The Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 50ירמיהו 50

הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֶל בָּבֶ֖ל אֶל אֶ֣רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים בְּיַ֖ד יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִֽיא

The word that YHWH spake against Babylon against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.

הַגִּ֨ידוּ בַגּוֹיִ֤ם וְהַשְׁמִ֨יעוּ֙ וּֽשְׂאוּ נֵ֔ס הַשְׁמִ֖יעוּ אַל תְּכַחֵ֑דוּ אִמְרוּ֩ נִלְכְּדָ֨ה בָבֶ֜ל הֹבִ֥ישׁ בֵּל֙ חַ֣ת מְרֹדָ֔ךְ הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ עֲצַבֶּ֔יהָ חַ֖תּוּ גִּלּוּלֶֽיהָ

Declare you among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

כִּ֣י עָלָה֩ עָלֶ֨יהָ גּ֜וֹי מִצָּפ֗וֹן הֽוּא יָשִׁ֤ית אֶת אַרְצָהּ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה וְלֹֽא יִהְיֶ֥ה יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בָּ֑הּ מֵאָדָ֥ם וְעַד בְּהֵמָ֖ה נָ֥דוּ הָלָֽכוּ

For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.

בַּיָּמִ֨ים הָהֵ֜מָּה וּבָעֵ֤ת הַהִיא֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה יָבֹ֧אוּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הֵ֥מָּה וּבְנֵֽי יְהוּדָ֖ה יַחְדָּ֑ו הָל֤וֹךְ וּבָכוֹ֙ יֵלֵ֔כוּ וְאֶת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם יְבַקֵּֽשׁוּ

In those days, and in that time, says YHWH, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek YHWH their God.

צִיּ֣וֹן יִשְׁאָ֔לוּ דֶּ֖רֶךְ הֵ֣נָּה פְנֵיהֶ֑ם בֹּ֚אוּ וְנִלְו֣וּ אֶל יְהוָ֔ה בְּרִ֥ית עוֹלָ֖ם לֹ֥א תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ

They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, , Come, and let us join ourselves to YHWH in a perpetual covenant shall not be forgotten.

צֹ֤אן אֹֽבְדוֹת֙ היה הָי֣וּ עַמִּ֔י רֹעֵיהֶ֣ם הִתְע֔וּם הָרִ֖ים שובבים שֽׁוֹבְב֑וּם מֵהַ֤ר אֶל גִּבְעָה֙ הָלָ֔כוּ שָׁכְח֖וּ רִבְצָֽם

My people has been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.

כָּל מוֹצְאֵיהֶ֣ם אֲכָל֔וּם וְצָרֵיהֶ֥ם אָמְר֖וּ לֹ֣א נֶאְשָׁ֑ם תַּ֗חַת אֲשֶׁ֨ר חָטְא֤וּ לַֽיהוָה֙ נְוֵה צֶ֔דֶק וּמִקְוֵ֥ה אֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם יְהוָֽה

All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against YHWH, the habitation of justice, even YHWH, the hope of their fathers.

נֻ֚דוּ מִתּ֣וֹךְ בָּבֶ֔ל וּמֵאֶ֥רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֖ים יצאו צֵ֑אוּ וִהְי֕וּ כְּעַתּוּדִ֖ים לִפְנֵי צֹֽאן

Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.

כִּ֣י הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִ֡י מֵעִיר֩ וּמַעֲלֶ֨ה עַל בָּבֶ֜ל קְהַל גּוֹיִ֤ם גְּדֹלִים֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֔וֹן וְעָ֣רְכוּ לָ֔הּ מִשָּׁ֖ם תִּלָּכֵ֑ד חִצָּיו֙ כְּגִבּ֣וֹר מַשְׁכִּ֔יל לֹ֥א יָשׁ֖וּב רֵיקָֽם

For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.

וְהָיְתָ֥ה כַשְׂדִּ֖ים לְשָׁלָ֑ל כָּל שֹׁלְלֶ֥יהָ יִשְׂבָּ֖עוּ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, says YHWH.

