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| [1]Oh that I were in the wilderness, in a lodging-place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. |
[1]מִי־יִתְּנֵנִי בַמִּדְבָּר מְלֹון אֹרְחִים וְאֶעֶזְבָה אֶת־עַמִּי וְאֵלְכָה מֵאִתָּם כִּי כֻלָּם מְנָאֲפִים עֲצֶרֶת בֹּגְדִים׃ |
| [2]And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood; and they are grown mighty in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and Me they know not, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
[2]וַיַּדְרְכוּ אֶת־לְשֹׁונָם קַשְׁתָּם שֶׁקֶר וְלֹא לֶאֱמוּנָה גָּבְרוּ בָאָרֶץ כִּי מֵרָעָה אֶל־רָעָה יָצָאוּ וְאֹתִי לֹא־יָדָעוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָה׃ |
| [3]Take ye heed every one o neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother acteth subtly, and every neighbour goeth about with slanders. |
[3]אִישׁ מֵרֵעֵהוּ הִשָּׁמֵרוּ וְעַל־כָּל־אָח אַל־תִּבְטָחוּ כִּי כָל־אָח עָקֹוב יַעְקֹב וְכָל־רֵעַ רָכִיל יַהֲלֹךְ׃ |
| [4]And they deceive every one his neighbour, and truth they speak not; they have taught their tongue to speak lies, they weary themselves to commit iniquity. |
[4]וְאִישׁ בְּרֵעֵהוּ יְהָתֵלּוּ וֶאֱמֶת לֹא יְדַבֵּרוּ לִמְּדוּ לְשֹׁונָם דַּבֶּר־שֶׁקֶר הַעֲוֵה נִלְאוּ׃ |
| [5]Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
[5]שִׁבְתְּךָ בְּתֹוךְ מִרְמָה בְּמִרְמָה מֵאֲנוּ דַעַת־אֹותִי נְאֻם־יְהוָה׃ |
| [6]Therefore thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts: behold, I will smelt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of My people? |
[6]לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות הִנְנִי צֹורְפָם וּבְחַנְתִּים כִּי־אֵיךְ אֶעֱשֶׂה מִפְּנֵי בַּת־עַמִּי׃ |
| [7]Their tongue is a sharpened arrow, it speaketh deceit; one speaketh peaceably to h neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him. |
[7]חֵץ שֹׁוחֵט [Q: שָׁחוּט] לְשֹׁונָם מִרְמָה דִבֵּר בְּפִיו שָׁלֹום אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ יְדַבֵּר וּבְקִרְבֹּו יָשִׂים אָרְבֹּו׃ |
| [8]Shall I not punish them for thes things? saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this? |
[8]הַעַל־אֵלֶּה לֹא־אֶפְקָד־בָּם נְאֻם־יְהוָה אִם בְּגֹוי אֲשֶׁר־כָּזֶה לֹא תִתְנַקֵּם נַפְשִׁי׃ |
| [9]For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through. And they hear not the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled, and gone. |
[9]עַל־הֶהָרִים אֶשָּׂא בְכִי וָנֶהִי וְעַל־נְאֹות מִדְבָּר קִינָה כִּי נִצְּתוּ מִבְּלִי־אִישׁ עֹבֵר וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ קֹול מִקְנֶה מֵעֹוף הַשָּׁמַיִם וְעַד־בְּהֵמָה נָדְדוּ הָלָכוּ׃ |
| [10]And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a lair of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without an inhabitant. |
[10]וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַם לְגַלִּים מְעֹון תַּנִּים וְאֶת־עָרֵי יְהוּדָה אֶתֵּן שְׁמָמָה מִבְּלִי יֹושֵׁב׃ |
| [11]Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 hath spoken, that he may declare it? Wherefore is the land perished and laid waste like a wilderness, so that none passeth through? |
[11]מִי־הָאִישׁ הֶחָכָם וְיָבֵן אֶת־זֹאת וַאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר פִּי־יְהוָה אֵלָיו וְיַגִּדָהּ עַל־מָה אָבְדָה הָאָרֶץ נִצְּתָה כַמִּדְבָּר מִבְּלִי עֹבֵר׃ |
| [12]And 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 saith: Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not hearkened to My voice, neither walked therein; |
[12]וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה עַל־עָזְבָם אֶת־תֹּורָתִי אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לִפְנֵיהֶם וְלֹא־שָׁמְעוּ בְקֹולִי וְלֹא־הָלְכוּ בָהּ׃ |
