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The
word that
came to
Jeremiah concerning all the
people of
Judah, in the
fourth year of
Jehoiakim the
son of
Josiah,
king of
Judah (that was the
first year of
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon ),
~;[ -l'K -l;[ .Wh'y.m.rIy -l;[ h'y'h -r,v]a r'b'D;h ? .Wh'Yiva{y -n,B ~yiq'yw{hyil tyi[ib.r'h h'n'V;B h'd.Wh.y ? r;Ca,r.d;k.Wb.nil tyin{vair'h h'n'V;h ayih h'd.Wh.y .$,l,m ? l,b'B .$,l,m
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which Jeremiah the
prophet spoke to
all the
people of
Judah and to
all the
inhabitants of
Jerusalem,
saying,
~;[ -l'K -l;[ ayib'N;h .Wh'y.m.rIy r,BiD r,v]a ? r{mael ~i;l'v.Wr.y yeb.v{y -l'K l,a.w h'd.Wh.y
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"From the
thirteenth * year of
Josiah the
son of
Amon,
king of
Judah, even to
this day,
these twenty-three * years the
word of the
LORD has
come to me, and I have
spoken to you
again and
again, but you have not
listened.
!w{m'a -n,b .Wh'Yiva{y.l h'n'v her.f,[ v{l.v -nim ? ~yir.f,[.w v{l'v h,z h,Z;h ~w{Y;h d;[.w h'd.Wh.y .$,l,m ? ~,kyel]a reB;d]a'w y'lea h'wh.y -r;b.d h'y'h h'n'v ? ~,T.[;m.v a{l.w reB;d.w ~yeK.v;a
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"And the
LORD has
sent to you
all His
servants the
prophets again and
again, but you have not
listened nor inclined your
ear to
hear,
~yiaib.N;h wy'd'b][ -l'K -t,a ~,kyel]a h'wh.y x;l'v.w ? ~,tyiJih -a{l.w ~,T.[;m.v a{l.w ;x{l'v.w ~eK.v;h ? ;[{m.vil ~,k.n.z'a -t,a
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saying,
'Turn now everyone from his
evil way and from the
evil of your
deeds, and
dwell on the
land which the
LORD has
given to you and your
forefathers forever * and
ever;
h'['r'h w{K.r;Dim vyia a'n -.Wb.Wv r{mael ? r,v]a h'm'd]a'h -l;[ .Wb.v.W ~,kyel.l;[;m ;[{rem.W ? ~'lw{[ -d;[.w ~'lw{[ -nim.l ~,kyetw{b]a;l.w ~,k'l h'wh.y !;t'n
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and do not
go after other gods to
serve them and to
worship them, and do not
provoke Me to
anger with the
work of your
hands, and I will
do you
no harm.'
~'d.b'[.l ~yirex]a ~yih{l/a yer]x;a .Wk.leT -l;a.w ? hef][;m.B yitw{a .Wsyi[.k;t -a{l.w ~,h'l t{w]x;T.vih.l.W ? ~,k'l [;r'a a{l.w ~,kyed.y