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and a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches, [ergänzt: which] hath devoured its fruit; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

בַדֶּ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “its”פִּרְיָ֣הּ (הּ) h “its”

And I said unto them, What is the high place whither ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

שְׁמָהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “its”

and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south to the north;

מִתַּעְרָ֛הּ (הּ) h “its”

and all flesh shall know that I Jehovah have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.

מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Restore [ergänzt: it] to its sheath. I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth.

תַּעְרָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? Yea, cause her to know all her abominations,

תּוֹעֲבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in her midst, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.

בְּתוֹכָ֖הּ (הּ) h “it”עִתָּ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Yea, I will collect you, and blow upon you the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.

בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “it”

As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I Jehovah have poured out my fury upon you.

בְתוֹכָ֑הּ (הּ) h “it”

Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

גֻשְׁמָ֖הּ (הּ) h “its”

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they devour souls; they take away treasure and precious things; they increase her widows in the midst of her;

נְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “its”בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ (הּ) h “it”אַלְמְנוֹתֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”בְתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “it”

her priests do violence to my law, and profane my holy things: they put no difference between the holy and profane, neither do they make known [ergänzt: the difference] between the unclean and the clean, and they hide their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

כֹּהֲנֶ֜יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

שָׂרֶ֣יהָ (הָ) ha “its”בְקִרְבָּ֔הּ (הּ) h “its”

And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered [ergänzt: mortar], seeing vanity and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah! and Jehovah hath not spoken.

וּנְבִיאֶ֗יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

And their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister; and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names: Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

אֲחוֹתָ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, all of them the choice of the children of Asshur; and with all after whom she lusted, with all their idols she defiled herself.

תַּזְנוּתֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”

Neither left she her whoredoms [ergänzt: brought] from Egypt; for in her youth they had lain with her, and had handled the breasts of her virginity, and poured their fornication upon her.

תַּזְנוּתֶ֤יהָ (הָ) ha “her”בִנְעוּרֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”בְתוּלֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

These discovered her nakedness, they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword; and she became a name among women; and they executed judgment upon her.

עֶרְוָתָהּ֒ (הּ֒) h “her”בָּנֶ֤יהָ (הָ) ha “her”וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”

And her sister Oholibah saw [ergänzt: this], and was more corrupt in her passion than she, and in her fornications more than the whoredoms of her sister.

אֲחוֹתָ֣הּ (הּ) h “her”עַגְבָתָ֖הּ (הּ) h “her”תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “her”

And she increased her fornications; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she lusted after them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

עֵינֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

And the children of Babylon came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their fornication; she too defiled herself with them, and her soul was alienated from them.

נַפְשָׁ֖הּ (הּ) h “her”

And she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness; and my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.

תַּזְנוּתֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”עֶרְוָתָ֑הּ (הּ) h “her”אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃ (הּ) h “her”

Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she played the harlot in the land of Egypt;

תַּזְנוּתֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “her”נְעוּרֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”