוְנָֽפְלָה֙ve.na.fe.LahH5307asrefuseכְּדֹ֖מֶןke.Do.menH1828upon theopenפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֑הha.sa.DehH7704, and as thehandfulוּכְעָמִ֛ירu.khe.'a.MirH5995afterמֵאַחֲרֵ֥יme.'a.cha.ReiH310theharvestmanהַקֹּצֵ֖רha.ko.TzerH7114, and none shallgatherמְאַסֵּֽף׃ סme.'a.SefH622them .

23Thussaithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559theLORDH3068, Let not thewiseחָכָם֙cha.KhamH2450mangloryH1984in hiswisdomבְּחָכְמָת֔וֹbe.cha.khe.ma.ToH2451, neither let themightyהַגִּבּ֖וֹרha.gi.BorH1368mangloryH1984in hismightבִּגְבֽוּרָת֑וֹbig.vu.ra.ToH1369, let not therichעָשִׁ֖יר'a.ShirH6223mangloryH1984in hisrichesבְּעָשְׁרֽוֹ׃be.'a.she.RoH6239:

24But let him thatgloriethיִתְהַלֵּ֣לyit.ha.LelH1984gloryהַמִּתְהַלֵּ֗לha.mit.ha.LelH1984in this, that heunderstandethהַשְׂכֵּל֮has.KelH7919andknowethוְיָדֹ֣עַve.ya.Do.a'H3045me, that I am theLORDH3068whoexerciseעֹ֥שֶׂה'O.sehH6213lovingkindnessחֶ֛סֶדChe.sedH2617,judgmentמִשְׁפָּ֥טmish.PatH4941, andrighteousnessוּצְדָקָ֖הu.tze.da.KahH6666, in theearthבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776: for in these things Idelightחָפַ֖צְתִּיcha.Fatz.tiH2654,saithH5002theLORDH3068.

25Behold, thedaysיָמִ֥יםya.MimH3117comeבָּאִ֖יםba.'ImH935,saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, that I willpunishוּפָ֣קַדְתִּ֔יu.Fa.kad.TiH6485all them who arecircumcisedמ֖וּלmulH4135with theuncircumcisedבְּעָרְלָֽה׃be.'a.re.LahH6190;

26Egyptמִצְרַ֣יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, andJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063, andEdomאֱד֞וֹם'e.DomH123, and thechildrenבְּנֵ֤יbe.NeiH1121ofAmmonעַמּוֹן֙'a.mOnH5983, andMoabמוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvH4124, and all that are in theutmostקְצוּצֵ֣יke.tzu.TzeiH7112cornersפֵאָ֔הfe.'AhH6285, thatdwellהַיֹּשְׁבִ֖יםhai.yo.she.VimH3427in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057: for all thesenationsהַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.YimH1471areuncircumcisedעֲרֵלִ֔ים'a.re.LimH6189, and all thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478areuncircumcisedעַרְלֵי־'ar.lei-H6189in theheartלֵֽב׃ סLevH3820.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 9

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