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Oh * that my
head were
waters And my
eyes a
fountain of
tears, That I might
weep day and
night For the
slain of the
daughter of my
people!
h'[.miD rw{q.m yinye[.w ~Iy;m yiva{r !eTIy -yim ? yiM;[ -t;b yel.l;x tea h'l.y;l'w ~'mw{y h,K.b,a.w
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Oh that I
had in the
desert A
wayfarers' lodging place; That I might
leave my
people And
go from them! For
all of them are
adulterers, An
assembly of
treacherous men.
h'b.z,[,a.w ~yix.r{a !w{l.m r'B.diM;b yinen.TIy -yim ? ~yip]a'n.m ~'LUk yiK ~'Tiaem h'k.lea.w yiM;[ -t,a ? ~yid.g{B t,r,c][
3
"They
bend their
tongue like their
bow;
Lies and not
truth prevail in the
land; For they
proceed from
evil to
evil, And they do not
know Me,"
declares the
LORD.
h'n.Wm/a,l a{l.w r,q,v ~'T.v;q ~'nw{v.l -t,a .Wk.r.d;Y;w ? .Wa'c'y h'['r -l,a h'['rem yiK #,r'a'b .Wr.b'G ? h'wh.y -mUa.n .W['d'y -a{l yit{a.w
4
"Let
everyone be on
guard against his
neighbor, And do not
trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily, And
every neighbor goes about as a
slanderer.
.Wx'j.biT -l;a x'a -l'K -l;[.w .Wrem'Vih .Whe[erem vyia ? lyik'r ;[er -l'k.w b{q.[;y bw{q'[ x'a -l'k yiK ? .${l]h;y
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"Everyone deceives his
neighbor And does not
speak the
truth, They have
taught their
tongue to
speak lies; They
weary themselves
committing iniquity.
.WreB;d.y a{l t,m/a,w .WLet'h.y .Whe[er.B vyia.w ? .Wa.lin hew][;h r,q,v -r,B;D ~'nw{v.l .Wd.Mil
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"Your
dwelling is in the
midst of
deceit; Through
deceit they
refuse to
know Me,"
declares the
LORD.
yitw{a -t;[;d .Wn]aem h'm.rim.B h'm.rim .$w{t.B '$.T.biv ? h'wh.y -mUa.n
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Therefore thus says the
LORD of
hosts,
"Behold, I will
refine them and
assay them; For
what else can I
do,
because * of the
daughter of My
people?
~'p.rw{c yin.nih tw{a'b.c h'wh.y r;m'a h{K !ek'l ? yiM;[ -t;B yen.Pim h,f/[,a .$yea -yiK ~yiT.n;x.b.W
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"Their
tongue is a
deadly arrow; It
speaks deceit; With his
mouth one
speaks peace to his
neighbor, But
inwardly he
sets an
ambush for him.
~w{l'v wyip.B reBid h'm.rim ~'nw{v.l jexw{v #ex ? w{B.r'a ~yif'y w{B.riq.b.W reB;d.y .Whe[er -t,a
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"Shall I not
punish them for
these things?"
declares the
LORD. "On a
nation such as
this Shall I not
avenge Myself?
h'wh.y -mUa.n ~'B -d'q.p,a -a{l h,Lea -l;[;h ? yiv.p;n ~eQ;n.tit a{l h,z'K -r,v]a yw{g.B ~ia
10
"For the
mountains I will
take up a
weeping and
wailing, And for the
pastures of the
wilderness a
dirge,
Because they are
laid waste so * that
no one passes through, And the
lowing of the
cattle is not
heard;
Both the
birds of the
sky and the
beasts have
fled; they are
gone.
tw{a.n -l;[.w yih,n'w yik.b a'F,a ~yir'h,h -l;[ ? reb{[ vyia -yil.Bim .Wt.Cin yiK h'nyiq r'B.dim ? h'meh.B -d;[.w ~Iy;m'V;h @w{[em h,n.qim lw{q .W[.m'v a{l.w ? .Wk'l'h .Wd.d'n
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"I will
make Jerusalem a
heap of ruins, A
haunt of
jackals; And I will
make the
cities of
Judah a
desolation,
without inhabitant."
~yiN;T !w{[.m ~yiL;g.l ~i;l'v.Wr.y -t,a yiT;t'n.w ? bevw{y yil.Bim h'm'm.v !eT,a h'd.Wh.y yer'[ -t,a.w
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Who is the
wise man that may
understand this? And who is he to
whom the
mouth of the
LORD has
spoken, that he may
declare it?
Why * is the
land ruined,
laid waste like a
desert,
so * that
no one passes through?
r,v]a;w ta{z -t,a !eb'y.w ~'k'x,h vyia'h -yim ? h'm -l;[ H'diG;y.w wy'lea h'wh.y -yiP r,BiD ? reb{[ yil.Bim r'B.diM;k h't.Cin #,r'a'h h'd.b'a
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The
LORD said,
"Because they have
forsaken My
law which I
set before them, and have not
obeyed My
voice nor walked according to it,
r,v]a yit'rw{T -t,a ~'b.z'[ -l;[ h'wh.y r,ma{Y;w ? .Wk.l'h -a{l.w yilw{q.b .W[.m'v -a{l.w ~,hyen.pil yiT;t'n ? H'b
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but have
walked after the
stubbornness of their
heart and
after the
Baals, as their
fathers taught them,"
~yil'[.B;h yer]x;a.w ~'Bil t.Wrir.v yer]x;a .Wk.leY;w ? ~'tw{b]a ~.Wd.Mil r,v]a
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therefore thus says the
LORD of
hosts, the
God of
Israel,
"behold, I will
feed them,
this people, with
wormwood and
give them
poisoned water to
drink.
