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8:4 The sin and punishment

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8:11: Eze 13:10.

8:10-12: Jer 6:12-15.

4 and_say to_them thus he _says Yahweh fall and_not do _they _stand _up or does _anyone _turn _away and_not does _he _return.
5 Why has _it _turned _away the_people the_this Yərūshālayim apostasy enduring they _have _kept _hold in/on/at/with_deceit they _have _refused to_return.
6 I _have _paid _attention and_listened not right they _speak there _[is]_not anyone [who]_relents on wickedness_his to_say what have _I _done everyone_them [is]_turning in/on/at/with_course_his[fn] like_horse [which]_rushes in/on/at/with_battle.
7 Also a _stork in_the _heavens it _knows seasons_her and_turtledove and[fn] and_thrush[fn] they _keep DOM the _time coming_their and_people_my not they _know DOM the _ordinance of _Yahweh.
8 How will _you _all _say [are]_wise we and_law of _Yahweh with_us truly here into _a_lie it _has _made _[it] a _stylus of _falsehood of _scribes.
9 They _will _be _put _to _shame wise _[people] they _will _be _dismayed and_taken there in/on/at/with_word of _Yahweh they _have _rejected and_wisdom of _what to/for_them.
10 for_so/thus/hence I _will _give DOM wives_their to_others fields_their to_conquerors DOM from_least and_unto [the]_great everyone_them [is]_gaining unjust _gain from_prophet and_unto priest everyone_them [is]_doing falsehood.
11 And_treated DOM the _fracture of _the _daughter people_my on a _trifling _[thing] to_say peace peace and_there _is _no peace.
12 Are _they _ashamed DOM_that an _abomination they _have _done also at _all _(ashamed) not they _are _ashamed and_blush not they _know for_so/thus/hence they _will _fall in/on/at/with_fall in/on/at/with_time punish_them they _will _stumble he _says Yahweh.
13 surely _(gather) bring _toan _end_them the _utterance of _Yahweh there _[will]_not _[be] grapes in/on/at/with_vine and_no figs in/on/at/with_fig _tree and_the_leaves it _will _wither and_given to/for_them passed _away_them.
14 Concerning what [are]_we sitting gather _yourselves and_go into the _cities the_fortified and_perish there DOM Yahweh god_our doomed_us and_given _todrink_us water of _poison DOM we _have _sinned to/for_YHWH.
15 We _waited _eagerly for_peace and_no good for_time of _healing and_see/lo/see terror.
16 From_Dān it _has _been _heard the _snorting horses_their at_sound of _the _neighings stallions_their it _has _shaken all the_earth/land and_come and_devour [the]_land and_everything_it [the]_city and_live in/on/at/with_it.
17 DOM see_I [am]_about _to _send in/on/at/with_you _all snakes vipers which there _[is]_not to/for_them charming and_bite DOM_you _all the _utterance of _Yahweh.

8:6 Variant note: ב/מרצות/ם: (x-qere) ’בִּ/מְר֣וּצָתָ֔/ם’: lemma_b/4794 n_0.1 morph_HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp id_24Sgi בִּ/מְר֣וּצָתָ֔/ם

8:7 Variant note: ו/סוס: (x-qere) ’וְ/סִיס֙’: lemma_c/5483 a n_1.1.0 morph_HC/Ncmsa id_24vWK וְ/סִיס֙

8:7 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

OET by section JER 8:4

The sin and punishment

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