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Chapter 15
Judgment to Continue
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Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤌 𐤌𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤏𐤌𐤃 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀𐤅
יְהוָה֙ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלַ֔י אִם־ מֹשֶׁ֤ה וּשְׁמוּאֵל֙ יַעֲמֹ֨ד לְפָנַ֔י נַפְשִׁ֖י אֵ֥ין אֶל־ הַזֶּ֑ה הָעָ֣ם שַׁלַּ֥ח מֵֽעַל־ פָּנַ֖י וְיֵצֵֽאוּ׃ Yah·weh way·yō·mer ’ê·lay ’im- mō·šeh ū·šə·mū·’êl ya·‘ă·mōḏ lə·p̄ā·nay nap̄·šî ’ên ’el- haz·zeh hā·‘ām šal·laḥ mê·‘al- pā·nay wə·yê·ṣê·’ū — WLC · 1
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- If they ask you,… ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤍𐤄 𐤍𐤑𐤀 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤋𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤓𐤏𐤁 𐤋𐤓𐤏𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤔𐤁𐤉 𐤋𐤔𐤁𐤉
וְהָיָ֛ה כִּֽי־ יֹאמְר֥וּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ אָ֣נָה נֵצֵ֑א וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם כֹּֽה־ יְהוָ֗ה אָמַ֣ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר לַמָּ֤וֶת לַמָּ֙וֶת֙ וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר לַחֶ֙רֶב֙ לַחֶ֔רֶב וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר לָֽרָעָב֙ לָֽרָעָ֔ב וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לַשְּׁבִ֖י לַשֶּֽׁבִי׃ wə·hā·yāh kî- yō·mə·rū ’ê·le·ḵā ’ā·nāh nê·ṣê wə·’ā·mar·tā ’ă·lê·hem kōh- Yah·weh ’ā·mar ’ă·šer lam·mā·weṯ lam·mā·weṯ wa·’ă·šer la·ḥe·reḇ la·ḥe·reḇ wa·’ă·šer lā·rā·‘āḇ lā·rā·‘āḇ wa·’ă·šer laš·šə·ḇî laš·še·ḇî — WLC · 2
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I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
𐤅𐤐𐤒𐤃𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏 𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤅𐤕 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤋𐤄𐤓𐤂 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤊𐤋𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤎𐤇𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤅𐤐 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤄𐤌𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤋 𐤅𐤋𐤄𐤔𐤇𐤉𐤕
וּפָקַדְתִּ֨י עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם אַרְבַּ֤ע מִשְׁפָּחוֹת֙ נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־ הַחֶ֣רֶב לַֽהֲרֹ֔ג וְאֶת־ הַכְּלָבִ֖ים לִסְחֹ֑ב וְאֶת־ ע֧וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְאֶת־ בֶּהֱמַ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ לֶאֱכֹ֥ל וּלְהַשְׁחִֽית׃ ū·p̄ā·qaḏ·tî ‘ă·lê·hem ’ar·ba‘ miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ nə·’um- Yah·weh ’eṯ- ha·ḥe·reḇ la·hă·rōḡ wə·’eṯ- hak·kə·lā·ḇîm lis·ḥōḇ wə·’eṯ- ‘ō·wp̄ haš·šā·ma·yim wə·’eṯ- be·hĕ·maṯ hā·’ā·reṣ le·’ĕ·ḵōl ū·lə·haš·ḥîṯ — WLC · 3
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I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
𐤅𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤆𐤅𐤏𐤄 𐤋𐤊𐤋 𐤌𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤁𐤂𐤋𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤌𐤍𐤔𐤄 𐤁𐤍 𐤉𐤇𐤆𐤒𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌
וּנְתַתִּ֣ים לִזְוָעָה לְכֹ֖ל מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הָאָ֑רֶץ בִּ֠גְלַל אֲשֶׁר־ מְנַשֶּׁ֤ה בֶן־ יְחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה עַ֥ל עָשָׂ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ū·nə·ṯat·tîm liz·wå̄·ʿå̄h lə·ḵōl mam·lə·ḵō·wṯ hā·’ā·reṣ biḡ·lal ’ă·šer- mə·naš·šeh ḇen- yə·ḥiz·qî·yā·hū me·leḵ yə·hū·ḏāh ‘al ‘ā·śāh bî·rū·šā·lim — WLC · 4
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- Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare
𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤉 𐤉𐤇𐤌𐤋 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤅𐤌𐤉 𐤉𐤍𐤅𐤃 𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤌𐤉 𐤉𐤎𐤅𐤓 𐤋𐤔𐤀𐤋 𐤋𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤋𐤊
כִּ֠י מִֽי־ יַחְמֹ֤ל עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וּמִ֖י יָנ֣וּד לָ֑ךְ וּמִ֣י יָס֔וּר לִשְׁאֹ֥ל לְשָׁלֹ֖ם לָֽךְ׃ kî mî- yaḥ·mōl ‘ā·la·yiḵ yə·rū·šā·lim ū·mî yā·nūḏ lāḵ ū·mî yā·sūr liš·’ōl lə·šā·lōm lāḵ — WLC · 5
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You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back… So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.
