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and thou hast said unto them: Hear a word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all inhabitants of Jerusalem, who are coming in by these gates,

בַּשְּׁעָרִ֥ים (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Thus said Jehovah, Take ye heed to yourselves, And ye bear not a burden on the day of rest, Nor have ye brought `it' in by the gates of Jerusalem.

בְּנַפְשֽׁוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “to”בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

Nor do ye take out a burden from your houses on the day of rest, Yea, any work ye do not do, And ye have sanctified the day of rest, As I have commanded your fathers.

בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

And it hath been, if ye certainly hearken unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, So as not to bring in a burden By the gates of this city on the day of rest, And to sanctify the day of rest, So as not to do in it any work --

בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֛י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בּ֖וֹ (בּ֖) bo “on <the>”

Then entered by the gates of this city have kings and princes, Sitting on the throne of David, Riding in a chariot, and on horses, They, and their princes, the man of Judah, And inhabitants of Jerusalem, And this city hath remained to the age.

בְשַׁעֲרֵ֣י (בְ) ve. “in”בָּרֶ֣כֶב (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”וּבַסּוּסִ֗ים (בַ) va. “on <the>”

And if ye do not hearken unto me to sanctify the day of rest, And so as not to bear a burden, And to come in at the gates of Jerusalem on the day of rest, Then I have kindled a fire in its gates, And it hath consumed the high places of Jerusalem, And it is not quenched!'

בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בִּשְׁעָרֶ֗יהָ (בִּ) bi “in”

and marred is the vessel that he is making, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he hath turned and he maketh it another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make.

בַּחֹ֖מֶר (בַּ) ba. “with the”בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay in the hand of the potter, So `are' ye in My hand, O house of Israel.

בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיָדִ֖י (בְּ) be. “[are] in”

And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it.

בְּעֵינַ֔י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּקוֹלִ֑י (בְּ) be. “to”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Ask, I pray you, among the nations, Who hath heard like these? A very horrible thing hath the virgin of Israel done.

בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם (בַּ) ba. “among the”

But My people have forgotten Me, to a vain thing they make perfume, And they cause them to stumble in their ways -- paths of old, To walk in paths -- a way not raised up,

בְּדַרְכֵיהֶם֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

To make their land become a desolation, A hissing age-during, Every passer by it is astonished, And bemoaneth with his head.

בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “with”

As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'

בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.

בַלָּשׁ֔וֹן (בַ) va. “with the”

Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,

בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me `is' for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!

בְּעֵ֥ת (בְּ) be. “in”בָהֶֽם׃ (בָ) va. “with <the>”

because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place `with' innocent blood,

בוֹ֙ (ב) v “in <the>”

and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, that I commanded not, nor spake of, nor did it come up on My heart.

בָּאֵ֖שׁ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,

בַּמָּק֣וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ (בַּ) ba. “by the”וּבְיַ֖ד (בְ) ve. “by”

And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his friend they do eat, in the siege and in the straitness with which straiten them do their enemies, and those seeking their life.

בְּמָצוֹר֙ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְמָצ֔וֹק (בְ) ve. “in”

and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter's vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury -- without place to bury;

וּבְתֹ֣פֶת (בְ) ve. “in”

And Jeremiah cometh in from Tophet, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, and he standeth in the court of the house of Jehovah, and he saith unto all the people:

בַּחֲצַ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “in”

And Pashhur son of Immer the priest -- who also `is' overseer, leader in the house of Jehovah -- heareth Jeremiah prophesying these things,

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”

and Pashhur smiteth Jeremiah the prophet, and putteth him unto the stocks, that `are' by the high gate of Benjamin, that `is' by the house of Jehovah.

בְּשַׁ֤עַר (בְּ) be. “[was] at”בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am making thee for a fear to thyself, And to all loving thee, And they have fallen by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes are beholding, And all Judah I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he hath removed them to Babylon, And he hath smitten them with the sword.

בְּחֶ֥רֶב (בְּ) be. “by”בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “in”בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ (בֶּ) be. “with the”