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Jeremiah 9:9-16

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.

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