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And it cometh to pass, in the twelfth year -- in the tenth `month', in the fifth of the month -- of our removal, come in unto me doth one who is escaped from Jerusalem, saying, `The city hath been smitten.'

בִּשְׁתֵּ֧י (בִּ) bi “in”בָּעֲשִׂרִ֛י (בָּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “on”

And the hand of Jehovah hath been unto me in the evening, before the coming in of the escaped one, and He openeth my mouth till the coming in unto me in the morning, and opened is my mouth, and I have not been silent again.

בָּעֶ֗רֶב (בָּ) ba. “in the”בַּבֹּ֑קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Thus dost thou say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I live -- do not they who `are' in the wastes by the sword fall? And they who `are' on the face of the field, To the beast I have given for food, And they who are in strongholds and in caves by pestilence die.

בֶּֽחֳרָבוֹת֙ (בֶּֽ) be. “[are] in the”בַּחֶ֣רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”בַּמְּצָד֥וֹת (בַּ) ba. “[are] in the”וּבַמְּעָר֖וֹת (בַ) va. “in the”בַּדֶּ֥בֶר (בַּ) ba. “by <the>”

And they have known that I `am' Jehovah, In My making the land a desolation and an astonishment, For all their abominations that they have done.

בְּתִתִּ֤י (בְּ) be. “when”

And thou, son of man, the sons of thy people who are speaking about thee, By the walls, and in openings of the houses, Have spoken one with another, each with his brother, Saying: Come in, I pray you, And hear what `is' the word that cometh out from Jehovah.

בְּךָ֙ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְפִתְחֵ֖י (בְ) ve. “in”

And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee -- My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.

בְּפִיהֶם֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

And in its coming in -- lo, it hath come, And they have known that a prophet hath been in their midst!'

וּבְבֹאָ֑הּ (בְ) ve. “when”בְתוֹכָֽם׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

The weak ye have not strengthened, And the sick one ye have not healed, And the broken ye have not bound up, And the driven away have not brought back, And the lost ye have not sought, And with might ye have ruled them and with rigour.

וּבְחָזְקָ֛ה (בְ) ve. “with”וּבְפָֽרֶךְ׃ (בְ) ve. “with”

Go astray do My flock on all the mountains, And on every high hill, And on all the face of the land have My flock been scattered, And there is none inquiring, and none seeking.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “on”

As a shepherd's searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.

בְּיוֹם־ (בְּ) be. “on”בְתוֹךְ־ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

And brought them out from the peoples, And have gathered them from the lands, And brought them unto their own ground, And have fed them on mountains of Israel, By streams, and by all dwellings of the land.

בָּאֲפִיקִ֕ים (בָּ) ba. “in the”וּבְכֹ֖ל (בְ) ve. “in”

With good pasture I do feed them, And on mountains of the high place of Israel is their habitation, There do they lie down in a good habitation, And fat pastures they enjoy on mountains of Israel.

בְּמִרְעֶה־ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְהָרֵ֥י (בְ) ve. “on”בְּנָ֣וֶה (בְּ) be. “in”

The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.

בְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (בְ) ve. “with”

Is it a little thing for you -- the good pasture ye enjoy, And the remnant of your pasture ye tread down with your feet, And a depth of waters ye do drink, And the remainder with your feet ye trample,

בְּרַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “with”בְּרַגְלֵיכֶ֖ם (בְּ) be. “with”

Because with side and with shoulder ye thrust away, And with your horns push all the diseased, Till ye have scattered them to the out-place,

בְּצַ֤ד (בְּ) be. “with”וּבְכָתֵף֙ (בְ) ve. “with”וּבְקַרְנֵיכֶ֥ם (בְ) ve. “with”

And I, Jehovah, I am their God, And My servant David prince in their midst, I, Jehovah, have spoken.

בְתוֹכָ֑ם (בְ) ve. “in”

And I have made for them a covenant of peace, And caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, And they have dwelt in a wilderness confidently, And they have slept in forests.

בַמִּדְבָּר֙ (בַ) va. “in the”בַּיְּעָרִֽים׃ (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I have given them, and the suburbs of my hill, a blessing, And caused the shower to come down in its season, Showers of blessing they are.

בְּעִתּ֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “at”

And given hath the tree of the field its fruit, And the land doth give her increase, And they have been on their land confident, And they have known that I `am' Jehovah, In My breaking the bands of their yoke, And I have delivered them from the hand of those laying service on them.

בְּשִׁבְרִי֙ (בְּ) be. “when”בָּהֶֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “by”

And I have raised for them a plant for renown, And they are no more consumed by hunger in the land, And they bear no more the shame of the nations.

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Because of thy having an enmity age-during, And thou dost saw the sons of Israel, By the hands of the sword, In the time of their calamity, In the time of the iniquity of the end:

בְּעֵ֣ת (בְּ) be. “at”בְּעֵ֖ת (בְּ) be. “at”

And filled his mountains with his wounded, Thy hills, and thy valleys, and all thy streams, The pierced of the sword fall into them.

בָהֶֽם׃ (בָ) va. “in”

Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have done according to thine anger, And according to thine envy, With which thou hast wrought, Because of thy hatred against them, And I have been known among them when I judge thee.

בָּ֑ם (בָּ֑) Ba “with”בָ֖ם (בָ֖) va “among”

And ye magnify yourselves against Me with your mouth, And have made abundant against Me your words, I -- I have heard.

בְּפִיכֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “with”

therefore, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because, of desolating, And of swallowing you up from round about, For your being a possession to the remnant of the nations, And ye are taken up on the tip of the tongue, And `are' an evil report of the people.

בְּיַ֡עַן (בְּ) be. “by”