OET JER chapter 4

4 if you _will _return Oh _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) the _utterance of_YHWH to_me you _will _return and_if you _will _remove abominations_your from_presence_my and_not you _will _waver.
2 And_swear [by]_the _life of_YHWH in/on/at/with_truth in/on/at/with_justice and_in/on/at/with_righteousness and_blessed in_him/it nations and_in/on/at/with_him they _will _boast.
3 if/because thus he _says YHWH to_men of _Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_to_Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem) plow to/for_you _all unplowed _ground and_not sow to thorns.
4 Circumcise _yourselves to_LORD and_remove the _foreskins hearts_your _all’s Oh _man of _Yəhūdāh and_inhabitants of _Yərūshālayim lest it _should _go _forth like _the_fire severe _anger_my and_burn and_no [one _who]_extinguishes from_face/in _front _of the _wickedness deeds_your _all’s.

5 Declare in/on/at/with_Yəhūdāh and_in/on/at/with_Yərūshālayim make _a _proclamation and_say and[fn] a _trumpet on _the_earth call _out fill and_say gather _yourselves and_go to the _cities the_fortified.
6 Lift _up a _standard Tsiyyōn/(Zion)_toward bring _to _safety do _not stand _still if/because calamity I [am]_about _to _bring from_north and_destruction great.
7 It _has _gone _up a _lion from_thicket_his and_destroyer of _nations he _has _set _out he _has _gone _out from_place_his to_make land_your as_waste cities_your they _will _fall _in _ruins from_no an _inhabitant.
8 On this gird _yourselves(pl) sackcloth(s) mourn and_wail if/because not it _has _turned _back the _burning of _the _anger of_YHWH from_us.
9 and_it _was in/on/at/with_day (the)_that the _utterance of_YHWH it _will _perish the _heart the_king and_heart the_officials and_appalled the_priests and_the_prophets they _will _be _astonished.
10 And_said alas my_master YHWH truly utterly _(deceive) you _have _deceived to _the_people the_this and_to_Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem) to_say peace it _will _belong to/for_you _all and_reaches _up a _sword to the_throats.
11 In/on/at/with_time the_that it _will _be _said to _the_people the_this and_to_Yərūshālayim a _wind scorching bare _heights in/on/at/with_wilderness [will _be]_the _direction of _the _daughter people_my not to_winnow and_not to_cleanse.
12 A _wind [too]_full from_these it _will _come to_me now also I I _will _speak judgements DOM_them.
13 There like_clouds he _is _going _up and_like _the_whirlwind chariots_his they _are _swift than_eagles horses_his woe to/for_us if/because we _are _devastated.
14 Wash from_evil heart_your Oh _Yərūshālayim so _that you _may _be _saved until when will _it _remain in/on/at/with_inner _part_you the _thoughts wicked_your.
15 If/because a _voice [is]_declaring from_Dān and_proclaiming trouble from_hill of _ʼEfrayim.
16 Bring _to _remembrance to _the_nations here proclaim to Yərūshālayim besiegers [are]_coming from_land the_distant and_raise on the _cities of _Yəhūdāh/(Judah) voices_their.
17 Like_watchers (of)_a _field they _are on/upon_it(f) in_around if/because DOM_me it _has _been _rebellious _against the _utterance of_YHWH.
18 ways_your and_deeds_your they _have _brought _about these _[things] to/for_you(fs) this doom_your if/because [it _is]_bitter if/because it _has _reached to heart_your.

19 anguish_my anguish_my I _am _waiting[fn] the _walls heart_my [is]_turbulent to/for_me heart_my not I _will _keep _silent if/because [the]_sound of _a _trumpet you _have _heard[fn] soul_my [the]_shout of _battle.
20 Destruction to destruction it _has _been _proclaimed if/because it _has _been _devastated all the_earth/land suddenly they _have _been _devastated tents_my a _moment curtains_my.
21 Until when will _I _see a _standard will _I _hear [the]_sound of _a _trumpet.
22 if/because [is]_a _fool people_my DOM_me not they _know [are]_children fools they and_not [are]_having _understanding they [are]_skillful they in_doing _evil and_to_do _good not they _know.

23 I _looked _at DOM the_earth/land and_see/lo/see [it _was]_formlessness and_emptiness and_near/to the_heavens and_no light_their.
24 I _looked _at the_mountains and_see/lo/see [they _were]_quaking and_all the_hills they _shook _to _and _fro.
25 I _looked and_see/lo/see [was]_not the_humankind and_all (the)_bird the_heavens they _had _fled.
26 I _looked and_see/lo/see the_fruitful _land the_wilderness and_all cities_its they _had _been _pulled _down from_face/in _front _of YHWH from_face/in _front _of the _burning anger_his.
27 if/because thus he _says YHWH a _desolation it _will _be all the_earth/land and_full _end not I _will _make.
28 On this it _will _mourn the_earth/land and_grow _dark the_heavens at_above on if/because I _have _spoken I _have _resolved and_not I _have _repented and_not I _will _turn _back from_it.
29 At_sound of _a _horseman and_one _shooting _of of _a _bow [is]_fleeing every the_city people _will _go in/on/at/with_thickets and_in/on/at/with_rocks people _will _go _up every the_city [is]_abandoned and_no dwelling in/on/at/with_them anyone.
30 And_you[fn] Oh _devastated _[one] what are _you _doing (cmp) you _are _dressing scarlet (cmp) you _adorn _yourself ornament[s] of _gold (cmp) you _tear _open in/on/at/with_paint eyes_your in _the_vain you _beautify _yourself they _have _rejected in/on/at/with_you lovers life_your they _seek.
31 If/because a _sound as_woman _in _labour I _have _heard distress as_bearing _firstchild the _sound of _the _daughter of _Tsiyyōn/(Zion) she _is _gasping _for _breath she _is _spreading _out hands_her woe please to_me if/because it _is _weary life_my before_murderers.

4:5 Variant note: ו/תקעו: (x-qere) ’תִּקְע֥וּ’: lemma_8628 morph_HVqv2mp id_24C5b תִּקְע֥וּ

4:19 Variant note: אחולה: (x-qere) ’אוֹחִ֜ילָה’: lemma_3176 n_1.0.0.0 morph_HVhh1cs id_245Xt אוֹחִ֜ילָה

4:19 Variant note: שמעתי: (x-qere) ’שָׁמַ֣עַתְּ’: lemma_8085 morph_HVqp2fs id_249XH שָׁמַ֣עַתְּ

4:30 Variant note: ו/אתי: (x-qere) ’וְ/אַ֨תְּ’: lemma_c/859 b morph_HC/Pp2fs id_24DdX וְ/אַ֨תְּ

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