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And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, [supplied: As] Jehovah liveth -- even as they taught my people to swear by Baal -- they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

בִּשְׁמִי֙ (בִּ) bi “by”בַּבָּ֑עַל (בַּ) ba. “by <the>”בְּת֥וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

Thus said Jehovah unto me: Go and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins; but dip it not in water.

וּבַמַּ֖יִם (בַ) va. “in <the>”

Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

בִּנְקִ֥יק (בִּ) bi “in”

So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as Jehovah had commanded me.

בִּפְרָ֑ת (בִּ) bi “at”

This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and go after other gods, to serve them and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle which is good for nothing.

בִּשְׁרִר֣וּת (בִּ) bi “in”

Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight; and ye shall look for light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death, and make [supplied: it] gross darkness.

בְּטֶ֣רֶם (בְּ) be. “<in>”וּבְטֶ֛רֶם (בְ) ve. “<in>”

And if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [supplied: your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is gone into captivity.

בְּמִסְתָּרִ֥ים (בְּ) be. “in”

And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, [supplied: and] thy heels have suffered violence.

בִּלְבָבֵ֔ךְ (בִּ) bi “in”בְּרֹ֧ב (בְּ) be. “in”

This shall be thy lot, thy measured portion from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and confided in falsehood.

בַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy fornication, on the hills, in the fields, -- thine abominations, have I seen. Woe unto thee, Jerusalem! Wilt thou not be made clean? after how long a time yet?

בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

בַּעֲב֤וּר (בַּ) ba. “for”בָּאָ֑רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh [supplied: its young], because there is no grass.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou act for thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many -- we have sinned against thee.

בָ֔נוּ (בָ֔) Va. “against <the>”

Thou hope of Israel, its Saviour in the time of trouble, why wilt thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveller that turneth aside to stay a night?

בְּעֵ֣ת (בְּ) be. “in”בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Why wilt thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name: leave us not.

בְקִרְבֵּ֣נוּ (בְ) ve. “[are] in”

When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer up burnt-offering and oblation, I will not accept them: for I will consume them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.

בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ (בַּ) ba. “by the”וּבָרָעָ֣ב (בָ) va. “by <the>”וּבַדֶּ֔בֶר (בַ) va. “by <the>”

And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; for I will give you assured peace in this place.

בַּמָּק֖וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy falsehood in my name; I have not sent them, neither have I commanded them, nor spoken unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

בִּשְׁמִ֔י (בִּ) bi “in”

Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, and who say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and by famine shall those prophets be consumed;

בִּשְׁמִי֮ (בִּ) bi “in”בָּאָ֣רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֶ֤רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”וּבָֽרָעָב֙ (בָֽ) va. “by <the>”

and the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the famine and the sword; and there shall be none to bury them, them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters; and I will pour their wickedness upon them.

בְּחֻצ֨וֹת (בְּ) be. “in”

-- Hast thou then utterly rejected Judah? Doth thy soul loathe Zion? Why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? Peace is looked for, and there is no good, -- and a time of healing, and behold terror!

בְּצִיּוֹן֙ (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou HE, Jehovah, our God? And we wait upon thee; for thou hast made all these things.

בְּהַבְלֵ֤י (בְּ) be. “among”

And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither amongst all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

בִּ֠גְלַל (בִּ֠) Bi “on”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave of children [supplied: and] destroy my people: they have not returned from their ways.

בְּמִזְרֶ֖ה (בְּ) be. “with”בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

Their widows are increased to me more than the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them, against the mother of the young men, a spoiler at noonday; I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon her suddenly.

בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם (בַּֽ) ba. “at <the>”