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And fire is gone out of the rod of her branches, it hath devoured her fruit, so that there is in her no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule.' This is a lamentation, and it was for a lamentation.

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

Then I said unto them: What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

שְׁמָהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “its”

and say to the land of Israel: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth My sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall My sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north;

מִתַּעְרָ֛הּ (הּ) h “its”

and all flesh shall know that I the LORD have drawn forth My sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.

מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Cause it to return into its sheath! --In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thine origin, will I judge thee.

תַּעְרָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

'Now, thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.

תּוֹעֲבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

And thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: O city that sheddest blood in the midst of thee, that thy time may come, and that makest idols unto thyself to defile thee;

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

Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of My wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.

בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “it”

As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out My fury upon you.'

בְתוֹכָ֑הּ (הּ) h “it”

'Son of man, say unto her: Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

גֻשְׁמָ֖הּ (הּ) h “its”

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls, they take treasure and precious things, they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

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

Her priests have done violence to My law, and have profaned My holy things; they have put no difference between the holy and the common, neither have they taught difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from My sabbaths, and

כֹּהֲנֶ֜יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey: to shed blood, and to destroy souls, so as to get dishonest gain.

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

And her prophets have daubed for them with whited plaster, seeing falsehood, and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

וּנְבִיאֶ֗יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

And the names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister; and they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

אֲחוֹתָ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

And she bestowed her harlotries upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on whomsoever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself.

תַּזְנוּתֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”

Neither hath she left her harlotries brought from Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised her virgin breasts; and they poured out their lust upon her.

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

These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, and her they slew with the sword; and she became a byword among women, for judgments were executed upon her.

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

And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries.

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

And she increased her harlotries; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

עֵינֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their lust; and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.

נַפְשָׁ֖הּ (הּ) h “her”

So she uncovered her harlotries, and uncovered her nakedness; then My soul was alienated from her, like as My soul was alienated from her sister.

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

Yet she multiplied her harlotries, remembering the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

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