< יִרְמְיָהוּ 48 >
לְמֹואָ֡ב כֹּֽה־אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָאֹ֜ות אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הֹ֤וי אֶל־נְבֹו֙ כִּ֣י שֻׁדָּ֔דָה הֹבִ֥ישָׁה נִלְכְּדָ֖ה קִרְיָתָ֑יִם הֹבִ֥ישָׁה הַמִּשְׂגָּ֖ב וָחָֽתָּה׃ | 1 |
This is a message about Moab. The Commander of the armies of angels said: “Terrible things will happen to Nebo [town]; it will [soon] be ruined. Kiriathaim [city] will be captured and [all its people will be] humiliated; the high wall around their city will be ruined, and [its people] will become ashamed.
אֵ֣ין עֹוד֮ תְּהִלַּ֣ת מֹואָב֒ בְּחֶשְׁבֹּ֗ון חָשְׁב֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ רָעָ֔ה לְכ֖וּ וְנַכְרִיתֶ֣נָּה מִגֹּ֑וי גַּם־מַדְמֵ֣ן תִּדֹּ֔מִּי אַחֲרַ֖יִךְ תֵּ֥לֶךְ חָֽרֶב׃ | 2 |
No one will boast about Moab again; the [enemies of Moab] will plan to destroy [the capital city, ] Heshbon. [They will say, ] ‘Come, let’s cause Moab to no longer be a nation.’ You people in Madmen [town], you also will be silenced; enemy armies [MTY] will pursue you.
קֹ֥ול צְעָקָ֖ה מֵחֹֽרֹונָ֑יִם שֹׁ֖ד וָשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּדֹֽול׃ | 3 |
Listen to the people of Horonaim [town] screaming; [they will be wailing because their town will have been] devastated and destroyed [DOU].
נִשְׁבְּרָ֖ה מֹואָ֑ב הִשְׁמִ֥יעוּ זְּעָקָ֖ה צְעֹורֶיהָ (צְעִירֶֽיהָ)׃ | 4 |
[All of] Moab will be ruined; [even] the little children will cry [loudly].
כִּ֚י מַעֲלֵ֣ה הַלֻּחֹות (הַלּוּחִ֔ית) בִּבְכִ֖י יַֽעֲלֶה־בֶּ֑כִי כִּ֚י בְּמֹורַ֣ד חֹורֹנַ֔יִם צָרֵ֥י צַֽעֲקַת־שֶׁ֖בֶר שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃ | 5 |
They will cry bitterly as they climb up Luhith [Hill]. [Others will wail] on the road down to Horonaim, being very sad because of [their town being] destroyed.
נֻ֖סוּ מַלְּט֣וּ נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וְתִֽהְיֶ֕ינָה כַּעֲרֹועֵ֖ר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | 6 |
[Someone will say to them], ‘Flee! Hide in the desert!’
כִּ֠י יַ֣עַן בִּטְחֵ֤ךְ בְּמַעֲשַׂ֙יִךְ֙ וּבְאֹ֣וצְרֹותַ֔יִךְ גַּם־אַ֖תְּ תִּלָּכֵ֑דִי וְיָצָ֤א כְמִישׁ (כְמֹושׁ֙) בַּגֹּולָ֔ה כֹּהֲנָ֥יו וְשָׂרָ֖יו יַחַד (יַחְדָּֽיו)׃ | 7 |
But you trusted that because you were rich and powerful, [you would be safe]; so you will be captured. [The statue of your god] Chemosh and all his priests and officials will be taken away to distant lands.
וְיָבֹ֨א שֹׁדֵ֜ד אֶל־כָּל־עִ֗יר וְעִיר֙ לֹ֣א תִמָּלֵ֔ט וְאָבַ֥ד הָעֵ֖מֶק וְנִשְׁמַ֣ד הַמִּישֹׁ֑ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ | 8 |
All the towns [in Moab] will be destroyed; none of them will escape. [Towns in] the valleys and on the plateau will [all] be destroyed, because [I, ] Yahweh, have said that is what will happen.
תְּנוּ־צִ֣יץ לְמֹואָ֔ב כִּ֥י נָצֹ֖א תֵּצֵ֑א וְעָרֶ֙יהָ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ינָה מֵאֵ֥ין יֹושֵׁ֖ב בָּהֵֽן׃ | 9 |
Spread salt on the ground in order that it will become a wasteland with [nothing growing there any more], and no one will be living in it!”