𐤀𐤕 𐤍𐤈𐤔𐤕 𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤇𐤅𐤓 𐤕𐤋𐤊𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤈 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤃𐤉 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤇𐤉𐤕𐤊 𐤍𐤋𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤄𐤍𐤇𐤌
אַ֣תְּ נָטַ֥שְׁתְּ אֹתִ֛י נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֖ה אָח֣וֹר תֵּלֵ֑כִי וָאַ֨ט אֶת־ יָדִ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ וָֽאַשְׁחִיתֵ֔ךְ נִלְאֵ֖יתִי הִנָּחֵֽם׃ ’at nā·ṭašt ’ō·ṯî nə·’um- Yah·weh ’ā·ḥō·wr tê·lê·ḵî wā·’aṭ ’eṯ- yā·ḏî ‘ā·la·yiḵ wā·’aš·ḥî·ṯêḵ nil·’ê·ṯî hin·nā·ḥêm — WLC · 6
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I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.
𐤅𐤀𐤆𐤓𐤌 𐤁𐤌𐤆𐤓𐤄 𐤁𐤔𐤏𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤔𐤊𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤁𐤃𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤋𐤅𐤀 𐤔𐤁𐤅 𐤌𐤃𐤓𐤊𐤉𐤄𐤌
וָאֶזְרֵ֥ם בְּמִזְרֶ֖ה בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ שִׁכַּ֤לְתִּי אִבַּ֙דְתִּי֙ אֶת־ עַמִּ֔י לוֹא־ שָֽׁבוּ׃ מִדַּרְכֵיהֶ֖ם wā·’ez·rêm bə·miz·reh bə·ša·‘ă·rê hā·’ā·reṣ šik·kal·tî ’ib·baḏ·tî ’eṯ- ‘am·mî lō·w- šā·ḇū mid·dar·ḵê·hem — WLC · 7
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I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring… a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
𐤀𐤋𐤌𐤍𐤕𐤅 𐤏𐤑𐤌𐤅 𐤋𐤉 𐤌𐤇𐤅𐤋 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤁𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤔𐤃𐤃 𐤁𐤑𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤌 𐤁𐤇𐤅𐤓 𐤐𐤕𐤀𐤌 𐤄𐤐𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤁𐤄𐤋𐤅𐤕
אַלְמְנֹתָו֙ עָֽצְמוּ־ לִ֤י מֵח֣וֹל יַמִּ֔ים הֵבֵ֨אתִי לָהֶ֥ם שֹׁדֵ֣ד בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם עַל־ אֵ֛ם בָּח֖וּר פִּתְאֹ֔ם הִפַּ֤לְתִּי עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ עִ֖יר וּבֶהָלֽוֹת׃ ʾal·mə·nō·ṯå̄w ‘ā·ṣə·mū- lî mê·ḥō·wl yam·mîm hê·ḇê·ṯî lā·hem šō·ḏêḏ baṣ·ṣā·ho·rā·yim ‘al- ’êm bā·ḥūr piṯ·’ōm hip·pal·tî ‘ā·le·hā ‘îr ū·ḇe·hā·lō·wṯ — WLC · 8
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The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.
