The Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 31ירמיהו 31

בָּעֵ֤ת הַהִיא֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה אֶֽהְיֶה֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים לְכֹ֖ל מִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהֵ֖מָּה יִֽהְיוּ לִ֥י לְעָֽם

At the same time, says YHWH, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מָצָ֥א חֵן֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר עַ֖ם שְׂרִ֣ידֵי חָ֑רֶב הָל֥וֹךְ לְהַרְגִּיע֖וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Thus says YHWH, The people left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

מֵרָח֕וֹק יְהוָ֖ה נִרְאָ֣ה לִ֑י וְאַהֲבַ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ עַל כֵּ֖ן מְשַׁכְתִּ֥יךְ חָֽסֶד

YHWH has appeared of old to me, , Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.

ע֤וֹד אֶבְנֵךְ֙ וְֽנִבְנֵ֔ית בְּתוּלַ֖ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל ע֚וֹד תַּעְדִּ֣י תֻפַּ֔יִךְ וְיָצָ֖את בִּמְח֥וֹל מְשַׂחֲקִֽים

Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall again be adorned with your tabrets, and shall go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

ע֚וֹד תִּטְּעִ֣י כְרָמִ֔ים בְּהָרֵ֖י שֹֽׁמְר֑וֹן נָטְע֥וּ נֹטְעִ֖ים וְחִלֵּֽלוּ

You shall yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat as common things.

כִּ֣י יֶשׁ י֔וֹם קָרְא֥וּ נֹצְרִ֖ים בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם ק֚וּמוּ וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה צִיּ֔וֹן אֶל יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ

For there shall be a day, the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise you, and let us go up to Zion to YHWH our God.

כִּי כֹ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה רָנּ֤וּ לְיַֽעֲקֹב֙ שִׂמְחָ֔ה וְצַהֲל֖וּ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ הַגּוֹיִ֑ם הַשְׁמִ֤יעוּ הַֽלְלוּ֙ וְאִמְר֔וּ הוֹשַׁ֤ע יְהוָה֙ אֶֽת עַמְּךָ֔ אֵ֖ת שְׁאֵרִ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

For thus says YHWH; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish you, praise you, and say, O YHWH, save your people, the remnant of Israel.

הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אוֹתָ֜ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֗וֹן וְקִבַּצְתִּים֮ מִיַּרְכְּתֵי אָרֶץ֒ בָּ֚ם עִוֵּ֣ר וּפִסֵּ֔חַ הָרָ֥ה וְיֹלֶ֖דֶת יַחְדָּ֑ו קָהָ֥ל גָּד֖וֹל יָשׁ֥וּבוּ הֵֽנָּה

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.

בִּבְכִ֣י יָבֹ֗אוּ וּֽבְתַחֲנוּנִים֮ אֽוֹבִילֵם֒ אֽוֹלִיכֵם֙ אֶל נַ֣חֲלֵי מַ֔יִם בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יָשָׁ֔ר לֹ֥א יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ בָּ֑הּ כִּֽי הָיִ֤יתִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְאָ֔ב וְאֶפְרַ֖יִם בְּכֹ֥רִי הֽוּא

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim my firstborn.

שִׁמְע֤וּ דְבַר יְהוָה֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם וְהַגִּ֥ידוּ בָאִיִּ֖ים מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק וְאִמְר֗וּ מְזָרֵ֤ה יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יְקַבְּצֶ֔נּוּ וּשְׁמָר֖וֹ כְּרֹעֶ֥ה עֶדְרֽוֹ

Hear the word of YHWH, O you nations, and declare in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd his flock.

כִּֽי פָדָ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶֽת יַעֲקֹ֑ב וּגְאָל֕וֹ מִיַּ֖ד חָזָ֥ק מִמֶּֽנּוּ

For YHWH has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of stronger than he.

