Judah's Apostasy
1
The word of IAUA came to me, saying:
E | UIAI | DBR- | IAUA | ELI | LEMR
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| and·be | ? | IAUA | I-will·to·he-will | to·say
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2
Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus says IAUA: I remember for you the affection of your youth, the love of your espousals; how you went after Me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
B | ALK | UQRETh | BEZNI | IRUShLM | LEMR | KA
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| the·to·as | and·? | in·I-will·? | he-will·? | to·say | as·the
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| EMR | IAUA | ZKRThI | LK | ChSD | NOURIK
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| say | IAUA | ? | to·as | ? | we·?
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| EABTh | KLULThIK | LKThK
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| I-will·the·in·she-will | as·to·and·to·? | to·as·?
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| EChRI | BMDBR | BERTs | LE | ZRUOA
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| I-will·? | in·from·? | in·earth | not | ?
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3
Israel is IAUA's hallowed portion, His first-fruits of the increase; all that devour him shall be held guilty, evil shall come on them, says IAUA.
G | QDSh | IShREL | LIAUA | REShITh | ThBUEThA | KL-
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| ? | Israel | to·IAUA | first | ? | all
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| EKLIU | IEShMU | ROA | ThBE
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| I-will·as·to·he-will·and | he-will·I-will·? | ? | ?
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| ELIAM | NEM- | IAUA
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| I-will·to·he-will·them | we·I-will·from | IAUA
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4
Hear you the word of IAUA, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel;
D | ShMOU | DBR- | IAUA | BITh | IOQB
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| ? | ? | IAUA | in·he-will·she-will | he-will·?
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| UKL- | MShFChUTh | BITh | IShREL
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| and·all | from·? | in·he-will·she-will | Israel
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5
Thus says IAUA: what unrighteousness have your fathers found in Me, that they are gone far from Me, and have walked after things of nought, and are become nought?
A | KA | EMR | IAUA | MA- | MTsEU | EBUThIKM
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| as·the | say | IAUA | from·the | from·? | I-will·in·and·?
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| BI | OUL | KI | RChQU | MOLI
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| in·he-will | ? | that | ? | from·?
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| UILKU | EChRI | AABL
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| and·he-will·to·as·and | I-will·? | the·the·in·to
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| UIABLU
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| and·he-will·the·in·to·and
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6
Neither said they: 'Where is IAUA that brought us up out of the land of Egypt; that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?'
U | ULE | EMRU | EIA | IAUA
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| and·not | I-will·from·? | I-will·he-will·the | IAUA
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| AMOLA | EThNU | MERTs | MTsRIM
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| the·from·ascend | I-will·? | from·earth | from·?
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| AMULIK | EThNU | BMDBR
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| the·from·and·to·he-will·as | I-will·? | in·from·?
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| BERTs | ORBA | UShUChA | BERTs | TsIA | UTsLMUTh | BERTs
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| in·earth | ? | and·? | in·earth | ? | and·? | in·earth
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| LE- | OBR | BA | EISh | ULE- | IShB | EDM
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| not | ? | in·the | I-will·he-will·? | and·not | he-will·? | man
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7
I brought you into a land of fruitful fields, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; but when you entered, you defiled My land, and made My heritage an abomination.
Z | UEBIE | EThKM | EL- | ERTs
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| and·I-will·in·he-will·I-will | I-will·? | this | earth
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| AKRML | LEKL | FRIA | UTUBA | UThBEU | UThTMEU | ETh-
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| the·as·? | to·I-will·all | ? | and·? | and·? | and·? | the
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| ERTsI | UNChLThI | ShMThM | LThUOBA
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| I-will·? | and·we·? | ? | to·?
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8
The priests said not: 'Where is IAUA?' They that handle the law knew Me not, and the rulers transgressed against Me; the prophets also prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
Ch | AKANIM | LE | EMRU
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| the·as·the·we·sea | not | I-will·from·?
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| EIA | IAUA | UThFShI | AThURA | LE | IDOUNI
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| I-will·he-will·the | IAUA | and·? | the·? | not | he-will·?
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| UAROIM | FShOU | BI
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| and·the·? | ? | in·he-will
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| UANBEIM | NBEU
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| and·the·we·in·I-will·sea | we·in·I-will·and
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| BBOL | UEChRI | LE- | IUOLU
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| in·in·on | and·I-will·? | not | he-will·and·?
