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'Yet
if in spite of
this you do not
obey Me, but
act with
hostility against Me,
yiMi[ ~,T.k;l]h;w yil .W[.m.vit a{l ta{z.B -mia.w ? yir,q.B
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then I will
act with
wrathful hostility against you, and I,
even I, will
punish you
seven times for your
sins.
~,k.t,a yiT.r;SIy.w yir,q -t;m]x;B ~,k'Mi[ yiT.k;l'h.w ? ]m,kyeta{J;x -l;[ [;b,v yin'a -p;a
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'Further, you will
eat the
flesh of your
sons and the
flesh of your
daughters you will
eat.
.Wleka{T ~,kyet{n.B r;f.b.W ~,kyen.B r;f.B ~,T.l;k]a;w
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'I then will
destroy your
high places, and
cut down your
incense altars, and
heap your
remains on the
remains of your
idols, for My
soul shall
abhor you.
~,kyen'M;x -t,a yiT;r.kih.w ~,kyet{m'B -t,a yiT.d;m.vih.w ? ~,kyel.WLiG yer.giP -l;[ ~,kyer.giP -t,a yiT;t'n.w ? ~,k.t,a yiv.p;n h'l]['g.w
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'I will
lay waste your
cities as well and will
make your
sanctuaries desolate, and I will not
smell your
soothing aromas.
~,kyev.D.qim -t,a yitw{Miv]h;w h'B.r'x ~,kyer'[ -t,a yiT;t'n.w ? ~,k]x{xyin ;xyer.B ;xyir'a a{l.w
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'I will
make the
land desolate so that your
enemies who
settle in it will be
appalled over it.
'hy,l'[ .Wm.m'v.w #,r'a'h -t,a yin]a yit{Miv]h;w ? H'B ~yib.v{Y;h ~,kyeb.y{a
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'You, however, I will
scatter among the
nations and will
draw out a
sword after you, as your
land becomes desolate and your
cities become waste.
~,kyer]x;a yit{qyir]h;w ~Iyw{G;b h,r'z/a ~,k.t,a.w ? .Wy.hIy ~,kyer'[.w h'm'm.v ~,k.c.r;a h't.y'h.w b,r'x ? h'B.r'x
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'Then the
land will
enjoy its
sabbaths all the
days of the
desolation, while you are in your
enemies' land;
then the
land will
rest and
enjoy its
sabbaths.
yem.y l{K 'hy,t{t.B;v -t,a #,r'a'h h,c.riT z'a ? #,r'a'h t;B.viT z'a ~,kyeb.y{a #,r,a.B ~,T;a.w h'M;V\h ? 'hy,t{t.B;v -t,a t'c.rih.w
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'All the
days of its
desolation it will
observe the
rest which it did not
observe on your
sabbaths, while you were
living on it.
h't.b'v -a{l r,v]a tea t{B.viT h'M;V'h yem.y -l'K ? 'hy,l'[ ~,k.T.biv.B ~,kyet{t.B;v.B
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'As for those of you who may be
left, I will also
bring weakness into their
hearts in the
lands of their
enemies. And the
sound of a
driven leaf will
chase them, and even when
no one is
pursuing they will
flee as
though from the
sword, and they will
fall.
t{c.r;a.B ~'b'b.liB .$,r{m yitaebeh.w ~,k'B ~yir'a.viN;h.w ? .Ws'n.w @'Din h,l'[ lw{q ~'t{a @;d'r.w ~,hyeb.y{a ? @ed{r !yea.w .Wl.p'n.w b,r,x -t;sUn.m
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'They will therefore
stumble over
each other as if running from the
sword, although
no one is
pursuing; and you will
have no strength to
stand up
before your
enemies.
@ed{r.w b,r,x -yen.Pim.K wyix'a.B -vyia .Wl.v'k.w ? ~,kyeb.y{a yen.pil h'm.Wq.T ~,k'l h,y.hit -a{l.w !Iy'a
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'But you will
perish among the
nations, and your
enemies' land will
consume you.
~,kyeb.y{a #,r,a ~,k.t,a h'l.k'a.w ~Iyw{G;B ~,T.d;b]a;w
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'So those of you who may be
left will
rot away because of their
iniquity in the
lands of your
enemies; and
also because of the
iniquities of their
forefathers they will
rot away with them.
~,kyeb.y{a t{c.r;a.B ~'n{w][;B .WQ;MIy ~,k'B ~yir'a.viN;h.w ? .WQ'MIy ~'Tia ~'t{b]a t{n{w][;B @;a.w
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'If they
confess their
iniquity and the
iniquity of their
forefathers, in their
unfaithfulness which they
committed against Me, and
also in their
acting with
hostility against Me-
~'l][;m.B ~'t{b]a !{w][ -t,a.w ~'n{w][ -t,a .WD;w.tih.w ? yiMi[ .Wk.l'h -r,v]a @;a.w yib -.Wl]['m r,v]a ? yir,q.B
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I
also was
acting with
hostility against them, to
bring them into the
land of their
enemies -or if their
uncircumcised heart becomes humbled so that they
then make amends for their
iniquity,
~'t{a yitaebeh.w yir,q.B ~'Mi[ .$elea yin]a -p;a ? ler'[,h ~'b'b.l [;n'KIy z'a -w{a ~,hyeb.y{a #,r,a.B ? ~'n{w][ -t,a .Wc.rIy z'a.w
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then I will
remember My
covenant with
Jacob, and I will
remember also My
covenant with
Isaac, and My
covenant with
Abraham as
well, and I will
remember the
land.
yityir.B -t,a @;a.w bw{q][;y yityir.B -t,a yiT.r;k'z.w ? #,r'a'h.w r{K.z,a ~'h'r.b;a yityir.B -t,a @;a.w q'x.cIy ? r{K.z,a
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'For the
land will be
abandoned by them, and will
make up for its
sabbaths while it is
made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be
making amends for their
iniquity,
because they
rejected My
ordinances and their
soul abhorred My
statutes.
'hy,t{t.B;v -t,a #,rit.w ~,hem bez'[eT #,r'a'h.w ? !;[;y ~'n{w][ -t,a .Wc.rIy ~eh.w ~,hem h'M;v.h'B ? h'l]['G y;t{QUx -t,a.w .Ws'a'm y;j'P.vim.B !;[;y.b.W ? ~'v.p;n
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'Yet in
spite * of
this, when they are in the
land of their
enemies, I will not
reject them,
nor will I so
abhor them as to
destroy them,
breaking My
covenant with them; for I am the
LORD their
God.
~,hyeb.y{a #,r,a.B ~'tw{y.hiB ta{z -m;G -p;a.w ? rep'h.l ~'t{L;k.l ~yiT.l;[.g -a{l.w ~yiT.s;a.m -a{l ? ~,hyeh{l/a h'wh.y yin]a yiK ~'Tia yityir.B
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'But I will
remember for them the
covenant with their
ancestors,
whom I
brought out of the
land of
Egypt in the
sight of the
nations, that I might be their
God. I am the
LORD.' "
~'t{a -yitaecw{h r,v]a ~yin{vair tyir.B ~,h'l yiT.r;k'z.w ? ~,h'l t{y.hil ~Iyw{G;h yenye[.l ~Iy;r.cim #,r,aem ? h'wh.y yin]a ~yih{lael