23. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Jeremiah 2:23:1 ⧉אֵ֣יךְekhhow Jeremiah 2:23:2 ⧉תֹּאמְרִ֞יtomeriyou say {feminine singular} Jeremiah 2:23:3 ⧉לֹ֣אlonot Jeremiah 2:23:4 ⧉נִטְמֵ֗אתִיnitmetiI have become unclean Jeremiah 2:23:5 ⧉אַחֲרֵ֤יakhareafter Jeremiah 2:23:6 ⧉הַבְּעָלִים֙habealimthe Baals Jeremiah 2:23:7 ⧉לֹ֣אlonot Jeremiah 2:23:8 ⧉הָלַ֔כְתִּיhalakhtiI have gone Jeremiah 2:23:9 ⧉רְאִ֤יreisee {feminine singular imperative} Jeremiah 2:23:10 ⧉דַרְכֵּךְ֙darkekhyour way {feminine singular} Jeremiah 2:23:11 ⧉בַּגַּ֔יְאbagaiin the valley Jeremiah 2:23:12 ⧉דְּעִ֖יdeiknow {feminine singular imperative} Jeremiah 2:23:13 ⧉מֶ֣הmewhat Jeremiah 2:23:14 ⧉עָשִׂ֑יתasityou have done {feminine singular} Jeremiah 2:23:15 ⧉בִּכְרָ֥הbikraa young female camel Jeremiah 2:23:16 ⧉קַלָּ֖הkallaswift Jeremiah 2:23:17 ⧉מְשָׂרֶ֥כֶתmesarekhetentangling Jeremiah 2:23:18 ⧉דְּרָכֶֽיהָ׃derakhehaher ways |
23. Formal Translation How can you say, "I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals"? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done—you are a swift young camel lightly traversing her own paths. |
23. Dynamic Translation How can you claim, "I am not unclean, I have not run after the Baals"? Just look at the path you take in the valley and consider what you have done—you are a restless young camel darting along her own trails. |