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And it hath come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, `Jehovah liveth,' As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people.

בִּשְׁמִי֙ (בִּ) bi “by”בַּבָּ֑עַל (בַּ) ba. “by <the>”בְּת֥וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

Thus said Jehovah unto me, `Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:'

וּבַמַּ֖יִם (בַ) va. “in <the>”

`Take the girdle that thou hast got, that `is' on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;

בִּנְקִ֥יק (בִּ) bi “in”

and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me.

בִּפְרָ֑ת (בִּ) bi “at”

This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is -- as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything.

בִּשְׁרִר֣וּת (בִּ) bi “in”

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.

בְּטֶ֣רֶם (בְּ) be. “<in>”וּבְטֶ֛רֶם (בְ) ve. “<in>”

And if ye do not hear it, In secret places doth my soul weep, because of pride, Yea, it weepeth sore, And the tear cometh down mine eyes, For the flock of Jehovah hath been taken captive.

בְּמִסְתָּרִ֥ים (בְּ) be. “in”

And when thou dost say in thy heart, `Wherefore have these met me?' For the abundance of thine iniquity Have thy skirts been uncovered, Have thy heels suffered violence.

בִּלְבָבֵ֔ךְ (בִּ) bi “in”בְּרֹ֧ב (בְּ) be. “in”

This `is' thy lot, the portion of thy measures from Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Because thou hast forgotten me, And dost trust in falsehood.

בַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when `is it' again?

בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

בַּעֲב֤וּר (בַּ) ba. “for”בָּאָ֑רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

For even the hind in the field hath brought forth -- to forsake `it!' For there hath been no grass.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name's sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned.

בָ֔נוּ (בָ֔) Va. “against <the>”

O Hope of Israel -- its saviour in time of trouble, Why art Thou as a sojourner in the land? And as a traveller turned aside to lodge?

בְּעֵ֣ת (בְּ) be. “in”בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Why art Thou as one dumb? As a mighty one not able to save? And Thou `art' in our midst, O Jehovah, And Thy name over us is called, leave us not.

בְקִרְבֵּ֣נוּ (בְ) ve. “[are] in”

When they fast, I hearken not unto their cry, And when they cause to ascend burnt-offering and present, I accept them not, For by sword, and by famine, And by pestilence, I am consuming them.

בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ (בַּ) ba. “by the”וּבָרָעָ֣ב (בָ) va. “by <the>”וּבַדֶּ֔בֶר (בַ) va. “by <the>”

And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, Lo, the prophets are saying to them: Ye do not see a sword, yea, famine is not to you, For true peace I give to you in this place.'

בַּמָּק֖וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And Jehovah saith unto me: Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them, nor command them, Nor have I spoken unto them: A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the deceit of their own heart, they are prophesying to you.

בִּשְׁמִ֔י (בִּ) bi “in”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, and I have not sent them, and they are saying, Sword and famine is not in this land: By sword and by famine are these prophets consumed.

בִּשְׁמִי֮ (בִּ) bi “in”בָּאָ֣רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֶ֤רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”וּבָֽרָעָב֙ (בָֽ) va. “by <the>”

And the people to whom they are prophesying, Are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, Because of the famine, and of the sword, And they have none burying them, Them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, And I have poured out upon them this evil.

בְּחֻצ֨וֹת (בְּ) be. “in”

Hast Thou utterly rejected Judah? Zion hath Thy soul loathed? Wherefore hast Thou smitten us, And there is no healing to us? Looking for peace, and there is no good, And for a time of healing, and lo, terror.

בְּצִיּוֹן֙ (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Are there among the vanities of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O Jehovah our God? And we wait for thee, for Thou -- Thou hast done all these!

בְּהַבְלֵ֤י (בְּ) be. “among”

And I have given them for a trembling To all kingdoms of the earth, Because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, For that which he did in Jerusalem.

בִּ֠גְלַל (בִּ֠) Bi “on”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And I scatter them with a fan, in the gates the land, I bereaved, I have destroyed My people, From their ways they turned not back.

בְּמִזְרֶ֖ה (בְּ) be. “with”בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

Its widows have been more to Me than the sand of the seas, I brought in to them -- against the mother -- A young man -- a spoiler -- at noon. I caused to fall upon her suddenly, wrath and trouble.

בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם (בַּֽ) ba. “at <the>”