וּבָאוּ֮ וְרִנְּנ֣וּ בִמְרוֹם צִיּוֹן֒ וְנָהֲר֞וּ אֶל ט֣וּב יְהוָ֗ה עַל דָּגָן֙ וְעַל תִּירֹ֣שׁ וְעַל יִצְהָ֔ר וְעַל בְּנֵי צֹ֖אן וּבָקָ֑ר וְהָיְתָ֤ה נַפְשָׁם֙ כְּגַ֣ן רָוֶ֔ה וְלֹא יוֹסִ֥יפוּ לְדַאֲבָ֖ה עֽוֹד

Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of YHWH, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

אָ֣ז תִּשְׂמַ֤ח בְּתוּלָה֙ בְּמָח֔וֹל וּבַחֻרִ֥ים וּזְקֵנִ֖ים יַחְדָּ֑ו וְהָפַכְתִּ֨י אֶבְלָ֤ם לְשָׂשׂוֹן֙ וְנִ֣חַמְתִּ֔ים וְשִׂמַּחְתִּ֖ים מִיגוֹנָֽם

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

וְרִוֵּיתִ֛י נֶ֥פֶשׁ הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים דָּ֑שֶׁן וְעַמִּ֛י אֶת טוּבִ֥י יִשְׂבָּ֖עוּ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says YHWH.

כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה ק֣וֹל בְּרָמָ֤ה נִשְׁמָע֙ נְהִי֙ בְּכִ֣י תַמְרוּרִ֔ים רָחֵ֖ל מְבַכָּ֣ה עַל בָּנֶ֑יהָ מֵאֲנָ֛ה לְהִנָּחֵ֥ם עַל בָּנֶ֖יהָ כִּ֥י אֵינֶֽנּוּ

Thus says YHWH; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they not.

כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה מִנְעִ֤י קוֹלֵךְ֙ מִבֶּ֔כִי וְעֵינַ֖יִךְ מִדִּמְעָ֑ה כִּי֩ יֵ֨שׁ שָׂכָ֤ר לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה וְשָׁ֖בוּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ אוֹיֵֽב

Thus says YHWH; Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears: for your work shall be rewarded, says YHWH; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

וְיֵשׁ תִּקְוָ֥ה לְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְ נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וְשָׁ֥בוּ בָנִ֖ים לִגְבוּלָֽם

And there is hope in your end, says YHWH, that your children shall come again to their own border.

שָׁמ֣וֹעַ שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ מִתְנוֹדֵ֔ד יִסַּרְתַּ֨נִי֙ וָֽאִוָּסֵ֔ר כְּעֵ֖גֶל לֹ֣א לֻמָּ֑ד הֲשִׁיבֵ֣נִי וְאָשׁ֔וּבָה כִּ֥י אַתָּ֖ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself ; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed : turn you me, and I shall be turned; for you YHWH my God.

כִּֽי אַחֲרֵ֤י שׁוּבִי֙ נִחַ֔מְתִּי וְאַֽחֲרֵי֙ הִוָּ֣דְעִ֔י סָפַ֖קְתִּי עַל יָרֵ֑ךְ בֹּ֚שְׁתִּי וְגַם נִכְלַ֔מְתִּי כִּ֥י נָשָׂ֖אתִי חֶרְפַּ֥ת נְעוּרָֽי

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

הֲבֵן֩ יַקִּ֨יר לִ֜י אֶפְרַ֗יִם אִ֚ם יֶ֣לֶד שַׁעֲשֻׁעִ֔ים כִּֽי מִדֵּ֤י דַבְּרִי֙ בּ֔וֹ זָכֹ֥ר אֶזְכְּרֶ֖נּוּ ע֑וֹד עַל כֵּ֗ן הָמ֤וּ מֵעַי֙ ל֔וֹ רַחֵ֥ם אֲֽרַחֲמֶ֖נּוּ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

Ephraim my dear son? a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says YHWH.