אָר֗וּר עֹשֶׂ֛ה מְלֶ֥אכֶת יְהוָ֖ה רְמִיָּ֑ה וְאָר֕וּר מֹנֵ֥עַ חַרְבֹּ֖ו מִדָּֽם׃ | 10 |
Yahweh will curse anyone who will not eagerly do what he desires, anyone who refrains from using his sword to kill [MTY] others [in Moab].
שַׁאֲנַ֨ן מֹואָ֜ב מִנְּעוּרָ֗יו וְשֹׁקֵ֥ט הוּא֙ אֶל־שְׁמָרָ֔יו וְלֹֽא־הוּרַ֤ק מִכְּלִי֙ אֶל־כֶּ֔לִי וּבַגֹּולָ֖ה לֹ֣א הָלָ֑ךְ עַל־כֵּ֗ן עָמַ֤ד טַעְמֹו֙ בֹּ֔ו וְרֵיחֹ֖ו לֹ֥א נָמָֽר׃ ס | 11 |
[The people of] Moab have always felt secure; they have never been (exiled/forced [by their enemies] to go to other countries). They are like [MET] wine that has been left undisturbed [in a container for many days to give it good flavor], so now it smells good, and it tastes good.
לָכֵ֞ן הִנֵּ֖ה־יָמִ֤ים בָּאִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־לֹ֥ו צֹעִ֖ים וְצֵעֻ֑הוּ וְכֵלָ֣יו יָרִ֔יקוּ וְנִבְלֵיהֶ֖ם יְנַפֵּֽצוּ׃ | 12 |
But Yahweh says that there will be a time when he will send [enemies to attack them]; they will get rid of the people of Moab like people pour out wine [on the ground] and then smash the wine jar.
וּבֹ֥שׁ מֹואָ֖ב מִכְּמֹ֑ושׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר־בֹּ֙שׁוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִבֵּ֥ית אֵ֖ל מִבְטֶחָֽם׃ | 13 |
Then [the people of] Moab will be ashamed of [their god/idol] Chemosh [because it did not help them], like the Israeli people were ashamed because their gold statue of a calf [was smashed] at Bethel.
אֵ֚יךְ תֹּֽאמְר֔וּ גִּבֹּורִ֖ים אֲנָ֑חְנוּ וְאַנְשֵׁי־חַ֖יִל לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ | 14 |
[The soldiers of Moab previously] said, “We are warriors; we have fought bravely in battles!”
שֻׁדַּ֤ד מֹואָב֙ וְעָרֶ֣יהָ עָלָ֔ה וּמִבְחַ֥ר בַּֽחוּרָ֖יו יָרְד֣וּ לַטָּ֑בַח נְאֻ֨ם־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות שְׁמֹֽו׃ | 15 |
But now our King, who is Yahweh, who is called ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’, says that [the country of] Moab and all the towns in it will be destroyed. Their fine young men will [all] be slaughtered.
קָרֹ֥וב אֵיד־מֹואָ֖ב לָבֹ֑וא וְרָ֣עָתֹ֔ו מִהֲרָ֖ה מְאֹֽד׃ | 16 |
Moab will very soon be destroyed. It will soon experience disaster.
נֻ֤דוּ לֹו֙ כָּל־סְבִיבָ֔יו וְכֹ֖ל יֹדְעֵ֣י שְׁמֹ֑ו אִמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֤ה נִשְׁבַּר֙ מַטֵּה־עֹ֔ז מַקֵּ֖ל תִּפְאָרָֽה׃ | 17 |
You [people who live in nations] near Moab, who know that it is very famous, should mourn for Moab, and say, “Its glorious power [MTY, DOU] is [completely] ended/broken.”
רְדִ֤י מִכָּבֹוד֙ יֹשְׁבֶי (וּשְׁבִ֣י) בַצָּמָ֔א יֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בַּת־דִּיבֹ֑ון כִּֽי־שֹׁדֵ֤ד מֹואָב֙ עָ֣לָה בָ֔ךְ שִׁחֵ֖ת מִבְצָרָֽיִךְ׃ | 18 |
You people of Dibon [city], stop being proud because of being honored, and sit in the dust/dirt, because those who will destroy other places in Moab will attack your [city] and destroy your high walls.
אֶל־דֶּ֛רֶךְ עִמְדִ֥י וְצַפִּ֖י יֹושֶׁ֣בֶת עֲרֹועֵ֑ר שַׁאֲלִי־נָ֣ס וְנִמְלָ֔טָה אִמְרִ֖י מַה־נִּֽהְיָֽתָה׃ | 19 |
You people of Aroer [town], stand along the road and watch. Shout to the men and women who will be fleeing [from Moab], “What has happened [there]?”
