OET JER chapter 5

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5:1 The sin of Yerusalem

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5 rove _about in/on/at/with_streets of _Yərūshālayim and_look please and_take _note and_search in/on/at/with_squares_her if you _all _will _find a _person if there _[is] [one _who]_does justice [one _who]_seeks faithfulness and_forgive to/for_her/it.
2 And_if [by]_the _life of _Yahweh people _say for_so/thus/hence as _the_falsehood they _are _swearing _oaths.
3 Oh _Yahweh eyes_your am_not for_truth you _struck DOM_them and_not they _became _weak consumed_them they _refused to _accept correction they _made _strong faces_their than_rock they _refused to_repent.
4 And_I I _said only [are]_poor _[people] they they _have _acted _foolishly DOM not they _know the _way of _Yahweh the _ordinance god_their.
5 I _will _go to/for_me to the_big(pl) and_speak DOM_them DOM they they _know the _way of _Yahweh the _ordinance god_their nevertheless they alike they _had _broken _off a _yoke they _had _torn _apart fetters.
6 On/upon/above/on _account _of//he/it _went _in yes/correct/thus/so kill_them a _lion from_forest a _wolf of _wilderness _plains ravage_them a _leopard [will _be]_lying _in _wait at cities_their every the_goes _out of_them he _will _be _torn _in _pieces DOM they _are _many transgressions_their they _are _numerous apostasies_their[fn].
[fn] 7 where for_this will _I _forgive[fn] to/for_you(fs)[fn] children_your forsaken_me and_sworn in/on/at/with_not gods and_fed _tothe _full DOM_them and_committed _adultery and_house of _a _prostitute they _cut _themselves.
8 Horses well _fed lustful they _are everyone to the _wife his/its_neighbour they _neigh.
9 For these _[things] not will _I _punish the _utterance of _Yahweh and_if in/on/at/with_nation which such _as_this not will _it _avenge _itself self _of_me.
10 go _up in/on/at/with_vineyards_her and_destroy and_complete _destruction do _not make remove branches_her DOM not to/for_YHWH they.
11 DOM indeed _(deal _treacherously) they _have _dealt _treacherously in/on/at/with_me the _house of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_house of _Yəhūdāh the _utterance of _Yahweh.

5:12 Mig-inniyuhan of Master Israel

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12 They _have _denied in/on/at/with_LORD and_they _said [is]_not he and_not it _will _come to_us harm and_sword and_famine not we _will _see.
13 And_the_prophets they _will _become to/for_wind/breath/spirit and_the_word not (is)_in_them thus let _it _be _done to/for_them.
14 for_so/thus/hence thus he _says Yahweh the _god of _hosts because spoken_you _all DOM the_word the_this see_I [am]_about _to _make words_my in/on/at/with_mouth_your like_fire and_the_people the_this wood(s) and_consume_them.
15 Behold_I [am]_about _to _bring against_you _all a _nation from_afar Oh _house of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) the _utterance of _Yahweh [is]_a _nation enduring it [is]_a _nation from_long _ago/eternity it a _nation [which]_not you _know language_whose and_not you _hear what does _it _say.
16 Quiver_their like_grave open all_them [are]_warriors.
17 And_he/it _will _eat harvest_your and_food_your they _will _devour sons_your and_daughters_your it _will _devour flocks_your and_herds_your it _will _devour vines_your and_fig _trees_your it _will _shatter the _cities fortified_your which you [are]_trusting in/on/at/with_them in/on/at/with_sword.
18 And_also in _the_days the_those the _utterance of _Yahweh not I _will _make of_you _all complete _destruction.
19 And_it _was DOM you _all _will _say for what did _he _do Yahweh god_our to/for_us DOM all these _[things] and_say to_them just_as you _all _forsook DOM_me and_served gods of _foreignness in/on/at/with_land_your _all’s so you _all _will _serve strangers in_land [which]_not belong _to_you _all.

5:20 The warning of God of his people

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5:21: Isa 6:9-10; Eze 12:2; Mrk 8:18.

5:22: Yob 38:8-11.

20 declare this in_house _of of_Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) and_proclaim_it in/on/at/with_Yəhūdāh to_say.
21 Hear please this Oh _people fool and_without heart eyes to/for_them and_not they _see ears to/for_them and_not they _hear.
22 DOM_me not do _you _all _fear the _utterance of _Yahweh or in_presence_me not do _you _all _tremble who I _appointed [the]_sand a _boundary for _the_sea a _decree of _perpetuity and_not cross_it and_toss and_not they _will _prevail and_roar waves_its and_not pass _over_it.
23 And_for _the_people the_this it _belongs a _heart stubborn and_rebellious they _have _turned _aside and_gone _away.
24 And_not they _said in/on/at/with_hearts_their let _us _fear please DOM Yahweh god_our the_gives rain and[fn] and_spring _rain in/on/at/with_season_its [the]_weeks of _[the]_appointments of _harvest he _keeps to/for_us.
25 Iniquities_your _all’s they _have _turned _aside these _[things] and_sins_your _all’s they _have _withheld the_good from_you _all.
26 DOM they _are _found in/on/at/with_people_my wicked _[people] he _watches like_lying _in _wait fowlers they _set a _destroyer people they _catch.
27 Like_cage full bird[s] so houses_their [are]_full deceit on/upon/above/on _account _of//he/it _went _in yes/correct/thus/so they _have _become _great and_rich.
28 They _have _become _fat they _have _become _smooth also they _have _transgressed matters of _evil a _cause not they _have _pleaded [the]_cause of _[the]_fatherless and_prosper and_rights of _needy _[people] not they _have _judged.
29 For these _[things] not will _I _punish the _utterance of _Yahweh or in/on/at/with_nation which as_this not will _it _avenge _itself self _of_me.
30 an _atrocious _event and_horrible it _has _occurred on _the_earth.
31 The_prophets they _have _prophesied in/on/at/with_lies and_the_priests they _are _ruling on authority_their _own and_people_my they _have _loved thus and_what will _you _all _do when_end_it.

5:6 Variant note: משבותי/הם: (x-qere) ’מְשׁוּבוֹתֵי/הֶֽם’: lemma_4878 n_0 morph_HNcfpc/Sp3mp id_24pBm מְשׁוּבוֹתֵי/הֶֽם

5:6 Note: We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.

5:7 Variant note: אסלוח: (x-qere) ’אֶֽסְלַֽח’: lemma_5545 morph_HVqi1cs id_24BPG אֶֽסְלַֽח

5:7 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

5:24 Variant note: ו/ירה: (x-qere) ’יוֹרֶ֥ה’: lemma_3138 morph_HNcmsa id_24GE5 יוֹרֶ֥ה

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