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And fire has gone out from her rod, causing the destruction of her branches, so that there is no strong rod in her to be the ruler's rod of authority. This is a song of grief, and it was for a song of grief.

בַדֶּ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “its”פִּרְיָ֣הּ (הּ) h “its”

Then I said to them, What is this high place where you go to no purpose? And it is named Bamah to this day.

שְׁמָהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “its”

And say to the land of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, and I will take my sword out of its cover, cutting off from you the upright and the evil.

מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Because I am going to have the upright and the evil cut off from you, for this cause my sword will go out from its cover against all flesh from the south to the north:

מִתַּעְרָ֛הּ (הּ) h “its”

And all flesh will see that I the Lord have taken my sword out of its cover: and it will never go back.

מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge.

תַּעְרָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

And you, son of man, will you be a judge, will you be a judge of the town of blood? then make clear to her all her disgusting ways.

תּוֹעֲבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

And you are to say, This is what the Lord has said: A town causing blood to be drained out in her streets so that her time may come, and making images in her to make her unclean!

בְּתוֹכָ֖הּ (הּ) h “it”עִתָּ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Yes, I will take you, breathing on you the fire of my wrath, and you will become soft in it.

בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “it”

As silver becomes soft in the oven, so you will become soft in it; and you will be certain that I the Lord have let loose my passion on you.

בְתוֹכָ֑הּ (הּ) h “it”

Son of man, say to her, You are a land on which no rain or thunderstorm has come in the day of wrath.

גֻשְׁמָ֖הּ (הּ) h “its”

Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.

נְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “its”בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ (הּ) h “it”אַלְמְנוֹתֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “it”

Her priests have been acting violently against my law; they have made my holy things unclean: they have made no division between what is holy and what is common, and they have not made it clear that the unclean is different from the clean, and their eyes

כֹּהֲנֶ֜יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.

שָׂרֶ֣יהָ (הָ) ha “its”בְקִרְבָּ֔הּ (הּ) h “its”

And her prophets have been using whitewash, seeing foolish visions and making false use of secret arts, saying, This is what the Lord has said, when the Lord has said nothing.

וּנְבִיאֶ֗יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

Their names were Oholah, the older, and Oholibah, her sister: and they became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem, Oholibah.

אֲחוֹתָ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

And she gave her unclean love to them, all of them the noblest men of Assyria: and she made herself unclean with the images of all who were desired by her.

תַּזְנוּתֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”

And she has not given up her loose ways from the time when she was in Egypt; for when she was young they were her lovers, and by them her young breasts were crushed, and they let loose on her their unclean desire.

תַּזְנוּתֶ֤יהָ (הָ) ha “her”בִנְעוּרֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”בְתוּלֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.

עֶרְוָתָהּ֒ (הּ֒) h “her”בָּנֶ֤יהָ (הָ) ha “her”וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”

And her sister Oholibah saw this, but her desire was even more unmeasured, and her loose behaviour was worse than that of her sister.

אֲחוֹתָ֣הּ (הּ) h “her”עַגְבָתָ֖הּ (הּ) h “her”תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “her”

And her loose behaviour became worse; for she saw men pictured on a wall, pictures of the Chaldaeans painted in bright red,

תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.

עֵינֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

And the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, and made her unclean with their loose desire, and she became unclean with them, and her soul was turned from them.

נַפְשָׁ֖הּ (הּ) h “her”

So her loose behaviour was clearly seen and her shame uncovered: then my soul was turned from her as it had been turned from her sister.

תַּזְנוּתֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”עֶרְוָתָ֑הּ (הּ) h “her”אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “her”

But still she went on the more with her loose behaviour, keeping in mind the early days when she had been a loose woman in the land of Egypt.

תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”נְעוּרֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”