OET JER chapter 8

8 In/on/at/with_time the_that the _utterance _of YHWH and[fn] DOM the _bones _of the _kings _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_DOM the _bones _of officials _of_its and_DOM the _bones _of the_priests and_DOM the _bones _of the_prophets and_DOM the _bones _of the _inhabitants _of Yərūshālam from_graves _of_their.
2 And_exposed_they to _the_sun and_before _the_moon and_to/for_all the _host _of the_heavens which loved_them and_which served_them and_which they _walked after_them and_which consulted_them and_which they _bowed _down to/for_them not they _will _be _gathered and_not they _will _be _buried like_dung on the _surface _of the_soil they _will _become.
3 And_ death _preferred to_life to_all/each/any/every the_remnant the_remains from the_family the_evil the_this in_all the_places the_remain where driven_them there the _utterance _of YHWH hosts.

4 and_say to_them thus YHWH he _says 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 Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) 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 _of_his to_say what have _I _done everyone _of_them [is]_turning in/on/at/with_course _of_his[fn] like_horse [which]_rushes in/on/at/with_battle.
7 Also a _stork in_the _heavens it _knows seasons _of_her and_turtledove and[fn] and_thrush[fn] they _keep DOM the _time _of coming_their and_people _of_my not they _know DOM the _ordinance _of YHWH.
8 How will _you _all _say [are]_wise we and_law _of YHWH 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 YHWH they _have _rejected and_wisdom _of what to/for_them.
10 for_so/thus/hence I _will _give DOM wives _of_their to_others fields _of_their to_conquerors if/because from_least and_unto [the]_great everyone _of_them [is]_gaining unjust _gain from_prophet and_unto priest everyone _of_them [is]_doing falsehood.
11 And_treated DOM the _fracture _of the _daughter _of people _of_my on a _trifling _[thing] to_say peace peace and_there _is _no peace.
12 Are _they _ashamed if/because _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 _of punish _of_them they _will _stumble YHWH he _says.
13 surely _(gather) bring _toan _end_them the _utterance _of YHWH 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 _of the_fortified and_perish there if/because YHWH god _of_our doomed_us and_given _todrink_us water _of poison if/because 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 the _snorting _of it _has _been _heard horses _of_their at_sound _of the _neighings _of stallions _of_their all _of it _has _shaken the_earth/land and_come and_devour [the]_land and_everything _of_it [the]_city and_live _of in/on/at/with_it.
17 if/because 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 YHWH.

18 joy _of_my on sorrow within_me heart _of_my [is]_faint.
19 There the _sound _of the _cry _for _help _of the _daughter _of people _of_my from_land _of distance(s) LORD not in/on/at/with_Tsiyyōn/(Zion) or king _of_her not in/on/at/with_her why provoked _toanger_me in/on/at/with_images _of_their in/on/at/with_idols _of foreignness.
20 harvest It _has _passed summer it _has _come _to _an _end and_we not we _have _been _saved.
21 On the _brokenness _of the _daughter _of people _of_my I _have _been _broken I _am _in _mourning desolation taken _hold _of_me.
22 The_balm [is]_there _not in/on/at/with_Gilˊād or a _physician [is]_there _not there if/because why not the _healing _of has _it _come _up of _the _daughter _of people _of_my.

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