הֹבִ֥ישׁ מֹואָ֛ב כִּֽי־חַ֖תָּה הֵילִילִי (הֵילִ֣ילוּ ׀) וּזְעָקִי (וּֽזְעָ֑קוּ) הַגִּ֣ידוּ בְאַרְנֹ֔ון כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד מֹואָֽב׃ | 20 |
[They will reply], “Moab is ruined and [we are] disgraced!” [So] weep and wail [DOU]. Proclaim at the Aroer [River] that Moab has been destroyed.
וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט בָּ֖א אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַמִּישֹׁ֑ר אֶל־חֹלֹ֥ון וְאֶל־יַ֖הְצָה וְעַל־מֹופָעַת (מֵיפָֽעַת)׃ | 21 |
[Yahweh] will have punished [the towns in Moab that are on] the (plateau/high level): Holon and Jahaz and Mephaath,
וְעַל־דִּיבֹ֣ון וְעַל־נְבֹ֔ו וְעַל־בֵּ֖ית דִּבְלָתָֽיִם׃ | 22 |
Dibon and Nebo and Beth-Diblathaim,
וְעַ֧ל קִרְיָתַ֛יִם וְעַל־בֵּ֥ית גָּמ֖וּל וְעַל־בֵּ֥ית מְעֹֽון׃ | 23 |
Kiriathaim and Beth-Gamul and Beth-Meon,
וְעַל־קְרִיֹּ֖ות וְעַל־בָּצְרָ֑ה וְעַ֗ל כָּל־עָרֵי֙ אֶ֣רֶץ מֹואָ֔ב הָרְחֹקֹ֖ות וְהַקְּרֹבֹֽות׃ | 24 |
Kerioth and Bozrah, cities that are near [each other] and towns that are far away [from each other].
נִגְדְּעָה֙ קֶ֣רֶן מֹואָ֔ב וּזְרֹעֹ֖ו נִשְׁבָּ֑רָה נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃ | 25 |
Yahweh says, “The power [MTY] of Moab will be ended; [it is as though] [MET] Moab will have a broken arm.
הַשְׁכִּירֻ֕הוּ כִּ֥י עַל־יְהוָ֖ה הִגְדִּ֑יל וְסָפַ֤ק מֹואָב֙ בְּקִיאֹ֔ו וְהָיָ֥ה לִשְׂחֹ֖ק גַּם־הֽוּא׃ | 26 |
[You people of] Moab have rebelled against [me, ] Yahweh; so [now] I will cause you all to [stagger like] [SIM] drunken people. [You people of] will wallow in your own vomit and be ridiculed.
וְאִ֣ם ׀ לֹ֣וא הַשְּׂחֹ֗ק הָיָ֤ה לְךָ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם־בְּגַנָּבִ֖ים נִמְצָאָה (נִמְצָ֑א) כִּֽי־מִדֵּ֧י דְבָרֶ֥יךָ בֹּ֖ו תִּתְנֹודָֽד׃ | 27 |
You [people of Moab] ridiculed [the people of] Israel [RHQ]. You treated them as though they were thieves [RHQ]. You shook your head at them scornfully and despised them [RHQ].
עִזְב֤וּ עָרִים֙ וְשִׁכְנ֣וּ בַּסֶּ֔לַע יֹשְׁבֵ֖י מֹואָ֑ב וִֽהְי֣וּ כְיֹונָ֔ה תְּקַנֵּ֖ן בְּעֶבְרֵ֥י פִי־פָֽחַת׃ | 28 |
You people who live in Moab, you should abandon your towns and go and live in caves. Be like [SIM] doves that make their nests in the entrances of caves.”
שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ גְאֹון־מֹואָ֖ב גֵּאֶ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד גָּבְהֹ֧ו וּגְאֹונֹ֛ו וְגַאֲוָתֹ֖ו וְרֻ֥ם לִבֹּֽו׃ | 29 |
We have [all] heard that [the people of] are very proud; they are extremely proud and conceited/arrogant. [IDM, DOU]
אֲנִ֤י יָדַ֨עְתִּ֨י נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה עֶבְרָתֹ֖ו וְלֹא־כֵ֑ן בַּדָּ֖יו לֹא־כֵ֥ן עָשֽׂוּ׃ | 30 |
But Yahweh says, “I know about that, but it is useless for them to boast [because] it will accomplish nothing.
