Jeremiah 10

shimu et-haddavar asher dibber Adonai alekhem bet yisra'el

Hear the word that GOD has spoken to you, O House of Israel!

koh amar Adonai el-derekh haggoyim al-tilmadu ume'otot hashamayim al-tekhattu ki-yekhattu haggoyim mehemmah

Thus said GOD: Do not learn to go the way of the nations, And do not be dismayed by portents in the sky; Let the nations be dismayed by them!

ki-khuqqot ha'ammim hevel hu ki-ets miyya'ar kerato ma'aseh yede-kharash bamma'atsad

For the laws of the nations are delusions: For it is the work of a craftsman’s hands. He cuts down a tree in the forest with an ax,

bekhesef uvezahav yeyappehu bemasmerot uvemaqqavot yekhazzequm velo yafiq

He adorns it with silver and gold, He fastens it with nails and hammer, So that it does not totter.

ketomer miqshah hemmah velo yedabberu naso yinnasu ki lo yitsadu al-tire'u mehem ki-lo yare'u vegam-hetev en otam

They are like a scarecrow in a cucumber patch, They cannot speak. They have to be carried, For they cannot walk. Be not afraid of them, for they can do no harm; Nor is it in them to do any good.

me'en kamokha Adonai gadol attah vegadol shimkha bigvurah

O ETERNAL One, there is none like You! You are great and Your name is great in power.

mi lo yira'akha melekh haggoyim ki lekha ya'atah ki vekhol-khakhme haggoyim uvekhol-malkhutam me'en kamokha

Who would not revere You, O Sovereign of the nations? For that is Your due, Since among all the wise of the nations And among all their royalty There is none like You.

uve'akhat yivaru veyikhsalu musar havalim ets hu

But they are both dull and foolish; [Their] doctrine is but delusion; It is a piece of wood,

kesef meruqqa mittarshish yuva vezahav me'ufaz ma'aseh kharash vide tsoref tekhelet ve'argaman levusham ma'aseh khakhamim kullam

Silver beaten flat, that is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, The work of a craftsman and the goldsmith’s hands; Their clothing is blue and purple, All of them are the product of skilled workers.

va-Adonai elohim emet hu-elohim khayyim umelekh olam miqqitspo tirash ha'arets velo-yakhilu goyim zamo

But the ETERNAL is truly God— A living God, The everlasting Sovereign. At God’s wrath, the earth quakes, And nations cannot endure such rage.

kidnah temerun lehom elahayya di-shemayya ve'arqa la avadu yevadu me'ara umin-tekhot shemayya elleh

Thus shall you say to them: Let the gods, who did not make heaven and earth, perish from the earth and from under these heavens.

oseh erets bekhokho mekhin tevel bekhokhmato uvitvunato natah shamayim

[God] made the earth by might, Established the world by wisdom, And with understanding stretched out the skies.

leqol titto hamon mayim bashamayim vayya'aleh nesi'im miqtseh (rts) [ha'arets] beraqim lammatar asah vayyotse ruakh me'otserotayw

When [God] bellows, There is a rumbling of water in the skies; Vapors rise from the end of the earth, Lightning accompanies the rain, And wind is brought forth from God’s treasuries.

nivar kol-adam midda'at hovish kol-tsoref mippasel ki sheqer nisko velo-ruakh bam

Every mortal is proved dull, without knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame because of the idol, For their molten images are a deceit— There is no breath in them.

hevel hemmah ma'aseh tatu'im be'et pequddatam yovedu

They are delusion, a work of mockery; In their hour of doom, they shall perish.

lo-khe'elleh kheleq ya'aqov ki-yotser hakkol hu veyisra'el shevet nakhalato Adonai tseva'ot shemo

Not like these is the Portion of Jacob— The One who formed all things, With Israel as a permanent possession— Whose name is GOD of Hosts.

ispi me'erets kinatekh (yshvty) [yoshevet] bammatsor

Gather up your bundle from the ground, You who dwell under siege!

ki-khoh amar Adonai hinni qolea et-yosheve ha'arets bappa'am hazzot vahatseroti lahem lema'an yimtsa'u

For thus said GOD: I will fling away the inhabitants of the land this time: I will harass them so that they shall feel it.

oy li al-shivri nakhlah makkati va'ani amarti akh zeh kholi ve'essa'ennu

Woe unto me for my hurt, My wound is severe! I thought, “This is but a sickness And I must bear it.”

oholi shuddad vekhol-metaray nittaqu banay yetsa'uni ve'enam en-noteh od oholi umeqim yeri'otay

My tents are ravaged, All my tent cords are broken. My children have gone forth from me And are no more; No one is left to stretch out my tents And hang my tent cloths.

ki nivaru haro'im ve'et-Adonai lo darashu al-ken lo hiskilu vekhol-maritam nafotsah

For the shepherds are dull And did not seek GOD; Therefore they have not prospered And all their flock is scattered.

qol shemu'ah hinneh va'ah vera'ash gadol me'erets tsafon lasum et-are yehudah shemamah me'on tannim

Hark, a noise! It is coming, A great commotion out of the north, That the towns of Judah may be made a desolation, A haunt of jackals.

yadati Adonai ki lo la'adam darko lo-le'ish holekh vehakhin et-tsa'ado

I know, O ETERNAL One, that mortals’ road is not theirs [to choose], That people, as they walk, cannot direct their own steps.

yassereni Adonai akh-bemishpat al-be'appekha pen-tamiteni

Chastise me, O ETERNAL One, but in measure; Not in Your wrath, lest You reduce me to naught.

shefokh khamatekha al-haggoyim asher lo-yeda'ukha ve'al mishpakhot asher beshimkha lo qara'u ki-okhlu et-ya'aqov va'akhaluhu vayekhalluhu ve'et-navehu heshammu

Pour out Your wrath on the nations who have not heeded You, Upon the clans that have not invoked Your name. For they have devoured Jacob, Have devoured and consumed him, And have laid desolate his homesteads.