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Therefore thus says the
LORD,
"Behold, I am about to
give this city into the
hand of the
Chaldeans and into the
hand of
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon, and he will
take it.
ryi['h -t,a !et{n yin.nih h'wh.y r;m'a h{K !ek'l ? r;Ca,r.d;k.Wb.n d;y.b.W ~yiD.f;K;h d;y.B ta{Z;h ? H'd'k.l.W l,b'B -.k,l,m
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"The
Chaldeans who are
fighting against this city will
enter and
set this city on
fire and
burn it, with the
houses where people have
offered incense to
Baal on their
roofs and
poured out
drink offerings to
other gods to
provoke Me to
anger.
ta{Z;h ryi['h -l;[ ~yim'x.liN;h ~yiD.f;K;h .Wa'b.W ? 'h.Wp'r.f.W vea'B ta{Z;h ryi['h -t,a .WtyiCih.w ? ~,hyetw{G;G -l;[ .Wr.Jiq r,v]a ~yiT'B;h tea.w ? !;[;m.l ~yirex]a ~yih{lael ~yik's.n .WkiSih.w l;[;B;l ? yinesi[.k;h
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"Indeed the
sons of
Israel and the
sons of
Judah have been
doing only evil in My
sight from their
youth; for the
sons of
Israel have been
only provoking Me to
anger by the
work of their
hands,"
declares the
LORD.
h'd.Wh.y yen.b.W lea'r.fIy -yen.b .Wy'h -yiK ? -yen.b yiK ~,hyet{rU[.Nim y;nye[.B [;r'h ~yif{[ .$;a ? h'wh.y -mUa.n ~,hyed.y hef][;m.B yit{a ~yisi[.k;m .$;a lea'r.fIy
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"Indeed this city has
been to Me a provocation of My
anger and My
wrath from the
day that they
built it, even to
this day, so that it should be
removed from
before My
face,
ryi['h yiL h't.y'h yit'm]x -l;[.w yiP;a -l;[ yiK ? d;[.w H'tw{a .Wn'B r,v]a ~w{Y;h -nim.l ta{Z;h ? y'n'P l;[em H'ryis]h;l h,Z;h ~w{Y;h
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because of
all the
evil of the
sons of
Israel and the
sons of
Judah which they have
done to
provoke Me to
anger -they, their
kings, their
leaders, their
priests, their
prophets, the
men of
Judah and the
inhabitants of
Jerusalem.
h'd.Wh.y yen.b.W lea'r.fIy -yen.B t;['r -l'K l;[ ? ~,hyer'f ~,hyek.l;m h'Meh yinesi[.k;h.l .Wf'[ r,v]a ? yeb.v{y.w h'd.Wh.y vyia.w ~,hyeayib.n.W ~,hyen]h{K ? ~i'l'v.Wr.y
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"They have
turned their
back to Me and not their
face; though I
taught them,
teaching again and
again, they would not
listen and
receive instruction.
~'t{a deM;l.w ~yin'p a{l.w @,r{[ y;lea .Wn.piY;w ? r's.Wm t;x;q'l ~yi[.m{v ~'nyea.w deM;l.w ~eK.v;h
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"But they
put their
detestable things in the
house which is
called by My
name, to
defile it.
yim.v -a'r.qin -r,v]a tIy;B;B ~,hyec.WQiv .Wmyif'Y;w ? w{a.M;j.l wy'l'[
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"They
built the
high places of
Baal that are in the
valley of
Ben-hinnom * to cause their
sons and their
daughters to
pass through the fire to
Molech,
which I had not
commanded them
nor had it
entered My
mind that they should
do this abomination, to cause
Judah to
sin.
-n,b ayeg.B r,v]a l;[;B;h tw{m'B -t,a .Wn.biY;w ? ~,hyetw{n.B -t,a.w ~,hyen.B -t,a ryib][;h.l ~{Nih ? -l;[ h't.l'[ a{l.w ~yityi.Wic -a{l r,v]a .$,l{M;l ? h'd.Wh.y -t,a yij]x;h !;[;m.l ta{Z;h h'be[w{T;h tw{f][;l yiBil
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"Now therefore thus says the
LORD God of
Israel concerning this city of
which you
say, 'It is
given into the
hand of the
king of
Babylon by
sword, by
famine and by
pestilence.'
lea'r.fIy yeh{l/a h'wh.y r;m'a -h{K !ek'l h'T;[.w ? h'n.Tin ~yir.m{a ~,T;a r,v]a ta{Z;h ryi['h -l,a ? r,b'D;b.W b'['r'b.W b,r,x;B l,b'B -.k,l,m d;y.B
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"Behold, I will
gather them out of
all the
lands to
which I have
driven them in My
anger, in My
wrath and in
great indignation; and I will
bring them
back to
this place and make them
dwell in
safety.
~yiT.x;Dih r,v]a tw{c'r]a'h -l'Kim ~'c.B;q.m yin.nih ? ~yit{biv]h;w lw{d'G @,c,q.b.W yit'm]x;b.W yiP;a.B ~'v ? x;j,b'l ~yiT.b;v{h.w h,Z;h ~w{q'M;h -l,a
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"They shall be My
people, and I will be their
God;
~yih{lael ~,h'l h,y.h,a yin]a;w ~'[.l yil .Wy'h.w