lea'r.fIy yeh{l/a tw{a'b.c h'wh.y r;m'a -h{K !ek'l ? ~yityiq.vih.w h'n][;l h,Z;h ~'['h -t,a ~'lyik]a;m yin.nih ? va{r -yem
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"I will
scatter them among the
nations,
whom neither they
nor their
fathers have
known; and I will
send the
sword after them
until I have
annihilated them."
h'Meh .W[.d'y a{l r,v]a ~Iyw{G;B ~yitw{cip]h;w ? d;[ b,r,x;h -t,a ~,hyer]x;a yiT.x;Liv.w ~'tw{b]a;w ? ~'tw{a yitw{L;K
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Thus says the
LORD of
hosts,
"Consider and
call for the
mourning women, that they may
come; And
send for the
wailing women, that they may
come!
.Wa.riq.w .Wn.nw{B.tih tw{a'b.c h'wh.y r;m'a h{K ? .Wx.liv tw{m'k]x;h -l,a.w h'ny,aw{b.t.W tw{n.nw{q.m;l ? h'naw{b't.w
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"Let them
make haste and
take up a
wailing for us, That our
eyes may
shed tears And our
eyelids flow with
water.
h'n.d;ret.w yih,n .Wnyel'[ h'n,Fit.w h'n.reh;m.t.W ? ~Iy'm -.Wl.ZIy .WnyeP;[.p;[.w h'[.miD .Wnyenye[
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"For a
voice of
wailing is
heard from
Zion,
'How are we
ruined! We are
put to
great shame, For we have
left the
land,
Because they have
cast down our
dwellings.' "
.Wn.d'DUv .$yea !w{YiCim [;m.vin yih.n lw{q yiK ? .Wkyil.vih yiK #,r'a .Wn.b;z'[ -yiK d{a.m .Wn.v{B ? .Wnyetw{n.K.vim
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Now hear the
word of the
LORD, O you
women, And let your
ear receive the
word of His
mouth;
Teach your
daughters wailing, And
everyone her
neighbor a
dirge.
~,k.n.z'a x;Qit.w h'wh.y -r;b.D ~yiv'n h'n.[;m.v -yiK ? h'Via.w yih,n ~,kyetw{n.b h'n.deM;l.w wyiP -r;b.D ? h'nyiq H't.W[.r
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For
death has
come up through our
windows; It has
entered our
palaces To
cut off the
children from the
streets, The
young men from the
town squares.
.Wnyetw{n.m.r;a.B a'B .Wnyenw{L;x.B t,w'm h'l'[ -yiK ? tw{b{x.rem ~yir.Wx;B #.Wxim l'lw{[ tyir.k;h.l
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Speak,
"Thus says the
LORD, 'The
corpses of
men will
fall like
dung on the
open field, And like the
sheaf after * the
reaper, But
no one will
gather them."'
~'d'a'h t;l.bin h'l.p'n.w h'wh.y -mUa.n h{K reB;D ? yer]x;aem ryim'[.k.W h,d'F;h yen.P -l;[ !,m{d.K ? @eS;a.m !yea.w rec{Q;h
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Thus says the
LORD, "Let not a
wise man boast of his
wisdom, and let not the
mighty man boast of his
might, let not a
rich man boast of his
riches;
w{t'm.k'x.B ~'k'x leL;h.tIy -l;a h'wh.y r;m'a h{K ? leL;h.tIy -l;a w{t'r.Wb.giB rw{BiG;h leL;h.tIy -l;a.w ? w{r.v'[.B ryiv'[
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but let him who
boasts boast of
this, that he
understands and
knows Me, that I am the
LORD who
exercises lovingkindness,
justice and
righteousness on
earth; for I
delight in
these things,"
declares the
LORD.
;[{d'y.w leK.f;h leL;h.tiM;h leL;h.tIy ta{z.B -mia yiK ? h'q'd.c.W j'P.vim d,s,x h,f{[ h'wh.y yin]a yiK yitw{a ? h'wh.y -mUa.n yiT.c;p'x h,Lea.b -yiK #,r'a'B
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"Behold, the
days are
coming,"
declares the
LORD, "that I will
punish all who are
circumcised and yet
uncircumcised -
yiT.d;q'p.W h'wh.y -mUa.n ~yia'B ~yim'y heNih ? h'l.r'[.B l.Wm -l'K -l;[
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Egypt and
Judah, and
Edom and the
sons of
Ammon, and
Moab and
all those
inhabiting the
desert who
clip the hair on their
temples; for
all the
nations are
uncircumcised, and
all the
house of
Israel are
uncircumcised of
heart."
~w{d/a -l;[.w h'd.Wh.y -l;[.w ~Iy;r.cim -l;[ ? yec.Wc.q -l'K l;[.w b'aw{m -l;[.w !w{M;[ yen.B -l;[.w ? ~yiler][ ~Iyw{G;h -l'k yiK r'B.diM;B ~yib.v{Y;h h'aep ? bel -yel.r;[ lea'r.fIy tyeB -l'k.w