Interlinear Bible - Jeremiah 9

1 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

2 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

5 "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

6 "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

7 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

8 "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

9 "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

11 "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

12 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

13 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

14 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

15 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

16 "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

17 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

18 "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[

19 "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

20 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

21 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

22 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

23 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'[

24 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

25 "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;[

26 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