עַל־כֵּן֙ עַל־מֹואָ֣ב אֲיֵלִ֔יל וּלְמֹואָ֥ב כֻּלֹּ֖ה אֶזְעָ֑ק אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י קִֽיר־חֶ֖רֶשׂ יֶהְגֶּֽה׃ | 31 |
So [now] I will wail for Moab; I will cry about all its people. I will moan for the men of Kir-Hareseth [city], [the old capital of Moab].
מִבְּכִ֨י יַעְזֵ֤ר אֶבְכֶּה־לָּךְ֙ הַגֶּ֣פֶן שִׂבְמָ֔ה נְטִֽישֹׁתַ֙יִךְ֙ עָ֣בְרוּ יָ֔ם עַ֛ד יָ֥ם יַעְזֵ֖ר נָגָ֑עוּ עַל־קֵיצֵ֥ךְ וְעַל־בְּצִירֵ֖ךְ שֹׁדֵ֖ד נָפָֽל׃ | 32 |
You people of Sibmah [city], you have many vineyards. [It is as though] the branches of your vines extend across the [Dead] Sea to Jazer [city].
וְנֶאֶסְפָ֨ה שִׂמְחָ֥ה וָגִ֛יל מִכַּרְמֶ֖ל וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץ מֹואָ֑ב וְיַ֙יִן֙ מִיקָבִ֣ים הִשְׁבַּ֔תִּי לֹֽא־יִדְרֹ֣ךְ הֵידָ֔ד הֵידָ֖ד לֹ֥א הֵידָֽד׃ | 33 |
But no one will be joyful or happy in Moab now; your fruit and grapes that ripen in the (summer/hot season) will soon be destroyed. There will be no grape juice coming from the winepresses, [so] there will be no wine. People will not shout joyfully as they tread on the grapes; people will shout, but they will not be shouting joyfully.
מִזַּעֲקַ֨ת חֶשְׁבֹּ֜ון עַד־אֶלְעָלֵ֗ה עַד־יַ֙הַץ֙ נָתְנ֣וּ קֹולָ֔ם מִצֹּ֙עַר֙ עַד־חֹ֣רֹנַ֔יִם עֶגְלַ֖ת שְׁלִֽשִׁיָּ֑ה כִּ֚י גַּם־מֵ֣י נִמְרִ֔ים לִמְשַׁמֹּ֖ות יִהְיֽוּ׃ | 34 |
Instead, the sound of their wailing will rise from Heshbon [city] to Elealeh [town] and Jahaz [village], from Zoar [city] as far as Horonaim [town] and Eglath-Shelishiyah [village]. Even the water in Nimrim [Stream] will be dried up.
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י לְמֹואָ֖ב נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה מַעֲלֶ֣ה בָמָ֔ה וּמַקְטִ֖יר לֵאלֹהָֽיו׃ | 35 |
[I, ] Yahweh, say that I will get rid of the people who offer sacrifices on the hilltops, and burn incense to their gods.
עַל־כֵּ֞ן לִבִּ֤י לְמֹואָב֙ כַּחֲלִלִ֣ים יֶהֱמֶ֔ה וְלִבִּי֙ אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י קִֽיר־חֶ֔רֶשׂ כַּחֲלִילִ֖ים יֶהֱמֶ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֛ן יִתְרַ֥ת עָשָׂ֖ה אָבָֽדוּ׃ | 36 |
I [SYN] moan for the people of Moab and Kir-Hareseth like [SIM] [someone playing a funeral song on] a flute, because [all] their wealth will disappear.
כִּ֤י כָל־רֹאשׁ֙ קָרְחָ֔ה וְכָל־זָקָ֖ן גְּרֻעָ֑ה עַ֤ל כָּל־יָדַ֙יִם֙ גְּדֻדֹ֔ת וְעַל־מָתְנַ֖יִם שָֽׂק׃ | 37 |
The men will shave their heads and their beards [to show that they are mourning]. They all will slash their hands and wear (rough cloth/sackcloth) around their waists.
עַ֣ל כָּל־גַּגֹּ֥ות מֹואָ֛ב וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֖יהָ כֻּלֹּ֣ה מִסְפֵּ֑ד כִּֽי־שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי אֶת־מֹואָ֗ב כִּכְלִ֛י אֵֽין־חֵ֥פֶץ בֹּ֖ו נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ | 38 |
In every home and in the town plazas/centers in Moab there will be [people who are] mourning, because I will have destroyed Moab like [SIM] someone smashes an [old] jar that no one wants [any more].