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9
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, says IAUA, and with your children's children will I plead.
T | LKN | OD | ERIB | EThKM | NEM- | IAUA
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| to·so | ? | I-will·? | I-will·? | we·I-will·from | IAUA
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| UETh- | BNI | BNIKM | ERIB
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| and·the | in·we·he-will | in·we·he-will·you | I-will·?
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10
For pass over to the isles of the Kittites, and see, and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.
I | KI | OBRU | EII | KThIIM | UREU | UQDR
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| that | ? | I-will·he-will·he-will | as·? | and·? | and·?
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| ShLChU | UAThBUNNU | MED | UREU | AN | AIThA | KZETh
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| ? | and·the·? | very | and·? | the·we | was | as·?
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11
Has a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? But My people has changed its glory for that which does not profit.
IE | AAIMIR | GUI | ELAIM
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| the·the·he-will·from·he-will·? | ? | God
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| UAMA | LE | ELAIM | UOMI | AMIR
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| and·the·from·the | not | God | and·? | the·from·he-will·?
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| KBUDU | BLUE | IUOIL
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| as·in·and·? | in·to·and·I-will | he-will·and·?
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12
Be astonished, O you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you exceeding amazed, says IAUA.
IB | ShMU | ShMIM | OL- | ZETh | UShORU | ChRBU | MED | NEM-
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| ? | heaven | on | ? | and·? | ? | very | we·I-will·from
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13
For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
IG | KI- | ShThIM | ROUTh | OShA | OMI | EThI | OZBU | MQUR | MIM
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| that | ? | ? | make | ? | I-will·? | ? | from·? | waters
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| ChIIM | LChTsB | LAM | BERUTh | BERTh | NShBRIM
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| life | to·? | to·them | in·I-will·? | in·I-will·? | we·?
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| EShR | LE- | IKLU | AMIM
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| which | not | finish | the·waters
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14
Is Israel a servant? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he become a prey?
ID | AOBD | IShREL | EM- | ILID
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| the·work | Israel | I-will·from | he-will·to·he-will·?
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| BITh | AUE | MDUO
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| in·he-will·she-will | the·and·I-will | from·?
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| AIA | LBZ
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| the·he-will·the | to·in·?
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15
The young lions have roared on him, and let their voice resound; and they have made his land desolate, his cities are laid waste, without inhabitant.
TU | OLIU | IShEGU | KFRIM | NThNU | QULM | UIShIThU
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| ? | he-will·? | as·? | we·? | ? | and·he-will·?
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| ERTsU | LShMA | ORIU | NTsThA | (NTsThU)
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| I-will·? | to·? | ? | we·? | we·?
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| MBLI | IShB
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| from·in·to·he-will | he-will·?
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16
The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes feed on the crown of your head.
TZ | GM- | BNI- | NF | UThChFNS | (UThChFNChS)
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| ? | in·we·he-will | we·? | and·? | and·?
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17
Is it not this that does cause it to you, that you have forsaken IAUA your God, when He led you by the way?
IZ | ALUE- | ZETh | ThOShA- | LK | OZBK | ETh- | IAUA
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| the·to·and·I-will | ? | ? | to·as | ? | the | IAUA
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| ELAIK | BOTh | MULKK
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| I-will·to·the·he-will·as | in·? | from·and·to·as·as
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18
Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? Or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
ICh | UOThA | MA- | LK | LDRK | MTsRIM | LShThUTh
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| and·? | from·the | to·as | to·? | from·? | to·?
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| MI | ShChUR | UMA- | LK | LDRK | EShUR
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| from·he-will | ? | and·from·the | to·as | to·? | I-will·?
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| LShThUTh | MI | NAR
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| to·? | from·he-will | we·the·?
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19
Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing, that you have forsaken IAUA your God, neither is My fear in you, says my Lord IAUA of hosts.
IT | ThISRK | ROThK | UMShBUThIK | ThUKChK | UDOI | UREI | KI- | RO
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| ? | ? | and·from·? | ? | and·? | and·? | that | ?
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| UMR | OZBK | ETh- | IAUA | ELAIK
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| and·from·? | ? | the | IAUA | I-will·to·the·he-will·as
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| ULE | FChDThI | ELIK
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| and·not | ? | I-will·to·he-will·as
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| NEM- | EDNI | IAUA | TsBEUTh
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| we·I-will·from | I-will·? | IAUA | hosts
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20
For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bands, and you said: 'I will not transgress'; on every high hill and under every leafy tree you didst recline, playing the harlot.
