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The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them `are' brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace -- dross hath silver been,

בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

A gathering of silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, Unto the midst of a furnace -- to blow on it fire, to melt it, So do I gather in Mine anger and in My fury, And I have let rest, and have melted you.

בְּאַפִּ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”וּבַחֲמָתִ֔י (בַ) va. “in”

And I have heaped you up, And blown on you in the fire of My wrath, And ye have been melted in its midst.

בְּאֵ֣שׁ (בְּ) be. “with”בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

As the melting of silver in the midst of a furnace, So are ye melted in its midst, And ye have known that I, Jehovah, I have poured out My fury upon you.'

בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”בְתוֹכָ֑הּ (בְ) ve. “in”

`Son of man, say to it, Thou `art' a land, It `is' not cleansed nor rained on in a day of indignation.

בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “in”

A conspiracy of its prophets `is' in its midst, as a roaring lion tearing prey; The soul they have devoured, Wealth and glory they have taken, Its widows have multiplied in its midst.

בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

Its priests have wronged My law, And they pollute My holy things, Between holy and common they have not made separation, And between the unclean and the clean they have not made known, And from my sabbaths they have hidden their eyes, And I am pierced in their midst.

בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Its princes in its midst `are' as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.

בְקִרְבָּ֔הּ (בְ) ve. “in”

The people of the land have used oppression, And have taken plunder violently away, And humble and needy have oppressed, And the sojourner oppressed -- without judgment.

בְּלֹ֥א (בְּ) be. “with”

And I seek of them a man making a fence, And standing in the breach before Me, In behalf of the land -- not to destroy it, And I have not found.

בַּפֶּ֧רֶץ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And I pour out on them mine indignation, By fire of My wrath I have consumed them, Their way on their own head I have put, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'

בְּאֵ֥שׁ (בְּ) be. “with”בְּרֹאשָׁ֣ם (בְּ) be. “on”

And they go a-whoring in Egypt, In their youth they have gone a-whoring, There they have bruised their breasts, And there they have dealt with the loves of their virginity.

בְמִצְרַ֔יִם (בְ) ve. “in”בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ן (בִּ) bi “in”

And she giveth her whoredoms on them, The choice of the sons of Asshur, All of them -- even all on whom she doted, By all their idols she hath been defiled.

וּבְכֹ֧ל (בְ) ve. “by”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “by”

And her whoredoms out of Egypt she hath not forsaken, For with her they lay in her youth, And they dealt with the loves of her virginity, And they pour out their whoredoms on her.

בִנְעוּרֶ֔יהָ (בִ) vi “in”

Therefore I have given her into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of sons of Asshur on whom she doted.

בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיַד֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

They have uncovered her nakedness, Her sons and her daughters they have taken, And her by sword they have slain, And she is a name for women, And judgments they have done with her.

בַּחֶ֣רֶב (בַּ) ba. “with the”בָֽהּ׃ (בָֽ) Va “on”

And she doth add unto her whoredoms, And she seeth graved men on the wall, Pictures of Chaldeans, graved with red lead,

בַּשָּׁשַֽׁר׃ (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Girded with a girdle on their loins, Dyed attire spread out on their heads, The appearance of rulers -- all of them, The likeness of sons of Babylon, Chaldea is the land of their birth.

בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֗ם (בְּ) be. “on”בְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “on”

And come in unto her do sons of Babylon, To the bed of loves, And they defile her with their whoredoms, And she is defiled with them, And her soul is alienated from them.

בְּתַזְנוּתָ֑ם (בְּ) be. “by”בָ֔ם (בָ֔) Va “by”

And she multiplieth her whoredoms, To remember the days of her youth, When she went a-whoring in the land of Egypt.

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

Thou lookest after the wickedness of thy youth, In dealing out of Egypt thy loves, For the sake of the breasts of thy youth.

בַּעְשׂ֤וֹת (בַּ) ba “when”

And they have come in against thee, With arms, rider, and wheel, And with an assembly of peoples; Target, and shield, and helmet, They do set against thee round about, And I have set before them judgment, They have judged thee in their Judgments.

וּבִקְהַ֣ל (בִ) vi “with”בְּמִשְׁפְּטֵיהֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “by”

And I have set My jealousy against thee, And they have dealt with thee in fury, Thy nose and thine ears they turn aside, And thy posterity by sword falleth, They, thy sons and thy daughters do take away, And thy posterity is devoured by fire.

בָּ֗ךְ (בָּ֗) Ba “on”בְּחֵמָ֔ה (בְּ) be. “in”בַּחֶ֣רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָּ) ba. “by <the>”

For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am giving thee into a hand that thou hast hated, Into a hand from which thou wast alienated.

בְּיַ֖ד (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיַ֛ד (בְּ) be. “in”

And they have dealt with thee in hatred, And they have taken all thy labour, And they have left thee naked and bare, And revealed hath been the nakedness of thy whoredoms, And the wickedness of thy whoredoms.

בְּשִׂנְאָ֗ה (בְּ) be. “in”