הַצִּ֧יבִי לָ֣ךְ צִיֻּנִ֗ים שִׂ֤מִי לָךְ֙ תַּמְרוּרִ֔ים שִׁ֣תִי לִבֵּ֔ךְ לַֽמְסִלָּ֖ה דֶּ֣רֶךְ הלכתי הָלָ֑כְתְּ שׁ֚וּבִי בְּתוּלַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שֻׁ֖בִי אֶל עָרַ֥יִךְ אֵֽלֶּה

Set you up waymarks, make you high heaps: set your heart toward the highway, the way you wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.

עַד מָתַי֙ תִּתְחַמָּקִ֔ין הַבַּ֖ת הַשּֽׁוֹבֵבָ֑ה כִּֽי בָרָ֨א יְהוָ֤ה חֲדָשָׁה֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ נְקֵבָ֖ה תְּס֥וֹבֵֽב גָּֽבֶר

How long will you go about, O you backsliding daughter? for YHWH has created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.

כֹּֽה אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל ע֣וֹד יֹאמְר֞וּ אֶת הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה בְּאֶ֤רֶץ יְהוּדָה֙ וּבְעָרָ֔יו בְּשׁוּבִ֖י אֶת שְׁבוּתָ֑ם יְבָרֶכְךָ֧ יְהוָ֛ה נְוֵה צֶ֖דֶק הַ֥ר הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ

Thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; YHWH bless you, O habitation of justice, mountain of holiness.

וְיָ֥שְׁבוּ בָ֛הּ יְהוּדָ֥ה וְכָל עָרָ֖יו יַחְדָּ֑ו אִכָּרִ֕ים וְנָסְע֖וּ בַּעֵֽדֶר

And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they go forth with flocks.

כִּ֥י הִרְוֵ֖יתִי נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה וְכָל נֶ֥פֶשׁ דָּאֲבָ֖ה מִלֵּֽאתִי

For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

עַל זֹ֖את הֱקִיצֹ֣תִי וָאֶרְאֶ֑ה וּשְׁנָתִ֖י עָ֥רְבָה לִּֽי

Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet to me.

הִנֵּ֛ה יָמִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וְזָרַעְתִּ֗י אֶת בֵּ֤ית יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאֶת בֵּ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה זֶ֥רַע אָדָ֖ם וְזֶ֥רַע בְּהֵמָֽה

Behold, the days come, says YHWH, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

וְהָיָ֞ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר שָׁקַ֣דְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם לִנְת֧וֹשׁ וְלִנְת֛וֹץ וְלַהֲרֹ֖ס וּלְהַאֲבִ֣יד וּלְהָרֵ֑עַ כֵּ֣ן אֶשְׁקֹ֧ד עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם לִבְנ֥וֹת וְלִנְט֖וֹעַ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

And it shall come to pass, like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, says YHWH.

בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם לֹא יֹאמְר֣וּ ע֔וֹד אָב֖וֹת אָ֣כְלוּ בֹ֑סֶר וְשִׁנֵּ֥י בָנִ֖ים תִּקְהֶֽינָה

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

כִּ֛י אִם אִ֥ישׁ בַּעֲוֺנ֖וֹ יָמ֑וּת כָּל הָֽאָדָ֛ם הָאֹכֵ֥ל הַבֹּ֖סֶר תִּקְהֶ֥ינָה שִׁנָּֽיו

But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

הִנֵּ֛ה יָמִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וְכָרַתִּ֗י אֶת בֵּ֧ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְאֶת בֵּ֥ית יְהוּדָ֖ה בְּרִ֥ית חֲדָשָֽׁה

Behold, the days come, says YHWH, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

לֹ֣א כַבְּרִ֗ית אֲשֶׁ֤ר כָּרַ֨תִּי֙ אֶת אֲבוֹתָ֔ם בְּיוֹם֙ הֶחֱזִיקִ֣י בְיָדָ֔ם לְהוֹצִיאָ֖ם מֵאֶ֖רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁר הֵ֜מָּה הֵפֵ֣רוּ אֶת בְּרִיתִ֗י וְאָנֹכִ֛י בָּעַ֥לְתִּי בָ֖ם נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband to them, says YHWH:

