Jeremiah 25

1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoyakim the son of Josiah the king of Judah, which is the first year of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon;

הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה עַֽל־יִרְמְיָהוּ עַל־כׇּל־עַם יְהוּדָה בַּשָּׁנָה הָֽרְבִעִית לִיהוֹיָקִים בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה הִיא הַשָּׁנָה הָרִאשֹׁנִית לִנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃

2 Which Jeremiah the prophet spoke concerning all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,

אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא עַל־כׇּל־עַם יְהוּדָה וְאֶל כׇּל־יֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם לֵאמֹֽר׃

3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon the king of Judah, even until this day, that is now three and twenty years, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

מִן־שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה לְיֹאשִׁיָּהוּ בֶן־אָמוֹן מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וְעַד ׀ הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה זֶה שָׁלֹשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה הָיָה דְבַר־יְהֹוָה אֵלָי וָאֲדַבֵּר אֲלֵיכֶם אַשְׁכֵּים וְדַבֵּר וְלֹא שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃

4 And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, making [them] rise early and sending [them]; but ye have not hearkened, and have not inclined your ear to hear.

וְשָׁלַח יְהֹוָה אֲלֵיכֶם אֶֽת־כׇּל־עֲבָדָיו הַנְּבִאִים הַשְׁכֵּם וְשָׁלֹחַ וְלֹא שְׁמַעְתֶּם וְלֹא־הִטִּיתֶם אֶֽת־אׇזְנְכֶם לִשְׁמֹֽעַ׃

5 They said, O do turn away every one from his evil way, and from the wrongfulness of your doings; and ye shall remain in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers, for from eternity to eternity;

לֵאמֹר שֽׁוּבוּ־נָא אִישׁ מִדַּרְכּוֹ הָרָעָה וּמֵרֹעַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶם וּשְׁבוּ עַל־הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהֹוָה לָכֶם וְלַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם לְמִן־עוֹלָם וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃

6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will not injure you.

וְאַל־תֵּלְכוּ אַֽחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים לְעׇבְדָם וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לָהֶם וְלֹֽא־תַכְעִיסוּ אוֹתִי בְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיכֶם וְלֹא אָרַע לָכֶֽם׃

7 Yet have ye not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord: in order that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your own hands to your own injury.

וְלֹא־שְׁמַעְתֶּם אֵלַי נְאֻם־יְהֹוָה לְמַעַן (הכעסוני) [הַכְעִיסֵנִי] בְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיכֶם לְרַע לָכֶֽם׃

8 Therefore thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Because ye have not hearkened to my words:

לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת יַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־שְׁמַעְתֶּם אֶת־דְּבָרָֽי׃

9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them over this land, and over its inhabitants, and over all these nations round about, and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a derision, and perpetual ruins.

הִנְנִי שֹׁלֵחַ וְלָקַחְתִּי אֶת־כׇּל־מִשְׁפְּחוֹת צָפוֹן נְאֻם־יְהֹוָה וְאֶל־נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל עַבְדִּי וַהֲבִאֹתִים עַל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וְעַל־יֹשְׁבֶיהָ וְעַל כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה סָבִיב וְהַחֲרַמְתִּים וְשַׂמְתִּים לְשַׁמָּה וְלִשְׁרֵקָה וּלְחׇרְבוֹת עוֹלָֽם׃

10 And I will banish from them the voice of gladness, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the mill, and the light of the lamp.

וְהַאֲבַדְתִּי מֵהֶם קוֹל שָׂשׂוֹן וְקוֹל שִׂמְחָה קוֹל חָתָן וְקוֹל כַּלָּה קוֹל רֵחַיִם וְאוֹר נֵֽר׃

11 And this whole land shall become a ruin and an [object of] astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

וְהָֽיְתָה כׇּל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לְחׇרְבָּה לְשַׁמָּה וְעָבְדוּ הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה אֶת־מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָֽה׃

12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will visit on the king of Babylon, and on that nation, saith the Lord, their iniquity, and on the land of the Chaldeans, and will change it into perpetual desolations.

וְהָיָה כִמְלֹאות שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה אֶפְקֹד עַל־מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל וְעַל־הַגּוֹי הַהוּא נְאֻם־יְהֹוָה אֶת־עֲוֺנָם וְעַל־אֶרֶץ כַּשְׂדִּים וְשַׂמְתִּי אֹתוֹ לְשִֽׁמְמוֹת עוֹלָֽם׃

13 And I will bring over that land all my words which I have spoken concerning it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied concerning all the nations.