אֵ֥יךְ חַ֙תָּה֙ הֵילִ֔ילוּ אֵ֛יךְ הִפְנָה־עֹ֥רֶף מֹואָ֖ב בֹּ֑ושׁ וְהָיָ֥ה מֹואָ֛ב לִשְׂחֹ֥ק וְלִמְחִתָּ֖ה לְכָל־סְבִיבָֽיו׃ ס | 39 |
Moab will be completely shattered! And you will hear the people wailing loudly! They will be disgraced. Moab will become a nation that people ridicule. The people in nearby [countries] will be horrified [about what has happened there].
כִּי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנֵּ֥ה כַנֶּ֖שֶׁר יִדְאֶ֑ה וּפָרַ֥שׂ כְּנָפָ֖יו אֶל־מֹואָֽב׃ | 40 |
This is what [I, ] Yahweh, say: ‘Look! Their enemies will be swooping/rushing down over Moab like an eagle [SIM] swoops down [to seize an animal].
נִלְכְּדָה֙ הַקְּרִיֹּ֔ות וְהַמְּצָדֹ֖ות נִתְפָּ֑שָׂה וְֽ֠הָיָה לֵ֞ב גִּבֹּורֵ֤י מֹואָב֙ בַּיֹּ֣ום הַה֔וּא כְּלֵ֖ב אִשָּׁ֥ה מְצֵרָֽה׃ | 41 |
Its cities will be captured, its fortresses will be seized. [Even] their warriors will be [afraid], like [SIM] a woman who is about to give birth.
וְנִשְׁמַ֥ד מֹואָ֖ב מֵעָ֑ם כִּ֥י עַל־יְהוָ֖ה הִגְדִּֽיל׃ | 42 |
[The leaders of] Moab boasted against [me, ] Yahweh, so Moab will be destroyed.
פַּ֥חַד וָפַ֖חַת וָפָ֑ח עָלֶ֛יךָ יֹושֵׁ֥ב מֹואָ֖ב נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ | 43 |
[I, ] Yahweh, say that you people of Moab will be terrified, and fall into pits and traps.
הַנִּיס (הַנָּ֞ס) מִפְּנֵ֤י הַפַּ֙חַד֙ יִפֹּ֣ל אֶל־הַפַּ֔חַת וְהָֽעֹלֶה֙ מִן־הַפַּ֔חַת יִלָּכֵ֖ד בַּפָּ֑ח כִּֽי־אָבִ֨יא אֵלֶ֧יהָ אֶל־מֹואָ֛ב שְׁנַ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ | 44 |
Those who are terrified and try to run away will fall into deep pits. Whoever climbs out of a pit will be caught in a trap, because I will punish them at the time that I have chosen.’
בְּצֵ֥ל חֶשְׁבֹּ֛ון עָמְד֖וּ מִכֹּ֣חַ נָסִ֑ים כִּֽי־אֵ֞שׁ יָצָ֣א מֵחֶשְׁבֹּ֗ון וְלֶֽהָבָה֙ מִבֵּ֣ין סִיחֹ֔ון וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙ פְּאַ֣ת מֹואָ֔ב וְקָדְקֹ֖ד בְּנֵ֥י שָׁאֹֽון׃ | 45 |
The people will flee as far as Heshbon [city], but they will not be able to go any further, because a fire will burn in Heshbon, [which is the city] where [King] Sihon lived [long ago], and it will burn up all the people [SYN] in Moab who noisily/loudly boasted very much.
אֹוי־לְךָ֣ מֹואָ֔ב אָבַ֖ד עַם־כְּמֹ֑ושׁ כִּֽי־לֻקְּח֤וּ בָנֶ֙יךָ֙ בַּשֶּׁ֔בִי וּבְנֹתֶ֖יךָ בַּשִּׁבְיָֽה׃ | 46 |
[You people of] Moab, terrible things will happen to you! You people who worship [your god] Chemosh, you will be destroyed. Your sons and your daughters will be captured and taken away [to other countries].
וְשַׁבְתִּ֧י שְׁבוּת־מֹואָ֛ב בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית הַיָּמִ֖ים נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה עַד־הֵ֖נָּה מִשְׁפַּ֥ט מֹואָֽב׃ ס | 47 |
But some day, I will enable the people of Moab to return to their land again. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.” That is the end of what I prophesied about Moab.