𐤉𐤋𐤃𐤕 𐤄𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤋𐤋𐤄 𐤍𐤐𐤇𐤄 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤄 𐤔𐤌𐤔𐤄 𐤁𐤀𐤄 𐤁𐤏𐤃 𐤉𐤅𐤌𐤌 𐤁𐤅𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤇𐤐𐤓𐤄 𐤅𐤔𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤕𐤌 𐤀𐤕𐤍 𐤋𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄𐤎
יֹלֶ֣דֶת הַשִּׁבְעָ֗ה אֻמְלְלָ֞ה נָפְחָ֥ה נַפְשָׁ֛הּ שִׁמְשָׁ֛הּ בָּאָה בְּעֹ֥ד יוֹמָ֖ם בּ֣וֹשָׁה וְחָפֵ֑רָה וּשְׁאֵֽרִיתָ֗ם אֶתֵּ֛ן לַחֶ֧רֶב לִפְנֵ֥י אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם נְאֻם־ יְהוָֽה׃ס yō·le·ḏeṯ haš·šiḇ·‘āh ’um·lə·lāh nā·p̄ə·ḥāh nap̄·šāh šim·šāh bå̄·ʾå̄h bə·‘ōḏ yō·w·mām bō·wō·šāh wə·ḥā·p̄ê·rāh ū·šə·’ê·rî·ṯām ’et·tên la·ḥe·reḇ lip̄·nê ’ō·yə·ḇê·hem nə·’um- Yah·weh — WLC · 9
Jeremiah’s Woe
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Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife… and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
𐤀𐤅𐤉 𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤌𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤋𐤃𐤕𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤓𐤉𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤍 𐤋𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤋𐤀 𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤍𐤔𐤅 𐤁𐤉 𐤊𐤋𐤄 𐤌𐤒𐤋𐤋𐤅𐤍𐤉𐤎
אֽוֹי־ לִ֣י אִמִּ֔י כִּ֣י יְלִדְתִּ֗נִי אִ֥ישׁ רִ֛יב וְאִ֥ישׁ מָד֖וֹן לְכָל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ לֹֽא־ נָשִׁ֥יתִי וְלֹא־ נָֽשׁוּ־ בִ֖י כֻּלֹּ֥ה מְקַלְלַֽונִי׃ס ’ō·w- lî ’im·mî kî yə·liḏ·ti·nî ’îš rîḇ wə·’îš mā·ḏō·wn lə·ḵāl hā·’ā·reṣ lō- nā·šî·ṯî wə·lō- nā·šū- ḇî kul·lōh mə·qal·la·w·nî — WLC · 10
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The LORD said: “Surely… I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will… intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤌 𐤋𐤀 𐤔𐤓𐤅𐤕𐤊 𐤋𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤀𐤌 𐤋𐤅𐤀 𐤄𐤐𐤂𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤁 𐤁𐤊 𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤑𐤓𐤄
יְהוָ֔ה אָמַ֣ר אִם־ לֹ֥א שָׁרוֹתִךָ לְט֑וֹב אִם־ ל֣וֹא׀ הִפְגַּ֣עְתִּֽי אֶת־ הָאֹיֵֽב׃ בְךָ֗ בְּעֵ֥ת־ רָעָ֛ה וּבְעֵ֥ת צָרָ֖ה Yah·weh ’ā·mar ’im- lō šå̄·rō·ṯi·ḵå̄ lə·ṭō·wḇ ’im- lō·w hip̄·ga‘·tî ’eṯ- hā·’ō·yêḇ ḇə·ḵā bə·‘êṯ- rā·‘āh ū·ḇə·‘êṯ ṣā·rāh — WLC · 11
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Can anyone smash iron— iron from the north— or bronze?
𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤏 𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋 𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋 𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤍𐤇𐤔𐤕
הֲיָרֹ֨עַ בַּרְזֶ֧ל׀ בַּרְזֶ֛ל מִצָּפ֖וֹן וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ hă·yā·rō·a‘ bar·zel bar·zel miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn ū·nə·ḥō·šeṯ — WLC · 12
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Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
𐤇𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤀𐤅𐤑𐤓𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤕𐤍 𐤋𐤁𐤆 𐤋𐤀 𐤁𐤌𐤇𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤇𐤈𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤋𐤉𐤊
חֵילְךָ֧ וְאוֹצְרוֹתֶ֛יךָ אֶתֵּ֖ן לָבַ֥ז לֹ֣א בִמְחִ֑יר וּבְכָל־ חַטֹּאותֶ֖יךָ וּבְכָל־ גְּבוּלֶֽיךָ׃ ḥê·lə·ḵā wə·’ō·wṣ·rō·w·ṯe·ḵā ’et·tên lā·ḇaz lō ḇim·ḥîr ū·ḇə·ḵāl ḥaṭ·ṭō·w·ṯe·ḵā ū·ḇə·ḵāl gə·ḇū·le·ḵā — WLC · 13
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Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
𐤅𐤄𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤉𐤊 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤕 𐤊𐤉 𐤁𐤀𐤐𐤉 𐤒𐤃𐤇𐤄 𐤀𐤔 𐤕𐤅𐤒𐤃𐤎 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤊𐤌
וְהַֽעֲבַרְתִּי֙ אֶת־ אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֣א יָדָ֑עְתָּ כִּֽי־ בְאַפִּ֖י קָדְחָ֥ה אֵ֛שׁ תּוּקָֽד׃ס עֲלֵיכֶ֥ם wə·ha·‘ă·ḇar·tî ’eṯ- ’ō·yə·ḇe·ḵā bə·’e·reṣ lō yā·ḏā·‘ə·tā kî- ḇə·’ap·pî qā·ḏə·ḥāh ’êš tū·qāḏ ‘ă·lê·ḵem — WLC · 14
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You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience…, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.
𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤆𐤊𐤓𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤐𐤒𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤒𐤌 𐤋𐤉 𐤌𐤓𐤃𐤐𐤉 𐤋𐤀𐤓𐤊 𐤀𐤐𐤊 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤒𐤇𐤍𐤉 𐤃𐤏 𐤔𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤇𐤓𐤐𐤄 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤊
אַתָּ֧ה יָדַ֣עְתָּ יְהוָ֗ה זָכְרֵ֤נִי וּפָקְדֵ֙נִי֙ וְהִנָּ֤קֶם לִי֙ מֵרֹ֣דְפַ֔י לְאֶ֥רֶךְ אַפְּךָ֖ אַל־ תִּקָּחֵ֑נִי דַּ֕ע שְׂאֵתִ֥י חֶרְפָּֽה׃ עָלֶ֖יךָ ’at·tāh yā·ḏa‘·tā Yah·weh zā·ḵə·rê·nî ū·p̄ā·qə·ḏê·nî wə·hin·nā·qem lî mê·rō·ḏə·p̄ay lə·’e·reḵ ’ap·pə·ḵā ’al- tiq·qā·ḥê·nî da‘ śə·’ê·ṯî ḥer·pāh ‘ā·le·ḵā — WLC · 15
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Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy… and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name,… O LORD God of Hosts.
𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤊 𐤍𐤌𐤑𐤀𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤌 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤋𐤔𐤔𐤅𐤍 𐤋𐤉 𐤋𐤁𐤁𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤔𐤌𐤇𐤕 𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤒𐤓𐤀 𐤔𐤌𐤊 𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤎
דְבָרֶ֙יךָ֙ נִמְצְא֤וּ וָאֹ֣כְלֵ֔ם דְבָרֶיךָ וַיְהִ֤י לְשָׂשׂ֖וֹן לִ֔י לְבָבִ֑י וּלְשִׂמְחַ֣ת כִּֽי־ נִקְרָ֤א שִׁמְךָ֙ עָלַ֔י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י צְבָאֽוֹת׃ס ḏə·ḇā·re·ḵā nim·ṣə·’ū wā·’ō·ḵə·lêm ḏə·ḇå̄·rɛ·ḵå̄ way·hî lə·śā·śō·wn lî lə·ḇā·ḇî ū·lə·śim·ḥaṯ kî- niq·rā šim·ḵā ‘ā·lay Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ — WLC · 16
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I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤎𐤅𐤃 𐤌𐤔𐤇𐤒𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤏𐤋𐤆 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤃𐤊 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤃𐤃 𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤎 𐤆𐤏𐤌
לֹֽא־ יָשַׁ֥בְתִּי בְסוֹד־ מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים וָֽאֶעְלֹ֑ז מִפְּנֵ֤י יָֽדְךָ֙ יָשַׁ֔בְתִּי בָּדָ֣ד כִּֽי־ מִלֵּאתָֽנִי׃ס זַ֖עַם lō- yā·šaḇ·tî ḇə·sō·wḏ- mə·śa·ḥă·qîm wā·’e‘·lōz mip·pə·nê yā·ḏə·ḵā yā·šaḇ·tî bā·ḏāḏ kî- mil·lê·ṯā·nî za·‘am — WLC · 17
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Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become… like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤊𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤍𐤑𐤇 𐤅𐤌𐤊𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤍𐤅𐤔𐤄 𐤌𐤀𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤓𐤐𐤀 𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤕𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤊𐤌𐤅 𐤀𐤊𐤆𐤁 𐤋𐤉 𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤀 𐤍𐤀𐤌𐤍𐤅𐤎
