Jeremiah · יִרְמְיָהוּ

Jeremiah 12:11

שָׂמָהּ֙ לִשְׁמָמָ֔ה אָבְלָ֥ה עָלַ֖י שְׁמֵמָ֑ה נָשַׁ֙מָּה֙ כָּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ שָׂ֥ם עַל־לֵֽב׃
shamah lishmamah ʾablah ʿalay shmemah nashamah kal-haʾareṣ kiy ʾeyn ʾiysh sham ʿal-leb
King James Version (KJV)

They have made it desolate, {and being} desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth {it} to heart.

Modern English

They have made it a desolation. It mourns to me, being desolate. The whole land is made desolate, because no one cares.

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