H9038–הֶם–hem

Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.

עֲלֵיהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “them”מֵהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “them”

Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,

וְהַגִּרֵם֮ (ם֮) m “them”

A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.

עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם (הֶ֛ם) Hem “them”

And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me `is' for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!

בָהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “them”

because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place `with' innocent blood,

יְדָע֛וּם (ם) m “them”

And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,

וְהִפַּלְתִּ֤ים (ם) m “them”

And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his friend they do eat, in the siege and in the straitness with which straiten them do their enemies, and those seeking their life.

וְהַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞ים (ם) m “them”לָהֶ֛ם (הֶ֛ם) Hem “them”

and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter's vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury -- without place to bury;

אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם (הֶ֜ם) Hem “them”

For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am making thee for a fear to thyself, And to all loving thee, And they have fallen by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes are beholding, And all Judah I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he hath removed them to Babylon, And he hath smitten them with the sword.

וְהִגְלָ֥ם (ם) m “them”וְהִכָּ֥ם (ם) m “them”

And I have given all the strength of this city, And all its labour, and all its precious things, Yea, all the treasures of the kings of Judah I do give into the hand of their enemies, And they have spoiled them, and taken them, And have brought them into Babylon.

וּבְזָזוּם֙ (ם֙) m “them”וּלְקָח֔וּם (ם) m “them”וֶהֱבִיא֖וּם (ם) m “them”

And thou, Pashhur, and all dwelling in thy house, Do go into captivity. and Babylon thou dost enter, And there thou diest, and there thou art buried, Thou and all loving thee, To whom thou hast prophesied falsely.'

לָהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”

And, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.

מֵהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “them”

And Jeremiah saith unto them, `Thus do ye say unto Zedekiah,

אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם (הֶ֑ם) Hem “them”

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,

בָּ֗ם (ם) m “them”אוֹתָ֔ם (ם) m “them”

And after this -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I give Zedekiah king of Judah, And his servants, and the people, And those left in this city, From the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of their enemies, And into the hand of those seeking their life, And he hath smitten them by the mouth of the sword, He hath no pity on them, Nor doth he spare, nor hath he mercy.

וְהִכָּ֣ם (ם) m “them”עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “them”

And they have said, `Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.'

וַיַּעַבְדֽוּם׃ (ם) m “them”

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.

וַתַּדִּח֔וּם (ם) m “them”אֹתָ֑ם (ם) m “them”

And I do gather the remnant of My flock Out of all the lands whither I drove them, And have brought them back unto their fold, And they have been fruitful, and multiplied.

אֹתָ֖ם (ם) m “them”

And I have raised for them shepherds, And they have fed them, And they fear no more, nor are affrighted, Nor are they lacking -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם (הֶ֛ם) Hem “them”וְרָע֑וּם (ם) m “them”

But -- Jehovah liveth, who brought up, And who brought in, the seed of the house of Israel, From the land of the north, And from all the lands whither I drove them, And they have dwelt on their own ground!

הִדַּחְתִּ֖ים (ם) m “them”

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.

לָהֶ֗ם (הֶ֗ם) Hem “them”עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם (הֶ֥ם) Hem “them”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, concerning the prophets: Lo, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For, from prophets of Jerusalem Hath profanity gone forth to all the land.

אוֹתָם֙ (ם֙) m “them”וְהִשְׁקִתִ֖ים (ם) m “them”

I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied.

אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”

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.

וִֽישִׁבוּם֙ (ם֙) m “them”

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.

וַֽיְסַפְּרוּם֙ (ם֙) m “them”שְׁלַחְתִּ֜ים (ם) m “them”צִוִּיתִ֗ים (ם) m “them”