K | KI | MOULM | ShBRThI | OLK | NThQThI | MUSRUThIK | UThEMRI | LE
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| that | from·? | ? | ? | we·? | from·and·? | and·? | not
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| EOBUD | (EOBUR) | KI | OL- | KL- | GBOA | GBAA | UThChTh | KL-
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| I-will·? | I-will·? | that | on | all | ? | ? | and·under | all
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| OTs | RONN | ETh | TsOA | ZNA
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| tree | ? | the | ? | ?
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21
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then are you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to Me?
KE | UENKI | NTOThIK | ShURQ | KLA | ZRO
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| and·I | we·? | ? | as·to·the | seeding
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| EMTh | UEIK
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| I-will·from·she-will | and·I-will·he-will·as
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| NAFKTh | LI | SURI | AGFN | NKRIA
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| we·the·? | to·he-will | ? | the·? | we·as·?
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22
For though you wash you with nitre, and take you much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before Me, says my Lord IAUA.
KB | KI | EM- | ThKBSI | BNThR | UThRBI- | LK | BRITh
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| that | I-will·from | ? | in·we·? | and·? | to·as | in·?
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| NKThM | OUNK | LFNI | NEM | EDNI | IAUA
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| we·as·? | ? | to·face | we·I-will·from | I-will·? | IAUA
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23
How can you say: 'I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim'? See your way in the Valley, know what you have done; you are a swift young camel traversing her ways;
KG | EIK | ThEMRI | LE | NTMEThI | EChRI
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| I-will·he-will·as | ? | not | we·? | I-will·?
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| ABOLIM | LE | ALKThI | REI | DRKK | BGIE | DOI | MA
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| the·in·? | not | the·to·as·? | ? | ? | in·? | ? | from·the
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| OShITh | BKRA | QLA | MShRKTh | DRKIA
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| ? | in·as·? | ? | from·? | ?
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24
A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire; her lust, who can hinder it? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
KD | FRA | LMD | MDBR | BEUTh | NFShU
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| ? | to·from·? | from·? | in·I-will·and·she-will | we·?
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| (NFShA) | ShEFA | RUCh | ThENThA | MI | IShIBNA
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| we·? | ? | breath | ? | from·he-will | he-will·?
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| KL- | MBQShIA | LE | IIOFU | BChDShA
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| all | from·in·? | not | he-will·he-will·? | in·?
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25
Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst; but you said: 'There is no hope; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.'
KA | MNOI | RGLK | MIChF | UGURNK | (UGRUNK) | MTsMEA
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| from·we·? | ? | from·he-will·? | and·? | and·? | from·?
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| UThEMRI | NUESh | LUE | KI-
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| and·? | we·and·I-will·? | to·and·I-will | that
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| EABThI | ZRIM | UEChRIAM | ELK
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| I-will·the·in·? | ? | and·I-will·? | I-will·to·as
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26
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;
KU | KBShTh | GNB | KI | IMTsE | KN | ABIShU
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| as·in·? | ? | that | he-will·from·? | so | the·in·he-will·?
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| BITh | IShREL | AMA
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| in·he-will·she-will | Israel | the·from·the
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| MLKIAM | ShRIAM
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| from·to·as·he-will·them | ?
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| UKANIAM
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| and·as·the·we·he-will·them
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| UNBIEIAM
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| and·we·in·he-will·I-will·he-will·them
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27
Who say to a stock: 'You are my father', and to a stone: 'You have brought us forth', for they have turned their back to Me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say: 'Arise, and save us.'
KZ | EMRIM | LOTs | EBI | EThA
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| I-will·from·? | to·tree | I-will·in·he-will | I-will·?
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| ULEBN | ETh | ILDThNI | (ILDThNU)
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| and·to·I-will·in·we | the | he-will·to·? | he-will·to·?
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| KI- | FNU | ELI | ORF | ULE | FNIM | UBOTh
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| that | ? | I-will·to·he-will | ? | and·not | ? | and·in·?
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| ROThM | IEMRU | QUMA | UAUShIONU
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| ? | he-will·I-will·from·? | ? | and·the·and·?
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28
But where are your gods that you have made you? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble; for according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah.
