Jeremiah 14
1 which to be word LORD to(wards) Jeremiah upon word [the] drought
After there had been no rain [in Judah] for a long time, Yahweh gave me this message:
2 to mourn Judah and gate her to weaken be dark to/for land: soil and outcry Jerusalem to ascend: rise
[The people in] Judah are very distressed; people [are sitting] on the ground and mourning; [in all of] Jerusalem people are crying loudly.
3 and great their to send: depart (little their *Q(K)*) to/for water to come (in): come upon cistern not to find water to return: return article/utensil their emptily be ashamed and be humiliated and to cover head their
The rich people send their servants to [wells] to get water, but [all] the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers; they cover their heads [because they are ashamed and humiliated/disappointed and sad].
4 in/on/with for the sake of [the] land: soil to to be dismayed for not to be rain in/on/with land: country/planet be ashamed farmer to cover head their
The ground is extremely dry and cracked open because there has been no rain. The farmers are very worried, [so] they [also] cover their heads.
5 for also doe in/on/with land: country to beget and to leave: forsake for not to be grass
Even the (does/female deer) abandon their newborn babies/fawns because there is no grass in the fields [for them to eat].
6 and wild donkey to stand: stand upon bareness to long for spirit: breath like/as jackal to end: expend eye their for nothing vegetation
The wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, panting like [SIM] [thirsty] jackals/wolves. They become blind because there is no grass [to eat].
7 if iniquity: crime our to answer in/on/with us LORD to make: do because name your for to multiply faithlessness our to/for you to sin
[The people say], “Yahweh, we have turned away from you and sinned many times, and now we know that we are being punished because of our sins, but please help us in order that everyone can see that you are very great [MTY].
8 hope Israel to save him in/on/with time distress to/for what? to be like/as sojourner in/on/with land: country/planet and like/as to journey to stretch to/for to lodge
You are the one whom [we] Israelis confidently expect [to do good things for us] when we have [many] troubles/difficulties. So, why do you [not help us]? You act as though you are a stranger in our land, like you are someone who is staying here for only one night.
9 to/for what? to be like/as man to astonish like/as mighty man not be able to/for to save and you(m. s.) in/on/with entrails: among our LORD and name your upon us to call: call by not to rest us
Are you also surprised [about the terrible things that are happening to us]? Why do you act like you are unable to save anyone, even though you are a strong warrior? Yahweh, you are [here] among us, and [others know that] we are your people, [so] do not abandon us!”
10 thus to say LORD to/for people [the] this so to love: lover to/for to shake foot their not to withhold and LORD not to accept them now to remember iniquity: crime their and to reckon: punish sin their
And this is what Yahweh says to those people: “You love to wander away [from me]; you run [MTY] from one [idol] to another. Therefore, now I will no [longer] accept you, and I will punish you for your sins.”
11 and to say LORD to(wards) me not to pray about/through/for [the] people [the] this to/for welfare
[Then] Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for these people [any more].
12 for to fast nothing I to hear: hear to(wards) cry their and for to ascend: offer up burnt offering and offering nothing I to accept them for in/on/with sword and in/on/with famine and in/on/with pestilence I to end: destroy [obj] them
When they (fast/abstain from food in order to honor me), I will not pay any attention. When they bring [to me] their offerings [of animals] to be completely burned [on the altar] and their offerings of grain, I will not accept them. Instead, I will get rid of them by wars, by famines, and by diseases.”
13 and to say alas! Lord YHWH/God behold [the] prophet to say to/for them not to see: see sword and famine not to be to/for you for peace truth: certain to give: give to/for you in/on/with place [the] this
Then I replied to him, “Yahweh [my] God, [their] prophets are telling the people that they will not experience wars [MTY] or famines. They are telling the people that you will surely allow us to have peace in our land [for many years].”
14 and to say LORD to(wards) me deception [the] prophet to prophesy in/on/with name my not to send: depart them and not to command them and not to speak: speak to(wards) them vision deception and divination (and idol *Q(K)*) (and deceitfulness *Q(k)*) heart their they(masc.) to prophesy to/for you
Yahweh replied to me, “Those prophets say that they are speaking what I tell them to say [MTY], but they are telling lies. I did not send them, [so] what they are saying is false. They say that they have received visions from me, and that they are telling things that I have revealed to them, but that is not true. They are saying foolish things that they have only thought of themselves.
15 to/for so thus to say LORD upon [the] prophet [the] to prophesy in/on/with name my and I not to send: depart them and they(masc.) to say sword and famine not to be in/on/with land: country/planet [the] this in/on/with sword and in/on/with famine to finish [the] prophet [the] they(masc.)
So this is what I say about those prophets who are predicting what will happen, saying that I told them those things: They are saying that we Israelis will not die from wars or famines, but I did not send those prophets. And they themselves will die from wars or from famines.
16 and [the] people which they(masc.) to prophesy to/for them to be to throw in/on/with outside Jerusalem from face: because [the] famine and [the] sword and nothing to bury to/for them they(masc.) woman: wife their and son: child their and daughter their and to pour: pour upon them [obj] distress: evil their
And the people to whom they are predicting these things, they and their wives and their sons and their daughters, will [also die] from wars or from famines. [Their corpses will] be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem, and there will not be anyone to bury them. I will punish them like they deserve to be punished.
17 and to say to(wards) them [obj] [the] word [the] this to go down eye my tears night and by day and not to cease for breaking great: large to break virgin daughter people my wound be weak: grieved much
[So, Jeremiah], tell this to them [about yourself]: ‘Day and night my eyes are full of tears. I cannot stop crying. I cry for my people, who are [very precious to me, as if they were] [MET] my daughters. I cry for them because they have been severely wounded; they have been severely crushed [DOU].
18 if to come out: come [the] land: country and behold slain: killed sword and if to come (in): come [the] city and behold disease famine for also prophet also priest to trade to(wards) land: country/planet and not to know
If I go out into the fields, I see [corpses of] people who have been slaughtered by our enemies. If I walk along the streets of the city, I see [corpses of people who died] from hunger. The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people, but they do not know [what they are doing] (OR, [in a land] that they know nothing about).’”
19 to reject to reject [obj] Judah if: surely yes in/on/with Zion to abhor soul your why? to smite us and nothing to/for us healing to await to/for peace and nothing good and to/for time healing and behold terror
[Then I prayed this]: “[Yahweh], have you completely rejected [the people of] Judah? Do you really despise [the people of] Jerusalem [MTY]? Why have you [RHQ] wounded us very badly, with the result that we will never be healed? We hoped that we would have peace, but there was no peace. We hoped that there would be a time when we would be healed, but all that we received were things that terrified us.
20 to know LORD wickedness our iniquity: crime father our for to sin to/for you
Yahweh, we admit/know that we are wicked people, and that our ancestors [also] did many wicked things. We have [all] sinned against you.
21 not to spurn because name your not be senseless throne glory your to remember not to break covenant your with us
But [Yahweh], in order that we may honor [MTY] you, do not despise/abandon us. Do not dishonor [the city where] [MTY] your glorious throne is. [Please] do not forget [us], and do not (break your agreement with us/stop doing what you agreed to do for us).
22 there in/on/with vanity [the] nation to rain and if: surely yes [the] heaven to give: give shower not you(m. s.) he/she/it LORD God our and to await to/for you for you(m. s.) to make: do [obj] all these
Those idols that [have been brought from] other nations certainly cannot [RHQ] bring rain [to us], and the sky certainly cannot [RHQ] cause rain to fall. Yahweh our God, you are the only one who can do things like that. So we will confidently expect you [to help us].”
