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Jeremiah 6:22כֹּ֚הThis is whatkōh
יְהוָ֔הYHWHYah·weh
אָמַ֣רsays :’ā·mar
הִנֵּ֛ה “ Behold , hin·nêh
עַ֥םan army‘am
בָּ֖אis coming
מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom the landmê·’e·reṣ
צָפ֑וֹןof the north ;ṣā·p̄ō·wn
גָּד֔וֹלa greatgā·ḏō·wl
וְג֣וֹיnationwə·ḡō·w
יֵע֖וֹרis stirred upyê·‘ō·wr
מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־from the endsmî·yar·kə·ṯê-
אָֽרֶץ׃of the earth .’ā·reṣ
Jeremiah 6:23יַחֲזִ֗יקוּThey graspya·ḥă·zî·qū
קֶ֣שֶׁתthe bowqe·šeṯ
וְכִיד֞וֹןand spear ;wə·ḵî·ḏō·wn
הוּא֙they [are]
אַכְזָרִ֥יcruel’aḵ·zā·rî
וְלֹ֣אvvvwə·lō
יְרַחֵ֔מוּand merciless .yə·ra·ḥê·mū
קוֹלָם֙Their voiceqō·w·lām
יֶהֱמֶ֔הroarsye·hĕ·meh
כַּיָּ֣ם like the sea , kay·yām
יִרְכָּ֑בוּand they rideyir·kā·ḇū
וְעַל־uponwə·‘al-
סוּסִ֖ים horses , sū·sîm
עָר֗וּךְlined up‘ā·rūḵ
כְּאִישׁ֙like menkə·’îš
לַמִּלְחָמָ֔הin formationlam·mil·ḥā·māh
עָלַ֖יִךְ against you , ‘ā·la·yiḵ
בַּת־O Daughterbaṯ-
צִיּֽוֹן׃of Zion . ”ṣî·yō·wn
Jeremiah 6:24שָׁמַ֥עְנוּWe have heardšā·ma‘·nū
אֶת־-’eṯ-
שָׁמְע֖וֹthe report ;šā·mə·‘ōw
יָדֵ֑ינוּour handsyā·ḏê·nū
רָפ֣וּhang limp .rā·p̄ū
צָרָה֙Anguishṣā·rāh
הֶחֱזִיקַ֔תְנוּ has gripped us , he·ḥĕ·zî·qaṯ·nū
חִ֖ילpainḥîl
כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃like that of a woman in labor .kay·yō·w·lê·ḏāh
Jeremiah 6:25אַל־Do not’al-
תֵּצְאִיgo outtē·ṣə·ʾī
הַשָּׂדֶ֔הto the fields ;haś·śā·ḏeh
אַל־do not’al-
תֵּלֵכִיwalktē·lē·ḵī
וּבַדֶּ֖רֶךְthe road .ū·ḇad·de·reḵ
כִּ֚יFor
לְאֹיֵ֔בthe enemylə·’ō·yêḇ
חֶ֣רֶבhas a sword ;ḥe·reḇ
מָג֖וֹרterrormā·ḡō·wr
מִסָּבִֽיב׃is on every side .mis·sā·ḇîḇ
Jeremiah 6:26בַּת־O daughterbaṯ-
עַמִּ֤י of my people , ‘am·mî
חִגְרִי־dressḥiḡ·rî-
שָׂק֙yourselves in sackclothśāq
וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁ֣יand rollwə·hiṯ·pal·lə·šî
בָאֵ֔פֶרin ashes .ḇā·’ê·p̄er
אֵ֤בֶלMourn’ê·ḇel
תַּמְרוּרִ֑יםwith bittertam·rū·rîm
מִסְפַּ֖ד wailing , mis·paḏ
עֲשִׂ֣יas you would‘ă·śî
לָ֔ךְlāḵ
יָחִיד֙ for an only son , yā·ḥîḏ
כִּ֣יfor
פִתְאֹ֔םsuddenlyp̄iṯ·’ōm
הַשֹּׁדֵ֖דthe destroyerhaš·šō·ḏêḏ
יָבֹ֥אwill comeyā·ḇō
עָלֵֽינוּ׃upon us .‘ā·lê·nū
Jeremiah 6:27נְתַתִּ֥יךָ“ I have appointed younə·ṯat·tî·ḵā
בָּח֛וֹןto examinebā·ḥō·wn
בְעַמִּ֖יMy peopleḇə·‘am·mî
מִבְצָ֑ר like ore , miḇ·ṣār
וְתֵדַ֕עso you may knowwə·ṯê·ḏa‘
וּבָחַנְתָּ֖and tryū·ḇā·ḥan·tā
אֶת־-’eṯ-
דַּרְכָּֽם׃their ways .dar·kām
Jeremiah 6:28כֻּלָּם֙Allkul·lām
סֽוֹרְרִ֔יםare hardenedsō·wr·rîm