The Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 9ירמיהו 9

מִֽי יִתְּנֵ֣נִי בַמִּדְבָּ֗ר מְלוֹן֙ אֹֽרְחִ֔ים וְאֶֽעֶזְבָה֙ אֶת עַמִּ֔י וְאֵלְכָ֖ה מֵֽאִתָּ֑ם כִּ֤י כֻלָּם֙ מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים עֲצֶ֖רֶת בֹּגְדִֽים

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

וַֽיַּדְרְכ֤וּ אֶת לְשׁוֹנָם֙ קַשְׁתָּ֣ם שֶׁ֔קֶר וְלֹ֥א לֶאֱמוּנָ֖ה גָּבְר֣וּ בָאָ֑רֶץ כִּי֩ מֵרָעָ֨ה אֶל רָעָ֧ה יָצָ֛אוּ וְאֹתִ֥י לֹֽא יָדָ֖עוּ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

And they bend their tongues their bow lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, says YHWH.

אִ֤ישׁ מֵרֵעֵ֨הוּ֙ הִשָּׁמֵ֔רוּ וְעַל כָּל אָ֖ח אַל תִּבְטָ֑חוּ כִּ֤י כָל אָח֙ עָק֣וֹב יַעְקֹ֔ב וְכָל רֵ֖עַ רָכִ֥יל יַהֲלֹֽךְ

Take you heed every one of his neighbour, and trust you not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

וְאִ֤ישׁ בְּרֵעֵ֨הוּ֙ יְהָתֵ֔לּוּ וֶאֱמֶ֖ת לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ לִמְּד֧וּ לְשׁוֹנָ֛ם דַּבֶּר שֶׁ֖קֶר הַעֲוֵ֥ה נִלְאֽוּ

And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, weary themselves to commit iniquity.

שִׁבְתְּךָ֖ בְּת֣וֹךְ מִרְמָ֑ה בְּמִרְמָ֛ה מֵאֲנ֥וּ דַֽעַת אוֹתִ֖י נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

Your habitation in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says YHWH.

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִנְנִ֥י צוֹרְפָ֖ם וּבְחַנְתִּ֑ים כִּֽי אֵ֣יךְ אֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בַּת עַמִּֽי

Therefore thus says YHWH of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

חֵ֥ץ שוחט שָׁח֛וּט לְשׁוֹנָ֖ם מִרְמָ֣ה דִבֵּ֑ר בְּפִ֗יו שָׁל֤וֹם אֶת רֵעֵ֨הוּ֙ יְדַבֵּ֔ר וּבְקִרְבּ֖וֹ יָשִׂ֥ים אָרְבּֽוֹ

Their tongue an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

הַעַל אֵ֥לֶּה לֹֽא אֶפְקָד בָּ֖ם נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה אִ֚ם בְּג֣וֹי אֲשֶׁר כָּזֶ֔ה לֹ֥א תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם נַפְשִֽׁי

Shall I not visit them for these ? says YHWH: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

עַל הֶ֨הָרִ֜ים אֶשָּׂ֧א בְכִ֣י וָנֶ֗הִי וְעַל נְא֤וֹת מִדְבָּר֙ קִינָ֔ה כִּ֤י נִצְּתוּ֙ מִבְּלִי אִ֣ישׁ עֹבֵ֔ר וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ ק֣וֹל מִקְנֶ֑ה מֵע֤וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ וְעַד בְּהֵמָ֔ה נָדְד֖וּ הָלָֽכוּ

For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through ; neither can hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

וְנָתַתִּ֧י אֶת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם לְגַלִּ֖ים מְע֣וֹן תַּנִּ֑ים וְאֶת עָרֵ֧י יְהוּדָ֛ה אֶתֵּ֥ן שְׁמָמָ֖ה מִבְּלִ֖י יוֹשֵֽׁב

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

מִֽי הָאִ֤ישׁ הֶֽחָכָם֙ וְיָבֵ֣ן אֶת זֹ֔את וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר פִּֽי יְהוָ֛ה אֵלָ֖יו וְיַגִּדָ֑הּ עַל מָה֙ אָבְדָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ נִצְּתָ֥ה כַמִּדְבָּ֖ר מִבְּלִ֖י עֹבֵֽר

Who the wise man, that may understand this? and to whom the mouth of YHWH has spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה עַל עָזְבָם֙ אֶת תּ֣וֹרָתִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם וְלֹא שָׁמְע֥וּ בְקוֹלִ֖י וְלֹא הָ֥לְכוּ בָֽהּ

