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The Nation That Would Not Listen: Relative Clauses, Coordinated Verbs, and Elliptical Judgment

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם זֶ֤ה הַגֹּוי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽוא־שָׁמְע֗וּ בְּקֹול֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א לָקְח֖וּ מוּסָ֑ר אָֽבְדָה֙ הָֽאֱמוּנָ֔ה וְנִכְרְתָ֖ה מִפִּיהֶֽם׃ (Jeremiah 7:28) And you shall say to them: “This is the nation that did not listen to the voice of YHWH its God and did not accept discipline—faithfulness has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.” A…

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