| [13]But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them. |
[13]וַיֵּלְכוּ אַחֲרֵי שְׁרִרוּת לִבָּם וְאַחֲרֵי הַבְּעָלִים אֲשֶׁר לִמְּדוּם אֲבֹותָם׃ |
| [14]Therefore thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. |
[14]לָכֵן כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנְנִי מַאֲכִילָם אֶת־הָעָם הַזֶּה לַעֲנָה וְהִשְׁקִיתִים מֵי־רֹאשׁ׃ |
| [15]I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them. |
[15]וַהֲפִצֹותִים בַּגֹּויִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָדְעוּ הֵמָּה וַאֲבֹותָם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי אַחֲרֵיהֶם אֶת־הַחֶרֶב עַד כַּלֹּותִי אֹותָם׃ |
| [16]Thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the wise women, that they may come; |
[16]כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות הִתְבֹּונְנוּ וְקִרְאוּ לַמְקֹונְנֹות וּתְבֹואֶינָה וְאֶל־הַחֲכָמֹות שִׁלְחוּ וְתָבֹואנָה׃ |
| [17]And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. |
[17]וּתְמַהֵרְנָה וְתִשֶּׂנָה עָלֵינוּ נֶהִי וְתֵרַדְנָה עֵינֵינוּ דִּמְעָה וְעַפְעַפֵּינוּ יִזְּלוּ־מָיִם׃ |
| [18]For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion: 'How are we undone! We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.' |
[18]כִּי קֹול נְהִי נִשְׁמַע מִצִּיֹּון אֵיךְ שֻׁדָּדְנוּ בֹּשְׁנוּ מְאֹד כִּי־עָזַבְנוּ אָרֶץ כִּי הִשְׁלִיכוּ מִשְׁכְּנֹותֵינוּ׃ |
| [19]Yea, hear the word of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of His mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation: |
[19]כִּי־שְׁמַעְנָה נָשִׁים דְּבַר־יְהוָה וְתִקַּח אָזְנְכֶם דְּבַר־פִּיו וְלַמֵּדְנָה בְנֹותֵיכֶם נֶהִי וְאִשָּׁה רְעוּתָהּ קִינָה׃ |
| [20]'For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the street, and the young men from the broad places.— |
[20]כִּי־עָלָה מָוֶת בְּחַלֹּונֵינוּ בָּא בְּאַרְמְנֹותֵינוּ לְהַכְרִית עֹולָל מִחוּץ בַּחוּרִים מֵרְחֹבֹות׃ |
| [21]Speak: Thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇—And the carcasses of men fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, which none gathereth.' |
[21]דַּבֵּר כֹּה נְאֻם־יְהוָה וְנָפְלָה נִבְלַת הָאָדָם כְּדֹמֶן עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה וּכְעָמִיר מֵאַחֲרֵי הַקֹּצֵר וְאֵין מְאַסֵּף׃ |
| [22]Thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇: Let not the wise man glory in h wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; |
[22]כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה אַל־יִתְהַלֵּל חָכָם בְּחָכְמָתֹו וְאַל־יִתְהַלֵּל הַגִּבֹּור בִּגְבוּרָתֹו אַל־יִתְהַלֵּל עָשִׁיר בְּעָשְׁרֹו׃ |
| [23]But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth Me, that I am 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 who exercise mercy, justice, and righteousness, in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
[23]כִּי אִם־בְּזֹאת יִתְהַלֵּל הַמִּתְהַלֵּל הַשְׂכֵּל וְיָדֹעַ אֹותִי כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה עֹשֶׂה חֶסֶד מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה בָּאָרֶץ כִּי־בְאֵלֶּה חָפַצְתִּי נְאֻם־יְהוָה׃ |
| [24]Behold, the days come, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision: |
[24]הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים נְאֻם־יְהוָה וּפָקַדְתִּי עַל־כָּל־מוּל בְּעָרְלָה׃ |
| [25]Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair polled, that dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, but all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart. |
[25]עַל־מִצְרַיִם וְעַל־יְהוּדָה וְעַל־אֱדֹום וְעַל־בְּנֵי עַמֹּון וְעַל־מֹואָב וְעַל כָּל־קְצוּצֵי פֵאָה הַיֹּשְׁבִים בַּמִּדְבָּר כִּי כָל־הַגֹּויִם עֲרֵלִים וְכָל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל עַרְלֵי־לֵב׃ |