And YHWH says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ אַחֲרֵ֖י שְׁרִר֣וּת לִבָּ֑ם וְאַחֲרֵי֙ הַבְּעָלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִמְּד֖וּם אֲבוֹתָֽם

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִ֧י מַאֲכִילָ֛ם אֶת הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה לַֽעֲנָ֑ה וְהִשְׁקִיתִ֖ים מֵי רֹֽאשׁ

Therefore thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

וַהֲפִֽצוֹתִים֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ הֵ֖מָּה וַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑ם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙ אֶת הַחֶ֔רֶב עַ֥ד כַּלּוֹתִ֖י אוֹתָֽם

I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִתְבּֽוֹנְנ֛וּ וְקִרְא֥וּ לַמְקוֹנְנ֖וֹת וּתְבוֹאֶ֑ינָה וְאֶל הַחֲכָמ֥וֹת שִׁלְח֖וּ וְתָבֽוֹאנָה

Thus says YHWH of hosts, Consider you, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning , that they may come:

וּתְמַהֵ֕רְנָה וְתִשֶּׂ֥נָה עָלֵ֖ינוּ נֶ֑הִי וְתֵרַ֤דְנָה עֵינֵ֨ינוּ֙ דִּמְעָ֔ה וְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּ יִזְּלוּ מָֽיִם

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.

כִּ֣י ק֥וֹל נְהִ֛י נִשְׁמַ֥ע מִצִּיּ֖וֹן אֵ֣יךְ שֻׁדָּ֑דְנוּ בֹּ֤שְׁנֽוּ מְאֹד֙ כִּֽי עָזַ֣בְנוּ אָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י הִשְׁלִ֖יכוּ מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֵֽינוּ

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast out.

כִּֽי שְׁמַ֤עְנָה נָשִׁים֙ דְּבַר יְהוָ֔ה וְתִקַּ֥ח אָזְנְכֶ֖ם דְּבַר פִּ֑יו וְלַמֵּ֤דְנָה בְנֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ נֶ֔הִי וְאִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָ֖הּ קִינָֽה

Yet hear the word of YHWH, O you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.

כִּֽי עָ֤לָה מָ֨וֶת֙ בְּחַלּוֹנֵ֔ינוּ בָּ֖א בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֵ֑ינוּ לְהַכְרִ֤ית עוֹלָל֙ מִח֔וּץ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מֵרְחֹבֽוֹת

For death is come up into our windows, is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, the young men from the streets.

דַּבֵּ֗ר כֹּ֚ה נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה וְנָֽפְלָה֙ נִבְלַ֣ת הָֽאָדָ֔ם כְּדֹ֖מֶן עַל פְּנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּכְעָמִ֛יר מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י הַקֹּצֵ֖ר וְאֵ֥ין מְאַסֵּֽף

Speak, Thus says YHWH, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather .

כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אַל יִתְהַלֵּ֤ל חָכָם֙ בְּחָכְמָת֔וֹ וְאַל יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל הַגִּבּ֖וֹר בִּגְבֽוּרָת֑וֹ אַל יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל עָשִׁ֖יר בְּעָשְׁרֽוֹ

Thus says YHWH, Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might, let not the rich glory in his riches:

כִּ֣י אִם בְּזֹ֞את יִתְהַלֵּ֣ל הַמִּתְהַלֵּ֗ל הַשְׂכֵּל֮ וְיָדֹ֣עַ אוֹתִי֒ כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה עֹ֥שֶׂה חֶ֛סֶד מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה בָּאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי בְאֵ֥לֶּה חָפַ֖צְתִּי נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I YHWH which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these I delight, says YHWH.

הִנֵּ֛ה יָמִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וּפָ֣קַדְתִּ֔י עַל כָּל מ֖וּל בְּעָרְלָֽה

Behold, the days come, says YHWH, that I will punish all circumcised with the uncircumcised;

עַל מִצְרַ֣יִם וְעַל יְהוּדָ֗ה וְעַל אֱד֞וֹם וְעַל בְּנֵ֤י עַמּוֹן֙ וְעַל מוֹאָ֔ב וְעַל֙ כָּל קְצוּצֵ֣י פֵאָ֔ה הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּ֤י כָל הַגּוֹיִם֙ עֲרֵלִ֔ים וְכָל בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַרְלֵי לֵֽב

Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all nations uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel uncircumcised in the heart.