Jeremiah 11

haddavar asher hayah el-yirmeyahu me'et Adonai lemor

The word that came to Jeremiah from GOD:

shimu et-divre habberit hazzot vedibbartem el-ish yehudah ve'al-yosheve yerushalai͏m

“Hear the terms of this covenant, and recite them to the citizenry of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem!

ve'amarta alehem koh-amar Adonai elohe yisra'el arur ha'ish asher lo yishma et-divre habberit hazzot

And say to them, Thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: Cursed be anyone who will not obey the terms of this covenant,

asher tsivviti et-avotekhem beyom hotsi'i-otam me'erets-mitsrayim mikkur habbarzel lemor shimu veqoli va'asitem otam kekhol asher-atsavveh etkhem vihyitem li le'am ve'anokhi ehyeh lakhem lelohim

which I enjoined upon your ancestors when I freed them from the land of Egypt, the iron crucible, saying, ‘Obey Me and observe them, just as I command you, that you may be My people and I may be your God’—

lema'an haqim et-hashevu'ah asher-nishbati la'avotekhem latet lahem erets zavat khalav udevash kayyom hazzeh va'a'an va'omar amen Adonai

in order to fulfill the oath that I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as is now the case.” And I responded, “Amen, ETERNAL One.”

vayyomer Adonai elay qera et-kol-haddevarim ha'elleh be'are yehudah uvekhutsot yerushalai͏m lemor shimu et-divre habberit hazzot va'asitem otam

And GOD said to me, “Proclaim all these things through the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem: Hear the terms of this covenant, and perform them.

ki ha'ed ha'idoti ba'avotekhem beyom ha'aloti otam me'erets mitsrayim ve'ad-hayyom hazzeh hashkem veha'ed lemor shimu beqoli

For I have repeatedly and persistently warned your ancestors from the time I brought them out of Egypt to this day, saying: Obey My commands.

velo shame'u velo-hittu et-oznam vayyelekhu ish bishrirut libbam hara va'avi alehem et-kol-divre habberit-hazzot asher-tsivviti la'asot velo asu

But they would not listen or give ear; they all followed the willfulness of their evil hearts. So I have brought upon them all the terms of this covenant, because they did not do what I commanded them to do.”

vayyomer Adonai elay nimtsa-qesher be'ish yehudah uveyosheve yerushalai͏m

GOD said to me, “A conspiracy exists among the citizenry of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

shavu al-avonot avotam harishonim asher me'anu lishmoa et-devaray vehemmah halekhu akhare elohim akherim le'ovdam heferu vet-yisra'el uvet yehudah et-beriti asher karatti et-avotam

They have returned to the iniquities of their ancestors of old, who refused to heed My words. They, too, have followed other gods and served them. The House of Israel and the House of Judah have broken the covenant that I made with their ancestors.”

lakhen koh amar Adonai hinni mevi alehem ra'ah asher lo-yukhelu latset mimmennah veza'aqu elay velo eshma alehem

Assuredly, thus said GOD: I am going to bring upon them disaster from which they will not be able to escape. Then they will cry out to me, but I will not listen to them.

vehalekhu are yehudah veyosheve yerushalai͏m veza'aqu el-ha'elohim asher hem meqatterim lahem vehoshea lo-yoshi'u lahem be'et ra'atam

And the townspeople of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they sacrifice; but they will not be able to rescue them in their time of disaster.

ki mispar arekha hayu elohekha yehudah umispar khutsot yerushalai͏m samtem mizbekhot labboshet mizbekhot leqatter labba'al

For your gods have become as many as your towns, O Judah, and you have set up as many altars to Shame as there are streets in Jerusalem—altars for sacrifice to Baal.

ve'attah al-titpallel be'ad-ha'am hazzeh ve'al-tissa va'adam rinnah utefillah ki enenni shomea be'et qoram elay be'ad ra'atam

As for you, do not pray for this people, do not raise a cry of prayer on their behalf; for I will not listen when they call to Me on account of their disaster.

meh lididi beveti asotah hamezimmatah harabbim uvesar-qodesh ya'avru me'alayikh ki ra'atekhi az ta'alozi

Why should My beloved be in My House, Who executes so many vile designs? The sacral flesh will pass away from you, For you exult while performing your evil deeds.

zayit ra'anan yefeh feri-to'ar qara Adonai shemekh leqol hamullah gedolah hitsit esh aleha vera'u daliyyotayw

GOD named you “Verdant olive tree, Fair, with choice fruit.” But with a great roaring sound [God] has set it on fire, And its boughs are broken.

va-Adonai tseva'ot hannotea otakh dibber alayikh ra'ah biglal ra'at bet-yisra'el uvet yehudah asher asu lahem lehakhiseni leqatter labba'al

GOD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster for you, because of the evil wrought by the House of Israel and the House of Judah, who angered Me by sacrificing to Baal.

va-Adonai hodi'ani va'eda'ah az hiritani ma'allehem

GOD informed me, and I knew— Then You let me see their deeds.

va'ani kekheves alluf yuval litvoakh velo-yadati ki-alay khashevu makhashavot nashkhitah ets belakhmo venikhretennu me'erets khayyim ushemo lo-yizzakher od

For I was like a docile lamb Led to the slaughter; I did not realize That it was against me They fashioned their plots: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, Let us cut him off from the land of the living. That his name be remembered no more!”

va-Adonai tseva'ot shofet tsedeq bokhen kelayot valev ereh niqmatekha mehem ki elekha gilliti et-rivi

O GOD of Hosts, O just Judge, Who test the thoughts and the mind, Let me see Your retribution upon them, For I lay my case before You.

lakhen koh-amar Adonai al-anshe anatot hamevaqshim et-nafshekha lemor lo tinnave beshem Adonai velo tamut beyadenu

Assuredly, thus said GOD of Hosts concerning the people of Anathoth who seek your life and say, “You must not prophesy anymore in the name of GOD, or you will die by our hand”—

lakhen koh amar Adonai tseva'ot hinni foqed alehem habbakhurim yamutu vakherev benehem uvenotehem yamutu bara'av

Assuredly, thus said GOD of Hosts: “I am going to deal with them: the young men shall die by the sword, their boys and girls shall die by famine.

ushe'erit lo tihyeh lahem ki-avi ra'ah el-anshe anatot shenat pequddatam

No remnant shall be left of them, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth, the year of their doom.”