כִּ֤י תשמחי תִשְׂמְחוּ֙ כִּ֣י תעלזי תַֽעֲלְז֔וּ שֹׁסֵ֖י נַחֲלָתִ֑י כִּ֤י תפושי תָפ֨וּשׁוּ֙ כְּעֶגְלָ֣ה דָשָׁ֔ה ותצהלי וְתִצְהֲל֖וּ כָּאֲבִּרִֽים

Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, O you destroyers of mine heritage, because you are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;

בּ֤וֹשָׁה אִמְּכֶם֙ מְאֹ֔ד חָפְרָ֖ה יֽוֹלַדְתְּכֶ֑ם הִנֵּה֙ אַחֲרִ֣ית גּוֹיִ֔ם מִדְבָּ֖ר צִיָּ֥ה וַעֲרָבָֽה

Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

מִקֶּ֤צֶף יְהוָה֙ לֹ֣א תֵשֵׁ֔ב וְהָיְתָ֥ה שְׁמָמָ֖ה כֻּלָּ֑הּ כֹּ֚ל עֹבֵ֣ר עַל בָּבֶ֔ל יִשֹּׁ֥ם וְיִשְׁרֹ֖ק עַל כָּל מַכּוֹתֶֽיהָ

Because of the wrath of YHWH it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

עִרְכ֨וּ עַל בָּבֶ֤ל סָבִיב֙ כָּל דֹּ֣רְכֵי קֶ֔שֶׁת יְד֣וּ אֵלֶ֔יהָ אַֽל תַּחְמְל֖וּ אֶל חֵ֑ץ כִּ֥י לַֽיהוָ֖ה חָטָֽאָה

Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all you that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against YHWH.

הָרִ֨יעוּ עָלֶ֤יהָ סָבִיב֙ נָתְנָ֣ה יָדָ֔הּ נָֽפְלוּ֙ אשויתיה אָשְׁיוֹתֶ֔יהָ נֶהֶרְס֖וּ חֽוֹמוֹתֶ֑יהָ כִּי֩ נִקְמַ֨ת יְהוָ֥ה הִיא֙ הִנָּ֣קְמוּ בָ֔הּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשְׂתָ֖ה עֲשׂוּ לָֽהּ

Shout against her round about: she has given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it the vengeance of YHWH: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do to her.

כִּרְת֤וּ זוֹרֵ֨עַ֙ מִבָּבֶ֔ל וְתֹפֵ֥שׂ מַגָּ֖ל בְּעֵ֣ת קָצִ֑יר מִפְּנֵי֙ חֶ֣רֶב הַיּוֹנָ֔ה אִ֤ישׁ אֶל עַמּוֹ֙ יִפְנ֔וּ וְאִ֥ישׁ לְאַרְצ֖וֹ יָנֻֽסוּ

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

שֶׂ֧ה פְזוּרָ֛ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֲרָי֣וֹת הִדִּ֑יחוּ הָרִאשׁ֤וֹן אֲכָלוֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְזֶ֤ה הָאַחֲרוֹן֙ עִצְּמ֔וֹ נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֖ר מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל

Israel a scattered sheep; the lions have driven away: first the king of Assyria has devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִ֥י פֹקֵ֛ד אֶל מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל וְאֶל אַרְצ֑וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּקַ֖דְתִּי אֶל מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר

Therefore thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

וְשֹׁבַבְתִּ֤י אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל נָוֵ֔הוּ וְרָעָ֥ה הַכַּרְמֶ֖ל וְהַבָּשָׁ֑ן וּבְהַ֥ר אֶפְרַ֛יִם וְהַגִּלְעָ֖ד תִּשְׂבַּ֥ע נַפְשֽׁוֹ

And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.

בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵם֩ וּבָעֵ֨ת הַהִ֜יא נְאֻם יְהוָ֗ה יְבֻקַּ֞שׁ אֶת עֲוֺ֤ן יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאֵינֶ֔נּוּ וְאֶת חַטֹּ֥את יְהוּדָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א תִמָּצֶ֑אינָה כִּ֥י אֶסְלַ֖ח לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר אַשְׁאִֽיר

In those days, and in that time, says YHWH, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

עַל הָאָ֤רֶץ מְרָתַ֨יִם֙ עֲלֵ֣ה עָלֶ֔יהָ וְאֶל יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י פְּק֑וֹד חֲרֹ֨ב וְהַחֲרֵ֤ם אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה וַעֲשֵׂ֕ה כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּיתִֽיךָ

Go up against the land of Merathaim, against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, says YHWH, and do according to all that I have commanded you.

ק֥וֹל מִלְחָמָ֖ה בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְשֶׁ֖בֶר גָּדֽוֹל

A sound of battle in the land, and of great destruction.

