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Take your place in the doorway of the Lord's house, and give out this word there, and say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who come inside these doors to give worship to the Lord.

בְּשַׁ֙עַר֙ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּשְּׁעָרִ֣ים (בַּ) ba. “in the”

The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, says, Let your ways and your doings be changed for the better and I will let you go on living in this place.

בַּמָּק֥וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”

If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

בַּמָּק֣וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Then I will let you go on living in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers in the past and for ever.

בַּמָּק֣וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”בָּאָ֕רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things?

בַּבַּ֤יִת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.

בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”

But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I put my name at first, and see what I did to it because of the evil-doing of my people Israel.

בְּשִׁיל֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “[was] in”בָּרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֑ה (בָּ) ba. “at the”

For this reason I will do to the house which is named by my name, and in which you have put your faith, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

בּ֔וֹ (בּ֔) b “in <the>”

And as for you (Jeremiah), make no prayers for this people, send up no cry or prayer for them, make no request for them to me: for I will not give ear.

בִּ֑י (בִּ֑) B “<in> <the>”

Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת (בְ) ve. “in”

For I said nothing to your fathers, and gave them no orders, on the day when I took them out of Egypt, about burned offerings or offerings of beasts:

בְּי֛וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you.

בְקוֹלִ֔י (בְ) ve. “to”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.

בְּמֹ֣עֵצ֔וֹת (בְּ) be. “in”בִּשְׁרִר֖וּת (בִּ) bi “in”

And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.

בְּקוֹל֙ (בְּ) be. “to”

For the children of Judah have done what is evil in my eyes, says the Lord: they have put their disgusting images in the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.

בְּעֵינַ֖י (בְּ) be. “in”בַּבַּ֛יִת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And they have put up the high place of Topheth in the valley of the son of Hinnom, burning their sons and their daughters there in the fire; a thing which was not ordered by me and never came into my mind.

בְּגֵ֣יא (בְּ) be. “[is] in”בָּאֵ֑שׁ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

For this cause, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it will no longer be named Topheth, or, The valley of the son of Hinnom, but, The valley of Death: for they will put the dead into the earth in Topheth till there is no more room.

בְתֹ֖פֶת (בְ) ve. “in”

At that time, says the Lord, they will take the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his rulers, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem out of their resting-places:

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

And death will be desired more than life by the rest of this evil family who are still living in all the places where I have sent them away, says the Lord of armies.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.

בַּתַּרְמִ֔ית (בַּ) ba. “on <the>”

I took note and gave ear, but no one said what is right: no man had regret for his evil-doing, saying, What have I done? everyone goes off on his way like a horse rushing to the fight.

בִּמְר֣וּצָתָ֔ם (בִּ) bi “in”בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.

בַשָּׁמַ֗יִם (בַ) va. “in the”

The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?

בִדְבַר־ (בִ) vi “<in>”

Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: in the time of their punishment they will be made low, says the Lord.

בַנֹּפְלִ֗ים (בַ) va. “among <the>”בְּעֵ֧ת (בְּ) be. “at”

I will put an end to them completely, says the Lord: there are no grapes on the vine and no figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is dry.

בַּגֶּ֜פֶן (בַּ) ba. “on the”בַּתְּאֵנָ֗ה (בַּ) ba. “on the”