< Jeremiah 2 >

1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
to go: went and to call: call out in/on/with ear: hearing Jerusalem to/for to say thus to say LORD to remember to/for you kindness youth your love betrothal your to go: follow you after me in/on/with wilderness in/on/with land: country/planet not to sow
3 Israel [was] holiness unto the LORD, the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall be held guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
holiness Israel to/for LORD first: beginning (produce his *Qk) all to eat him be guilty distress: harm to come (in): come to(wards) them utterance LORD
4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
to hear: hear word LORD house: household Jacob and all family house: household Israel
5 thus saith the LORD, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
thus to say LORD what? to find father your in/on/with me injustice for to remove from upon me and to go: follow after [the] vanity and to become vain
6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt; that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?
and not to say where? LORD [the] to ascend: rise [obj] us from land: country/planet Egypt [the] to go: take [obj] us in/on/with wilderness in/on/with land: country/planet plain and pit in/on/with land: country/planet dryness and shadow in/on/with land: country/planet not to pass in/on/with her man: anyone and not to dwell man there
7 And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
and to come (in): bring [obj] you to(wards) land: country/planet [the] plantation to/for to eat fruit her and goodness her and to come (in): come and to defile [obj] land: country/planet my and inheritance my to set: make to/for abomination
8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
[the] priest not to say where? LORD and to capture [the] instruction not to know me and [the] to pasture to transgress in/on/with me and [the] prophet to prophesy in/on/with Baal and after not to gain to go: follow
9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
to/for so still to contend with you utterance LORD and with son: child son: child your to contend
10 For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.
for to pass coastland Cyprus and to see: see and Kedar to send: depart and to understand much and to see: see look! to be like/as this
11 Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
to exchange nation God and they(masc.) not God and people my to change glory his in/on/with not to gain
12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
be desolate: appalled heaven upon this and to shudder to destroy much utterance LORD
13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
for two distress: evil to make people my [obj] me to leave: forsake fountain water alive to/for to hew to/for them cistern cistern to break which not to sustain [the] water
14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn [slave]? why is he become a prey?
servant/slave Israel if: surely no born house: household he/she/it why? to be to/for plunder
15 The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled: and they have made his land waste; his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
upon him to roar lion to give: cry out voice: sound their and to set: make land: country/planet his to/for horror: destroyed city his (to kindle *QK) from without to dwell
16 The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.
also son: descendant/people Memphis (and Tahpanhes *Qk) to pasture you crown
17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
not this to make: do to/for you to leave: forsake you [obj] LORD God your in/on/with time to go: take you in/on/with way: journey
18 And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
and now what? to/for you to/for way: journey Egypt to/for to drink water Nile and what? to/for you to/for way: journey Assyria to/for to drink water River
19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
to discipline you distress: evil your and faithlessness your to rebuke you and to know and to see: see for bad: evil and bitter to leave: forsake you [obj] LORD God your and not dread my to(wards) you utterance Lord YHWH/God Hosts
20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.
for from forever: antiquity to break yoke your to tear bond your and to say not (to pass: trespass *QK) for upon all hill high and underneath: under all tree luxuriant you(f. s.) to march to fornicate
21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
and I to plant you vine all his seed truth: faithful and how? to overturn to/for me degenerate [the] vine foreign
22 For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
for if to wash in/on/with lye and to multiply to/for you lye be stained iniquity: guilt your to/for face: before my utterance Lord YHWH/God
23 How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
how? to say not to defile after [the] Baal not to go: follow to see: see way: journey your in/on/with valley to know what? to make: do young camel swift to twist way: journey her
24 a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
wild donkey disciple wilderness in/on/with desire (soul: myself her *QK) to long for spirit: breath estrous her who? to return: turn back her all to seek her not to faint in/on/with month her to find her
25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
to withhold foot your from barefoot (and throat your *QK) from parched and to say to despair not for to love: lover be a stranger and after them to go: went
26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;
like/as shame thief for to find so be ashamed house: household Israel they(masc.) king their ruler their and priest their and prophet their
27 which say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
to say to/for tree father my you(m. s.) and to/for stone you(f. s.) (to beget us *QK) for to turn to(wards) me neck and not face and in/on/with time distress: harm their to say to arise: rise [emph?] and to save us
28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
and where? God your which to make to/for you to arise: rise if to save you in/on/with time distress: harm your for number city your to be God your Judah
29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
to/for what? to contend to(wards) me all your to transgress in/on/with me utterance LORD
30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
to/for vanity: vain to smite [obj] son: child your discipline not to take: take to eat sword your prophet your like/as lion to ruin
31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?
[the] generation you(m. p.) to see: behold! word LORD wilderness to be to/for Israel if: surely no land: country/planet darkness why? to say people my to roam not to come (in): come still to(wards) you
32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
to forget virgin ornament her daughter-in-law: bride sash her and people my to forget me day nothing number
33 How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.
what? be good way: conduct your to/for to seek love to/for so also [obj] [the] bad: evil (to learn: teach *QK) [obj] way: conduct your
34 Also, in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: I have not found it at the place of breaking in, but upon all these.
also in/on/with wing your to find blood soul: life needy innocent not in/on/with breaking to find them for upon all these
35 Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
and to say for to clear surely to return: turn back face: anger his from me look! I to judge with you upon to say you not to sin
36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
what? be gone much to/for to change [obj] way: journey your also from Egypt be ashamed like/as as which be ashamed from Assyria
37 From him also shalt thou go forth, with thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
also from with this to come out: come and hand your upon head your for to reject LORD in/on/with confidence your and not to prosper to/for them

< Jeremiah 2 >