אֵ֤יךְ נִגְדַּע֙ וַיִּשָּׁבֵ֔ר פַּטִּ֖ישׁ כָּל הָאָ֑רֶץ אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

יָקֹ֨שְׁתִּי לָ֤ךְ וְגַם נִלְכַּדְתְּ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל וְאַ֖תְּ לֹ֣א יָדָ֑עַתְּ נִמְצֵאת֙ וְגַם נִתְפַּ֔שְׂתְּ כִּ֥י בַֽיהוָ֖ה הִתְגָּרִֽית

I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, O Babylon, and you wast not aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against YHWH.

פָּתַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ אֶת א֣וֹצָר֔וֹ וַיּוֹצֵ֖א אֶת כְּלֵ֣י זַעְמ֑וֹ כִּי מְלָאכָ֣ה הִ֗יא לַֽאדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֛ה צְבָא֖וֹת בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּֽים

YHWH has opened his armoury, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this the work of YHWH YHWH of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

בֹּֽאוּ לָ֤הּ מִקֵּץ֙ פִּתְח֣וּ מַאֲבֻסֶ֔יהָ סָלּ֥וּהָ כְמוֹ עֲרֵמִ֖ים וְהַחֲרִימ֑וּהָ אַל תְּהִי לָ֖הּ שְׁאֵרִֽית

Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.

חִרְבוּ֙ כָּל פָּרֶ֔יהָ יֵרְד֖וּ לַטָּ֑בַח ה֣וֹי עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי בָ֥א יוֹמָ֖ם עֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָֽם

Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

ק֥וֹל נָסִ֛ים וּפְלֵטִ֖ים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ בָּבֶ֑ל לְהַגִּ֣יד בְּצִיּ֗וֹן אֶת נִקְמַת֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ נִקְמַ֖ת הֵיכָלֽוֹ

The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of YHWH our God, the vengeance of his temple.

הַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ אֶל בָּבֶ֣ל רַ֠בִּים כָּל דֹּ֨רְכֵי קֶ֜שֶׁת חֲנ֧וּ עָלֶ֣יהָ סָבִ֗יב אַל יְהִי לָהּ֙ פְּלֵטָ֔ה שַׁלְּמוּ לָ֣הּ כְּפָעֳלָ֔הּ כְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשְׂתָ֖ה עֲשׂוּ לָ֑הּ כִּ֧י אֶל יְהוָ֛ה זָ֖דָה אֶל קְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Call together the archers against Babylon: all you that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her: for she has been proud against YHWH, against the Holy One of Israel.

לָכֵ֛ן יִפְּל֥וּ בַחוּרֶ֖יהָ בִּרְחֹבֹתֶ֑יהָ וְכָל אַנְשֵׁ֨י מִלְחַמְתָּ֥הּ יִדַּ֛מּוּ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, says YHWH.

הִנְנִ֤י אֵלֶ֨יךָ֙ זָד֔וֹן נְאֻם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה צְבָא֑וֹת כִּ֛י בָּ֥א יוֹמְךָ֖ עֵ֥ת פְּקַדְתִּֽיךָ

Behold, I against you, most proud, says YHWH YHWH of hosts: for your day is come, the time I will visit you.

וְכָשַׁ֤ל זָדוֹן֙ וְנָפַ֔ל וְאֵ֥ין ל֖וֹ מֵקִ֑ים וְהִצַּ֤תִּי אֵשׁ֙ בְּעָרָ֔יו וְאָכְלָ֖ה כָּל סְבִיבֹתָֽיו

And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת עֲשׁוּקִ֛ים בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל וּבְנֵי יְהוּדָ֖ה יַחְדָּ֑ו וְכָל שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם֙ הֶחֱזִ֣יקוּ בָ֔ם מֵאֲנ֖וּ שַׁלְּחָֽם

Thus says YHWH of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

גֹּאֲלָ֣ם חָזָ֗ק יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ שְׁמ֔וֹ רִ֥יב יָרִ֖יב אֶת רִיבָ֑ם לְמַ֨עַן֙ הִרְגִּ֣יעַ אֶת הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהִרְגִּ֖יז לְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י בָבֶֽל

Their Redeemer strong; YHWH of hosts his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

חֶ֥רֶב עַל כַּשְׂדִּ֖ים נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י בָבֶ֔ל וְאֶל שָׂרֶ֖יהָ וְאֶל חֲכָמֶֽיהָ

A sword upon the Chaldeans, says YHWH, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise .

חֶ֥רֶב אֶל הַבַּדִּ֖ים וְנֹאָ֑לוּ חֶ֥רֶב אֶל גִּבּוֹרֶ֖יהָ וָחָֽתּוּ

A sword upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

חֶ֜רֶב אֶל סוּסָ֣יו וְאֶל רִכְבּ֗וֹ וְאֶל כָּל הָעֶ֛רֶב אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּתוֹכָ֖הּ וְהָי֣וּ לְנָשִׁ֑ים חֶ֥רֶב אֶל אוֹצְרֹתֶ֖יהָ וּבֻזָּֽזוּ

A sword upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.

חֹ֥רֶב אֶל מֵימֶ֖יהָ וְיָבֵ֑שׁוּ כִּ֣י אֶ֤רֶץ פְּסִלִים֙ הִ֔יא וּבָאֵימִ֖ים יִתְהֹלָֽלוּ

A drought upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it the land of graven images, and they are mad upon idols.

לָכֵ֗ן יֵשְׁב֤וּ צִיִּים֙ אֶת אִיִּ֔ים וְיָ֥שְׁבוּ בָ֖הּ בְּנ֣וֹת יַֽעֲנָ֑ה וְלֹֽא תֵשֵׁ֥ב עוֹד֙ לָנֶ֔צַח וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁכּ֖וֹן עַד דּ֥וֹר וָדֽוֹר

Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell , and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֨ת אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת סְדֹ֧ם וְאֶת עֲמֹרָ֛ה וְאֶת שְׁכֵנֶ֖יהָ נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה לֹֽא יֵשֵׁ֥ב שָׁם֙ אִ֔ישׁ וְלֹֽא יָג֥וּר בָּ֖הּ בֶּן אָדָֽם

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour thereof, says YHWH; shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

הִנֵּ֛ה עַ֥ם בָּ֖א מִצָּפ֑וֹן וְג֤וֹי גָּדוֹל֙ וּמְלָכִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים יֵעֹ֖רוּ מִיַּרְכְּתֵי אָֽרֶץ

Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

קֶ֣שֶׁת וְכִידֹ֞ן יַחֲזִ֗יקוּ אַכְזָרִ֥י הֵ֨מָּה֙ וְלֹ֣א יְרַחֵ֔מוּ קוֹלָם֙ כַּיָּ֣ם יֶהֱמֶ֔ה וְעַל סוּסִ֖ים יִרְכָּ֑בוּ עָר֗וּךְ כְּאִישׁ֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה עָלַ֖יִךְ בַּת בָּבֶֽל

They shall hold the bow and the lance: they cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, put in array, like a man to the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.

שָׁמַ֧ע מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶ֛ל אֶת שִׁמְעָ֖ם וְרָפ֣וּ יָדָ֑יו צָרָה֙ הֶחֱזִיקַ֔תְהוּ חִ֖יל כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה

The king of Babylon has heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, pangs as of a woman in travail.

הִ֠נֵּה כְּאַרְיֵ֞ה יַעֲלֶ֨ה מִגְּא֣וֹן הַיַּרְדֵּן֮ אֶל נְוֵ֣ה אֵיתָן֒ כִּֽי אַרְגִּ֤עָה ארוצם אֲרִיצֵם֙ מֵֽעָלֶ֔יהָ וּמִ֥י בָח֖וּר אֵלֶ֣יהָ אֶפְקֹ֑ד כִּ֣י מִ֤י כָמ֨וֹנִי֙ וּמִ֣י יוֹעִדֶ֔נִּי וּמִֽי זֶ֣ה רֹעֶ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲמֹ֖ד לְפָנָֽי

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan to the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who a chosen I may appoint over her? for who like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who that shepherd that will stand before me?

לָכֵ֞ן שִׁמְע֣וּ עֲצַת יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָעַץ֙ אֶל בָּבֶ֔ל וּמַ֨חְשְׁבוֹתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָשַׁ֖ב אֶל אֶ֣רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים אִם לֹ֤א יִסְחָבוּם֙ צְעִירֵ֣י הַצֹּ֔אן אִם לֹ֥א יַשִּׁ֛ים עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם נָוֶֽה

Therefore hear you the counsel of YHWH, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make habitation desolate with them.

מִקּוֹל֙ נִתְפְּשָׂ֣ה בָבֶ֔ל נִרְעֲשָׁ֖ה הָאָ֑רֶץ וּזְעָקָ֖ה בַּגּוֹיִ֥ם נִשְׁמָֽע

At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.