H9026–כֶם–khem

In order to establish the oath that I have sworn to your fathers, To give to them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day. And I answer and say, `Amen, O Jehovah.'

לַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם (כֶ֗ם) Khem “your”

For I certainly testified against your fathers, In the day of My bringing them up out of the land of Egypt -- till this day, Rising early and testifying, saying, Hearken to My voice,

בַּאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם (כֶ֗ם) Khem “your”

They sowed wheat, and have thorns reaped, They have become sick -- they profit not, And they have been ashamed of your increases, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah.

מִתְּבוּאֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם (כֶ֔ם) Khem “your”

Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed `it' for thick darkness.

אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֤ם (כֶ֤ם) Khem “your”רַגְלֵיכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”

Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low -- sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.

מַרְאֲשׁ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם (כֶ֔ם) Khem “your”תִּֽפְאַרְתְּכֶֽם׃ (כֶֽם) Khem “your”

Lift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where `is' the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock?

עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ (כֶם֙) Khem “your”

For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of bride.

לְעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”וּבִֽימֵיכֶ֑ם (כֶ֑ם) Khem “your”

Then thou hast said unto them: Because that your fathers have forsaken Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, And go after other gods, and serve them, And they bow themselves to them, And Me have forsaken, and My law not kept,

אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם (כֶ֤ם) Khem “your”

Ye also have done evil above your fathers, And lo, ye are walking each after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to hearken unto Me.

מֵאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (כֶ֑ם) Khem “your”

And I have cast you from off this land, On to a land that ye have not known, Ye and your fathers, And ye have served there other gods by day and by night, Where I do not give to you grace.

וַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (כֶ֑ם) Khem “your”

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond, Graven on the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,

מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ (כֶֽם) Khem “your”

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 (כֶ֑ם) Khem “your”

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.

מִבָּֽתֵּיכֶם֙ (כֶם֙) Khem “your”אֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ (כֶֽם) Khem “your”

And now, speak, I pray thee, unto men of Judah, And against inhabitants of Jerusalem, Saying: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am framing against you evil, And devising against you a device, Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way And amen your ways and your doings.

דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃ (כֶֽם) Khem “your”

Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel: Lo, I am turning round the weapons of battle That `are' in your hand, With which ye do fight the king of Babylon, And the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against you, At the outside of the wall, And I have gathered them into the midst of this city,

בְּיֶדְכֶם֒ (כֶם֒) Khem “your”

And unto this people thou dost say, Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am setting before you the way of life, And the way of death!

לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם (כֶ֔ם) Khem “you”

O house of David, thus said Jehovah: Decide ye judgment at morning, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth as fire, And hath burned, and none is quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.

מַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃ (כֶֽם) khem “your”

And I have laid a charge against you, According to the fruit of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have kindled a fire in its forest, And it hath consumed -- all its suburbs!

מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Against the shepherds who feed My people, Ye have scattered My flock, and drive them away, And have not inspected them, Lo, I am charging on you the evil of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah.

מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”

Therefore, lo, I -- I have taken you utterly away, And I have sent you out, And the city that I gave to you, And to your fathers, from before My face,

וְלַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”

And Jehovah hath sent unto you all His servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, and ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear, saying:

אָזְנְכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”

`Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell on the ground that Jehovah hath given to you and to your fathers from age unto age,

מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם (כֶ֔ם) Khem “your”וְלַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (כֶ֑ם) Khem “your”

And ye do not go after other gods to serve them, and to bow yourselves to them, nor do ye provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I do no evil to you;

יְדֵיכֶ֔ם (כֶ֔ם) Khem “your”

And ye have not hearkened unto Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- so as to provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands for evil to you.

יְדֵיכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”

Howl, ye shepherds, and cry, And roll yourselves, ye honourable of the flock, For full have been your days, For slaughtering, and `for' your scatterings, And ye have fallen as a desirable vessel.

יְמֵיכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”וּתְפוֹצ֣וֹתִיכֶ֔ם (כֶ֔ם) Khem “your”