כִּ֣י זֹ֣את הַבְּרִ֡ית אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶכְרֹת֩ אֶת בֵּ֨ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אַחֲרֵ֨י הַיָּמִ֤ים הָהֵם֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה נָתַ֤תִּי אֶת תּֽוֹרָתִי֙ בְּקִרְבָּ֔ם וְעַל לִבָּ֖ם אֶכְתֲּבֶ֑נָּה וְהָיִ֤יתִי לָהֶם֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים וְהֵ֖מָּה יִֽהְיוּ לִ֥י לְעָֽם

But this the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says YHWH, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

וְלֹ֧א יְלַמְּד֣וּ ע֗וֹד אִ֣ישׁ אֶת רֵעֵ֜הוּ וְאִ֤ישׁ אֶת אָחִיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר דְּע֖וּ אֶת יְהוָ֑ה כִּֽי כוּלָּם֩ יֵדְע֨וּ אוֹתִ֜י לְמִקְטַנָּ֤ם וְעַד גְּדוֹלָם֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֤י אֶסְלַח֙ לַֽעֲוֺנָ֔ם וּלְחַטָּאתָ֖ם לֹ֥א אֶזְכָּר עֽוֹד

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know YHWH: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says YHWH: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה נֹתֵ֥ן שֶׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ לְא֣וֹר יוֹמָ֔ם חֻקֹּ֛ת יָרֵ֥חַ וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים לְא֣וֹר לָ֑יְלָה רֹגַ֤ע הַיָּם֙ וַיֶּהֱמ֣וּ גַלָּ֔יו יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ

Thus says YHWH, which giveth the sun for a light by day, the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; YHWH of hosts his name:

אִם יָמֻ֜שׁוּ הַחֻקִּ֥ים הָאֵ֛לֶּה מִלְּפָנַ֖י נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה גַּם֩ זֶ֨רַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל יִשְׁבְּת֗וּ מִֽהְי֥וֹת גּ֛וֹי לְפָנַ֖י כָּל הַיָּמִֽים

If those ordinances depart from before me, says YHWH, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אִם יִמַּ֤דּוּ שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ מִלְמַ֔עְלָה וְיֵחָקְר֥וּ מֽוֹסְדֵי אֶ֖רֶץ לְמָ֑טָּה גַּם אֲנִ֞י אֶמְאַ֨ס בְּכָל זֶ֧רַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל עַֽל כָּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשׂ֖וּ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

Thus says YHWH; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says YHWH.

הִנֵּ֛ה יָמִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וְנִבְנְתָ֤ה הָעִיר֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל חֲנַנְאֵ֖ל שַׁ֥עַר הַפִּנָּֽה

Behold, the days come, says YHWH, that the city shall be built to YHWH from the tower of Hananeel to the gate of the corner.

וְיָצָ֨א ע֜וֹד קוה קָ֤ו הַמִּדָּה֙ נֶגְדּ֔וֹ עַ֖ל גִּבְעַ֣ת גָּרֵ֑ב וְנָסַ֖ב גֹּעָֽתָה

And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.

וְכָל הָעֵ֣מֶק הַפְּגָרִ֣ים וְהַדֶּ֡שֶׁן וְכָֽל השרמות הַשְּׁדֵמוֹת֩ עַד נַ֨חַל קִדְר֜וֹן עַד פִּנַּ֨ת שַׁ֤עַר הַסּוּסִים֙ מִזְרָ֔חָה קֹ֖דֶשׁ לַֽיהוָ֑ה לֹֽא יִנָּתֵ֧שׁ וְֽלֹא יֵהָרֵ֛ס ע֖וֹד לְעוֹלָֽם

And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook of Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, holy to YHWH; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.