KCh | UEIA | ELAIK
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| and·I-will·he-will·the | I-will·to·the·he-will·as
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| EShR | OShITh | LK | IQUMU | EM-
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| which | ? | to·as | he-will·? | I-will·from
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| IUShIOUK | BOTh | ROThK | KI | MSFR | ORIK | AIU
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| he-will·and·? | in·? | ? | that | from·? | ? | be
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| ELAIK | IAUDA
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| I-will·to·the·he-will·as | he-will·the·and·?
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29
Wherefore will you contend with Me? You all have transgressed against Me, says IAUA.
KT | LMA | ThRIBU | ELI | KLKM
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| to·from·the | ? | I-will·to·he-will | as·to·you
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| FShOThM | BI | NEM- | IAUA
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| ? | in·he-will | we·I-will·from | IAUA
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30
In vain have I smitten your children--they received no correction; your sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
L | LShUE | AKIThI | ETh- | BNIKM | MUSR
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| to·? | the·strike | the | in·we·he-will·you | from·and·?
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| LE | LQChU | EKLA | ChRBKM
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| not | to·? | food | ?
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| NBIEIKM | KERIA
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| we·in·he-will·I-will·he-will·you | as·I-will·?
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31
O generation, see you the word of IAUA: have I been a wilderness to Israel? or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say My people: 'We roam at large; we will come no more to You'?
LE | ADUR | EThM | REU | DBR- | IAUA | AMDBR
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| the·? | them | ? | ? | IAUA | the·from·?
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| AIIThI | LIShREL | EM | ERTs
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| the·he-will·he-will·? | to·Israel | I-will·from | earth
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| MEFLIA | MDUO | EMRU | OMI | RDNU
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| from·I-will·? | from·? | I-will·from·? | ? | ?
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| LUE- | NBUE | OUD | ELIK
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| to·and·I-will | we·come | ? | I-will·to·he-will·as
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32
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.
LB | AThShKCh | BThULA | ODIA | KLA | QShRIA | UOMI | ShKChUNI
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| the·? | in·? | ? | as·to·the | ? | and·? | ?
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| IMIM | EIN | MSFR
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| seas | no | from·?
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33
How trim you your way to seek love! Therefore--even the wicked women have you taught your ways;
LG | MA- | ThITBI | DRKK | LBQSh
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| from·the | ? | ? | to·in·stubble
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| EABA | LKN | GM | ETh- | AROUTh | LMDThI
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| I-will·the·in·the | to·so | ? | the | the·? | to·from·?
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| (LMDTh) | ETh- | DRKIK
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| to·from·? | the | ?
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34
Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor; you didst not find them breaking in; yet for all these things
LD | GM | BKNFIK | NMTsEU | DM | NFShUTh
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| ? | in·as·we·? | we·from·? | ? | we·?
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| EBIUNIM | NQIIM | LE- | BMChThRTh
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| I-will·in·he-will·and·we·sea | we·? | not | in·from·?
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| MTsEThIM | KI | OL- | KL- | ELA
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| from·? | that | on | all | this
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35
You said: 'I am innocent; surely His anger is turned away from me'--behold, I will enter into judgment with you, because you say: 'I have not sinned.'
LA | UThEMRI | KI | NQIThI | EK | ShB | EFU
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| and·? | that | we·? | I-will·as | ? | I-will·?
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| MMNI | ANNI | NShFT
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| from·from·we·he-will | the·we·we·he-will | we·?
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| EUThK | OL- | EMRK | LE | ChTEThI
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| I-will·and·? | on | I-will·from·? | not | ?
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36
How greatly dost you cheapen yourself to change your way? You shall be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Asshur.
LU | MA- | ThZLI | MED | LShNUTh | ETh- | DRKK | GM | MMTsRIM
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| from·the | ? | very | to·? | the | ? | ? | from·from·?
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| ThBShI | KEShR- | BShTh | MEShUR
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| ? | as·which | in·? | from·I-will·?
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37
From him also shall you go forth, with your hands on your head; for IAUA has rejected them in whom you didst trust, and you shall not prosper in them.
LZ | GM | METh | ZA | ThTsEI | UIDIK | OL- | REShK | KI-
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| ? | from·the | ? | ? | and·he-will·? | on | ? | that
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| MES | IAUA | BMBTChIK | ULE | ThTsLIChI
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| from·I-will·? | IAUA | in·from·in·? | and·not | ?
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