(והבאותי) [וְהֵֽבֵאתִי] עַל־הָאָרֶץ הַהִיא אֶת־כׇּל־דְּבָרַי אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּרְתִּי עָלֶיהָ אֵת כׇּל־הַכָּתוּב בַּסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר־נִבָּא יִרְמְיָהוּ עַל־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃

14 For when many nations and great kings shall have made them also serve: I will then recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their own hands.

כִּי עָֽבְדוּ־בָם גַּם־הֵמָּה גּוֹיִם רַבִּים וּמְלָכִים גְּדוֹלִים וְשִׁלַּמְתִּי לָהֶם כְּפׇעֳלָם וּכְמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃

15 For thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel unto me, Take the cup of the wine of this fury out of my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it.

כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵלַי קַח אֶת־כּוֹס הַיַּיִן הַחֵמָה הַזֹּאת מִיָּדִי וְהִשְׁקִיתָה אֹתוֹ אֶת־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי שֹׁלֵחַ אוֹתְךָ אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

16 And they shall drink, and reel about, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

וְשָׁתוּ וְהִֽתְגֹּעֲשׁוּ וְהִתְהֹלָלוּ מִפְּנֵי הַחֶרֶב אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי שֹׁלֵחַ בֵּינֹתָֽם׃

17 And I took the cup out of the hand of the Lord, and caused to drink all the nations, unto whom the Lord had sent me:

וָאֶקַּח אֶת־הַכּוֹס מִיַּד יְהֹוָה וָֽאַשְׁקֶה אֶת־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר־שְׁלָחַנִי יְהֹוָה אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

18 Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a ruin, an astonishment, a derision, and a curse; as it is this day;

אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם וְאֶת־עָרֵי יְהוּדָה וְאֶת־מְלָכֶיהָ אֶת־שָׂרֶיהָ לָתֵת אֹתָם לְחׇרְבָּה לְשַׁמָּה לִשְׁרֵקָה וְלִקְלָלָה כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

19 Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

אֶת־פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם וְאֶת־עֲבָדָיו וְאֶת־שָׂרָיו וְאֶת־כׇּל־עַמּֽוֹ׃

20 And all the confederated nations, and all the kings of the land of 'Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gazzah, and 'Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

וְאֵת כׇּל־הָעֶרֶב וְאֵת כׇּל־מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ הָעוּץ וְאֵת כׇּל־מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְאֶת־אַשְׁקְלוֹן וְאֶת־עַזָּה וְאֶת־עֶקְרוֹן וְאֵת שְׁאֵרִית אַשְׁדּֽוֹד׃

21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of 'Ammon;

אֶת־אֱדוֹם וְאֶת־מוֹאָב וְאֶת־בְּנֵי עַמּֽוֹן׃

22 And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;

וְאֵת כׇּל־מַלְכֵי־צֹר וְאֵת כׇּל־מַלְכֵי צִידוֹן וְאֵת מַלְכֵי הָאִי אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיָּֽם׃

23 Dedan, and Thema, and Buz, and all those that have their hair cut round;

וְאֶת־דְּדָן וְאֶת־תֵּימָא וְאֶת־בּוּז וְאֵת כׇּל־קְצוּצֵי פֵאָֽה׃

24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the confederated nations that dwell in the wilderness;

וְאֵת כׇּל־מַלְכֵי עֲרָב וְאֵת כׇּל־מַלְכֵי הָעֶרֶב הַשֹּׁכְנִים בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of 'Elam, and all the kings of Media;

וְאֵת ׀ כׇּל־מַלְכֵי זִמְרִי וְאֵת כׇּל־מַלְכֵי עֵילָם וְאֵת כׇּל־מַלְכֵי מָדָֽי׃

26 And all the kings of the north, that are far and that are near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

וְאֵת ׀ כׇּל־מַלְכֵי הַצָּפוֹן הַקְּרֹבִים וְהָרְחֹקִים אִישׁ אֶל־אָחִיו וְאֵת כׇּל־הַמַּמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה וּמֶלֶךְ שֵׁשַׁךְ יִשְׁתֶּה אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

27 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink ye, and become drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword, which I am sending among you.

וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם כֹּה־אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁתוּ וְשִׁכְרוּ וּקְיוּ וְנִפְלוּ וְלֹא תָקוּמוּ מִפְּנֵי הַחֶרֶב אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי שֹׁלֵחַ בֵּינֵיכֶֽם׃

28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup of thy hand to drink, that thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Ye must certainly drink;

וְהָיָה כִּי יְמָאֲנוּ לָקַחַת־הַכּוֹס מִיָּדְךָ לִשְׁתּוֹת וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת שָׁתוֹ תִשְׁתּֽוּ׃

29 For lo, on the city which is called by my name, I begin to inflict evil, and ye will remain utterly unpunished? Ye shall not remain unpunished; for a sword am I calling up over all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.

כִּי הִנֵּה בָעִיר אֲשֶׁר נִֽקְרָא־שְׁמִי עָלֶיהָ אָֽנֹכִי מֵחֵל לְהָרַע וְאַתֶּם הִנָּקֵה תִנָּקוּ לֹא תִנָּקוּ כִּי חֶרֶב אֲנִי קֹרֵא עַל־כׇּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ נְאֻם יְהֹוָה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

30 But thou, do thou prophesy concerning them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord will cry aloud from on high, and from his holy habitation will he send forth his voice; he will cry out very loudly over his habitation; the vintner's call, as they that tread out the grapes, will he lift up against all the inhabitants of the earth.

וְאַתָּה תִּנָּבֵא אֲלֵיהֶם אֵת כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם יְהֹוָה מִמָּרוֹם יִשְׁאָג וּמִמְּעוֹן קׇדְשׁוֹ יִתֵּן קוֹלוֹ שָׁאֹג יִשְׁאַג עַל־נָוֵהוּ הֵידָד כְּדֹרְכִים יַעֲנֶה אֶל כׇּל־יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָֽרֶץ׃

31 A tumultuous noise cometh even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he holdeth judgment over all flesh: the wicked, —these he giveth up to the sword, saith the Lord.

בָּא שָׁאוֹן עַד־קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ כִּי רִיב לַיהֹוָה בַּגּוֹיִם נִשְׁפָּט הוּא לְכׇל־בָּשָׂר הָרְשָׁעִים נְתָנָם לַחֶרֶב נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃

32 Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil goeth forth from nation to nation, and a great storm-wind waketh up from the farthest ends of the earth.

כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת הִנֵּה רָעָה יֹצֵאת מִגּוֹי אֶל־גּוֹי וְסַעַר גָּדוֹל יֵעוֹר מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

33 And the slain of the Lord shall be on that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, nor gathered up, nor buried; they shall be as dung upon the surface of the ground.

וְהָיוּ חַֽלְלֵי יְהֹוָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ וְעַד־קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ לֹא יִסָּפְדוּ וְלֹא יֵאָֽסְפוּ וְלֹא יִקָּבֵרוּ לְדֹמֶן עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה יִֽהְיֽוּ׃

34 Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and roll yourselves about [in the dust], ye leaders of the flocks; for full are your days for you to be slaughtered, and I will scatter you; and you shall fall like a costly vessel.

הֵילִילוּ הָרֹעִים וְזַעֲקוּ וְהִֽתְפַּלְּשׁוּ אַדִּירֵי הַצֹּאן כִּי־מָלְאוּ יְמֵיכֶם לִטְבוֹחַ וּתְפוֹצוֹתִיכֶם וּנְפַלְתֶּם כִּכְלִי חֶמְדָּֽה׃

35 And lost shall be the place of refuge for the shepherds, and the escape for the leaders of the flocks to escape.

וְאָבַד מָנוֹס מִן־הָֽרֹעִים וּפְלֵיטָה מֵאַדִּירֵי הַצֹּֽאן׃

36 There is the voice of the cry of anguish of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leaders of the flocks; for the Lord hath devastated their pasture.

קוֹל צַעֲקַת הָרֹעִים וִֽילְלַת אַדִּירֵי הַצֹּאן כִּֽי־שֹׁדֵד יְהֹוָה אֶת־מַרְעִיתָֽם׃

37 And in silent desolation lie the pasture-lands of peace, because of the fierceness of the anger of the Lord.

וְנָדַמּוּ נְאוֹת הַשָּׁלוֹם מִפְּנֵי חֲרוֹן אַף־יְהֹוָֽה׃

38 He hath forsaken his covert, like the young lion; for their land is become desolate, because of the fierceness of the wasting [sword], and because of the fierceness of his anger.

עָזַב כַּכְּפִיר סֻכּוֹ כִּֽי־הָיְתָה אַרְצָם לְשַׁמָּה מִפְּנֵי חֲרוֹן הַיּוֹנָה וּמִפְּנֵי חֲרוֹן אַפּֽוֹ׃