Verse 19
Jeremiah 8:19
New Living Translation
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Listen to the weeping of my people;<br>it can be heard all across the land.<br>“Has the LORD abandoned Jerusalem? ” the people ask.<br>“Is her King no longer there?”<br> “Oh, why have they provoked my anger with their carved idols<br>and their worthless foreign gods?” says the LORD.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
הִנֵּה ק֞וֹל שַֽׁוְעַ֣ת בַּת עַמִּ֗/י מֵ/אֶ֨רֶץ֙ מַרְחַקִּ֔ים הַֽ/יהוָה֙ אֵ֣ין בְּ/צִיּ֔וֹן אִם מַלְכָּ֖/הּ אֵ֣ין בָּ֑/הּ מַדּ֗וּעַ הִכְעִס֛וּ/נִי בִּ/פְסִלֵי/הֶ֖ם בְּ/הַבְלֵ֥י נֵכָֽר
English Translation
Behold, a sound of the daughter of my people crying from a distant land: "The Lord is not in Zion; her king is not in her. Why have they provoked me with their idols, with worthless foreign things?"
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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