לָ֣מָּה הָיָ֤ה כְאֵבִי֙ נֶ֔צַח וּמַכָּתִ֖י אֲנוּשָׁ֑ה֙ מֵֽאֲנָה֙ הֵֽרָפֵ֔א הָי֨וֹ תִֽהְיֶ֥ה כְּמ֣וֹ אַכְזָ֔ב לִי֙ מַ֖יִם לֹ֥א נֶאֱמָֽנוּ׃ס lām·māh hā·yāh ḵə·’ê·ḇî ne·ṣaḥ ū·mak·kā·ṯî ’ă·nū·šāh mê·’ă·nāh hê·rā·p̄ê hā·yōw ṯih·yeh kə·mōw ’aḵ·zāḇ lî ma·yim lō ne·’ĕ·mā·nū — WLC · 18
The LORD’s Promise
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Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
𐤋𐤊𐤍 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤌 𐤕𐤔𐤅𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤁𐤊 𐤕𐤏𐤌𐤃 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤕𐤅𐤑𐤉𐤀 𐤉𐤒𐤓 𐤌𐤆𐤅𐤋𐤋 𐤕𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤊𐤐𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤄 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤋𐤀 𐤕𐤔𐤅𐤁 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌
לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־ יְהוָ֗ה אָמַ֣ר אִם־ תָּשׁ֤וּב וַאֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֙ תַּֽעֲמֹ֔ד לְפָנַ֣י וְאִם־ תּוֹצִ֥יא יָקָ֛ר מִזּוֹלֵ֖ל תִֽהְיֶ֑ה כְּפִ֣י הֵ֙מָּה֙ יָשֻׁ֤בוּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְאַתָּ֖ה לֹֽא־ תָשׁ֥וּב אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ lā·ḵên kōh- Yah·weh ’ā·mar ’im- tā·šūḇ wa·’ă·šî·ḇə·ḵā ta·‘ă·mōḏ lə·p̄ā·nay wə·’im- tō·w·ṣî yā·qār miz·zō·w·lêl ṯih·yeh kə·p̄î hêm·māh yā·šu·ḇū ’ê·le·ḵā wə·’at·tāh lō- ṯā·šūḇ ’ă·lê·hem — WLC · 19
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Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
𐤅𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉𐤊 𐤋𐤇𐤅𐤌𐤕 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤋𐤏𐤌 𐤁𐤑𐤅𐤓𐤄 𐤍𐤇𐤔𐤕 𐤅𐤍𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤅 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤅𐤊𐤋𐤅 𐤋𐤊 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤋𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤉𐤏𐤊 𐤅𐤋𐤄𐤑𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
וּנְתַתִּ֜יךָ לְחוֹמַ֤ת הַזֶּ֗ה לָעָ֣ם בְּצוּרָ֔ה נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ וְלֹא־ י֣וּכְלוּ לָ֑ךְ כִּֽי־ אֲנִ֛י אִתְּךָ֥ לְהוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֥ וּלְהַצִּילֶ֖ךָ נְאֻם־ יְהוָֽה׃ ū·nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā lə·ḥō·w·maṯ haz·zeh lā·‘ām bə·ṣū·rāh nə·ḥō·šeṯ wə·nil·ḥă·mū ’ê·le·ḵā wə·lō- yū·ḵə·lū lāḵ kî- ’ă·nî ’it·tə·ḵā lə·hō·wō·šî·‘ă·ḵā ū·lə·haṣ·ṣî·le·ḵā nə·’um- Yah·weh — WLC · 20
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I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
𐤅𐤄𐤑𐤋𐤕𐤉𐤊 𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤓𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤐𐤃𐤕𐤉𐤊 𐤌𐤊𐤐 𐤏𐤓𐤑𐤉𐤌𐤐
וְהִצַּלְתִּ֖יךָ מִיַּ֣ד רָעִ֑ים וּפְדִתִ֖יךָ מִכַּ֥ף עָרִצִֽים׃פ wə·hiṣ·ṣal·tî·ḵā mî·yaḏ rā·‘îm ū·p̄ə·ḏi·ṯî·ḵā mik·kap̄ ‘ā·ri·ṣîm — WLC · 21