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And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth [supplied: month], on the fifth of the month, that one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten!

בִּשְׁתֵּ֧י (בִּ) bi “in”בָּעֲשִׂרִ֛י (בָּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “on”

Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that had escaped came; and he had opened my mouth against his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

בָּעֶ֗רֶב (בָּ) ba. “in the”בַּבֹּ֑קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: [supplied: As] I live, verily they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

בֶּֽחֳרָבוֹת֙ (בֶּֽ) be. “[are] in the”בַּחֶ֣רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”בַּמְּצָד֥וֹת (בַּ) ba. “[are] in the”וּבַמְּעָר֖וֹת (בַ) va. “in the”בַּדֶּ֥בֶר (בַּ) ba. “by <the>”

And they shall know that I [supplied: am] Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment because of all their abominations which they have committed.

בְּתִתִּ֤י (בְּ) be. “when”

And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people keep talking of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from Jehovah.

בְּךָ֙ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְפִתְחֵ֖י (בְ) ve. “in”

And they come unto thee as a people cometh, and they sit before thee [supplied: as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not; for with their mouth they shew much love, [supplied: but] their heart goeth after their dishonest gain.

בְּפִיהֶם֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

And when this cometh to pass (behold, it will come), then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

וּבְבֹאָ֑הּ (בְ) ve. “when”בְתוֹכָֽם׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

The weak have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed the sick, and ye have not bound up [supplied: what was] broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought for that which was lost; but with harshness and with rigour have ye ruled over them.

וּבְחָזְקָ֛ה (בְ) ve. “with”וּבְפָֽרֶךְ׃ (בְ) ve. “with”

My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill, and my sheep have been scattered upon all the face of the earth, and there was none that searched, or that sought for them.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “on”

As a shepherd tendeth his flock in the day that he is among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

בְּיוֹם־ (בְּ) be. “on”בְתוֹךְ־ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the water-courses, and in all the habitable places of the country.

בָּאֲפִיקִ֕ים (בָּ) ba. “in the”וּבְכֹ֖ל (בְ) ve. “in”

I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold, and in a fat pasture they shall feed upon the mountains of Israel.

בְּמִרְעֶה־ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְהָרֵ֥י (בְ) ve. “on”בְּנָ֣וֶה (בְּ) be. “in”

I will seek the lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up the broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong: I will feed them with judgment.

בְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (בְ) ve. “with”

Is it too small a thing unto you to have eaten up the good pastures, but ye must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures; and to have drunk of the settled waters, but ye must foul the rest with your feet?

בְּרַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “with”בְּרַגְלֵיכֶ֖ם (בְּ) be. “with”

Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the weak ones with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad,

בְּצַ֤ד (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְכָתֵף֙ (בְ) ve. “with”וּבְקַרְנֵיכֶ֥ם (בְ) ve. “with”

And I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David a prince in their midst: I Jehovah have spoken [supplied: it].

בְתוֹכָ֑ם (בְ) ve. “in”

And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell in safety in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

בַמִּדְבָּר֙ (בַ) va. “in the”בַּיְּעָרִֽים׃ (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season: there shall be showers of blessing.

בְּעִתּ֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “at”

And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase; and they shall be in safety in their land, and shall know that I [supplied: am] Jehovah, when I have broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them out of the hand of those that kept them in servitude.

בְּשִׁבְרִי֙ (בְּ) be. “when”בָּהֶֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “by”

And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the ignominy of the nations any more.

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword, in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;

בְּעֵ֣ת (בְּ) be. “at”בְּעֵ֖ת (בְּ) be. “at”

and I will fill his mountains with his slain. In thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy water-courses shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

בָהֶֽם׃ (בָ) va. “in”

therefore, [supplied: as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will even do according to thine anger and according to thine envy, as thou hast done out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge thee.

בָּ֑ם (בָּ֑) Ba “with”בָ֖ם (בָ֖) va “among”

And ye have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard [supplied: them].

בְּפִיכֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “with”

therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made [supplied: you] desolate, and have swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and in the defaming of the people:

בְּיַ֡עַן (בְּ) be. “by”