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All thy friends consume doth wind, And thy lovers into captivity do go, Surely then thou art ashamed, And hast blushed for all thy wickedness.

בַּשְּׁבִ֣י (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

O dweller in Lebanon, making a nest among cedars, How gracious hast thou been when pangs come to thee, Pain -- as of a travailing woman.

בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”בָּֽאֲרָזִ֑ים (בָּֽ) ba. “among the”בְּבֹא־ (בְּ) be. “when”

And I have given thee into the hand of those seeking thy life, And into hands of which thou art afraid, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of the Chaldeans.

בְּיַד֙ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְיַ֛ד (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְיַ֛ד (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְיַ֥ד (בְ) ve. “in”

A grief -- a despised broken thing -- is this man Coniah? A vessel in which there is no pleasure? Wherefore have they been cast up and down, He and his seed, Yea, they were cast on to a land that they knew not?

בּ֑וֹ (בּ֑) b “in <the>”

Thus said Jehovah: Write ye this man childless, A man -- he doth not prosper in his days, For none of his seed doth prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling again in Judah!

בְּיָמָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “in”בִּיהוּדָֽה׃ (בִּ) bi. “over”

Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.

בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

In his days is Judah saved, and Israel dwelleth confidently, And this his name that Jehovah proclaimeth him, `Our Righteousness.'

בְּיָמָיו֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

In reference to the prophets: Broken hath been my heart in my midst, Fluttered have all my bones, I have been as a man -- a drunkard, And as a man -- wine hath passed over him, Because of Jehovah, and of His holy words.

בְקִרְבִּ֗י (בְ) ve. “in”

For both prophet and priest have been profane, Yea, in My house I found their wickedness, An affirmation of Jehovah.

בְּבֵיתִ֛י (בְּ) be. “in”

Therefore is their way to them as slippery places, Into thick darkness they are driven, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in against them evil, The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.

בָּֽאֲפֵלָ֔ה (בָּֽ) ba. “in the”בָ֑הּ (בָ֑) Va “on <the>”

And in prophets of Samaria I have seen folly, They have prophesied by Baal, And cause my people -- Israel -- to err.

וּבִנְבִיאֵ֥י (בִ) vi “among”בַבַּ֔עַל (בַ) va. “by <the>”

And in prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Yea, they strengthened the hands of evil doers, So that they have not turned back Each from his wickedness, They have been to me -- all of them -- as Sodom, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah.

וּבִנְבִאֵ֨י (בִ) vi “among”בַּשֶּׁ֙קֶר֙ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

Saying diligently to those despising The word of Jehovah: Peace is for you, And `to' every one walking in the stubbornness of his heart they have said: Evil doth not come in unto you.

בִּשְׁרִר֤וּת (בִּ) bi “in”

For who hath stood in the counsel of Jehovah, And seeth and heareth His word? Who hath regarded My word, and hearkeneth?

בְּס֣וֹד (בְּ) be. “in”

The anger of Jehovah doth not turn back Till His doing, and till His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days ye attend to it With understanding.

בְּאַֽחֲרִית֙ (בְּ) be. “at”בָ֖הּ (בָ֖) va “<in> <the>”

But -- if they stood in My counsel, Then they cause My people to hear My words, And they turn them back from their evil way, And from the evil of their doings.

בְּסוֹדִ֑י (בְּ) be. “in”

Is any one hidden in secret places, And I see him not? an affirmation of Jehovah, Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? An affirmation of Jehovah.

בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֛ים (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy in My name falsehood, saying, `I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'

בִּשְׁמִ֛י (בִּ) bi “in”

Till when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Yea, prophets of the deceit of their heart,

בְּלֵ֥ב (בְּ) be. “in”

Who are devising to cause My people To forget My name by their dreams, That they recount each to his neighbour, As their fathers forgot my name for Baal.

בַּחֲל֣וֹמֹתָ֔ם (בַּ) ba. “by”בַּבָּֽעַל׃ (בַּ) ba. “for <the>”

Lo, I `am' against the prophets of false dreams, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they recount them, and cause my people to err, By their falsehoods, and by their instability, And I -- I have not sent them, Nor have I commanded them, And they are not at all profitable to this people, An affirmation of Jehovah.

בְּשִׁקְרֵיהֶ֖ם (בְּ) be. “by”וּבְפַחֲזוּתָ֑ם (בְ) ve. “by”

And have given to them a heart to know Me, For I `am' Jehovah, And they have been to Me for a people, And I am to them for God, For they turned back unto Me with all their heart.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”

And like the bad figs, that are not eaten for badness, Surely thus said Jehovah: So do I make Zedekiah king of Judah, And his heads, and the remnant of Jerusalem, Who are left in this land, And who are dwelling in the land of Egypt,

בָּאָ֣רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

And I have given them for a trembling, For evil -- to all kingdoms of the earth, For a reproach, and for a simile, For a byword, and for a reviling, In all the places whither I drive them.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And I have sent against them the sword, The famine and the pestilence, Till their consumption from off the ground, That I gave to them and to their fathers!

בָ֔ם (בָ֔) Va “on <the>”