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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_you _will _say to_them thus YHWH he _says do_people _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 on_deceitfulness they _have _refused to_return.
6 I _have _paid _attention and_I _have _heard not right they _speak there_is_not anyone who_relents on wickedness _of_his to_say what have _I _done of _it _of_all is_turning in_their _own _of_course_of _life[fn] like_a _horse which_rushes in_battle.
7 Also a _stork in_the _heavens it _knows times _of_its _appointed and_a _turtle-dove and[fn] and_a _crane[fn] they _keep DOM the _time _of their _coming and_my _of_people not they _know DOM the _ordinance _of YHWH.
8 How will _you(pl)_say are_wise we and_the _law _of YHWH is_with_us truly here into_falsehood it _has _made_it a _stylus _of falsehood _of scribes.
9 They _will _be _put _to _shame wise_people they _will _be _dismayed and_they _have _been _captured there (in)_the_message _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_those _who_dispossess if/because from_the_small and_unto the_great of _it _of_all is_gaining unjust _gain from_prophet and_unto priest of _it _of_all is_doing falsehood.
11 And_they _have _healed DOM the _fracture _of the _daughter _of my _people _of_of on a _trifling_thing to_say peace peace and_there_is_not peace.
12 Are _they _ashamed if/because _that an _abomination they _have _done also at _all _(ashamed) not they _are _ashamed and_to _be _ashamed not they _know for_so/thus/hence they _will _fall among_who]_fall at_the _time _of their _punishment _of_of they _will _stumble YHWH he _says.
13 surely _(gather) I_will _bring _them _to _an _end the _utterance _of YHWH there_will_not_be grapes on_vine and_there_will_not_be figs on_tree and_the_leafage it _will _wither and_the _things _which_I _gave to/for_them they_will _pass _away _them.
14 Concerning what are_we sitting gather _yourselves and_let _us _go into the _cities _of (the)_fortification so_that _we _may _perish there if/because YHWH god _of_our he_has _caused _us _to _perish and_he_has _given _us _to _drink water _of poison if/because we _have _sinned to/for_YHWH.
15 We _waited _eagerly for_peace and_there_was_not good for_a _time _of healing and_see/lo/see terror.
16 From_Dān the _snorting _of it _has _been _heard his _horses _of_of from_the _sound _of the _neighings _of his _mighty_horses all _of it _has _shaken the_earth/land and_they _have _come and_they _have _consumed the_land and_what _of_fills _it the_city and_the _inhabitants _of in_it.
17 if/because here_I am_about _to _send among_you(pl) snakes vipers which there_is_not to/for_them charming and_they _will _bite you(pl) the _utterance _of YHWH.

8:6 OSHB 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 OSHB 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 OSHB 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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