Jeremiah 13

koh-amar Adonai elay halokh veqanita lekha ezor pishtim vesamto al-motnekha uvammayim lo tevi'ehu

Thus GOD said to me: “Go buy yourself a loincloth of linen, and put it around your loins, but do not dip it into water.”

va'eqneh et-ha'ezor kidvar Adonai va'asim al-motnay

So I bought the loincloth in accordance with GOD’s command, and put it about my loins.

vayehi devar-Adonai elay shenit lemor

And the word of GOD came to me a second time:

qakh et-ha'ezor asher qanita asher al-motnekha vequm lekh peratah vetomnehu sham binqiq hassala

“Take the loincloth that you bought, which is about your loins, and go at once to Perath and cover it up there in a cleft of the rock.”

va'elekh va'etmenehu bifrat ka'asher tsivvah Adonai oti

I went and buried it at Perath, as GOD had commanded me.

vayehi miqqets yamim rabbim vayyomer Adonai elay qum lekh peratah veqakh misham et-ha'ezor asher tsivvitikha letomno-sham

Then, after a long time, GOD said to me, “Go at once to Perath and take there the loincloth that I commanded you to bury there.”

va'elekh peratah va'ekhpor va'eqqakh et-ha'ezor min-hammaqom asher-temantiv shammah vehinneh nishkhat ha'ezor lo yitslakh lakkol

So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth from the place where I had buried it; and found the loincloth ruined; it was not good for anything.

vayehi devar-Adonai elay lemor

The word of GOD came to me:

koh amar Adonai kakhah ashkhit et-ge'on yehudah ve'et-ge'on yerushalai͏m harav

Thus said GOD: Even so will I ruin the overweening pride of Judah and Jerusalem.

ha'am hazzeh hara hamme'anim lishmoa et-devaray haholekhim bishrirut libbam vayyelekhu akhare elohim akherim le'ovdam ulehishtakhavot lahem vihi ka'ezor hazzeh asher lo-yitslakh lakkol

This wicked people who refuse to heed My bidding, who follow the willfulness of their own hearts, who follow other gods and serve them and worship them, shall become like that loincloth, which is not good for anything.

ki ka'asher yidbaq ha'ezor el-motne-ish ken hidbaqti elay et-kol-bet yisra'el ve'et-kol-bet yehudah ne'um-Adonai lihyot li le'am uleshem velithillah uletifaret velo shame'u

For as a loincloth clings close to a man’s loins, so I brought close to Me the whole House of Israel and the whole House of Judah—declares GOD—that they might be My people, for fame, and praise, and splendor. But they would not obey.

ve'amarta alehem et-haddavar hazzeh koh-amar Adonai elohe yisra'el kol-nevel yimmale yayin ve'ameru elekha hayadoa lo neda ki khol-nevel yimmale yayin

And speak this word to them: Thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: “Every jar should be filled with wine.” And when they say to you, “Don’t we know that every jar should be filled with wine?”

ve'amarta alehem koh-amar Adonai hinni memalle et-kol-yosheve ha'arets hazzot ve'et-hammelakhim hayyoshevim ledavid al-kiso ve'et-hakkohanim ve'et-hannevi'im ve'et kol-yosheve yerushalai͏m shikkaron

say to them, “Thus said GOD: I am going to fill with drunkenness all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings who sit on the throne of David, and the priests and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

venippatstim ish el-akhiv veha'avot vehabbanim yakhdav ne'um-Adonai lo-ekhmol velo-akhus velo arakhem mehashkhitam

And I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike—declares GOD; no pity, compassion, or mercy will stop Me from destroying them.”

shimu veha'azinu al-tigbahu ki Adonai dibber

Attend and give ear; be not haughty, For GOD has spoken.

tenu la-Adonai elohekhem kavod beterem yakhshikh uveterem yitnaggefu raglekhem al-hare nashef veqivvitem le'or vesamah letsalmavet (yshyt) [veshit] la'arafel

Give honor to the ETERNAL your God Before darkness descends, Before your feet stumble On the mountains in shadow— When you hope for light, And it is turned to darkness And becomes deep gloom.

ve'im lo tishma'uha bemistarim tivkeh-nafshi mippene gevah vedamoa tidma veterad eni dimah ki nishbah eder Adonai

For if you will not give heed, My inmost self must weep, Because of your arrogance; My eye must stream and flow With copious tears, Because GOD’s flock Is taken captive.

emor lammelekh velaggevirah hashpilu shevu ki yarad marashotekhem ateret tifartekhem

Say to the king and the queen mother, “Sit in a lowly spot; For your diadems are abased, Your glorious crowns.”

are hannegev suggeru ve'en poteakh hoglat yehudah kullah hoglat shelomim

The cities of the Negeb are shut, There is no one to open them; Judah is exiled completely, All of it exiled.

(shy) [se'u] enekhem (vry) [ure'u] habba'im mitsafon ayyeh ha'eder nittan-lakh tson tifartekh

Raise your eyes and behold Those who come from the north: Where are the sheep entrusted to you, The flock you took pride in?

mah-ttomeri ki-yifqod alayikh ve'at limmadt otam alayikh allufim lerosh halo khavalim yokhezukh kemo eshet ledah

What will you say when they appoint as your heads Those among you whom you trained to be tame? Shall not pangs seize you Like a woman in childbirth?

vekhi tomeri bilvavekh maddua qera'uni elleh berov avonekh niglu shulayikh nekhmesu aqevayikh

And when you ask yourself, “Why have these things befallen me?” It is because of your great iniquity That your skirts are lifted up, Your limbs exposed.

hayahafokh kushi oro venamer khavarburotayw gam-attem tukhelu lehetiv limmude harea

Can the Cushites change their skin, Or leopards their spots? Just as much can you do good, Who are practiced in doing evil!

va'afitsem keqash-over leruakh midbar

So I will scatter you like straw that flies Before the desert wind.

zeh goralekh menat-middayikh me'itti ne'um-Adonai asher shakhakhat oti vattivtekhi bashaqer

This shall be your lot, Your measured portion from Me —declares GOD. Because you forgot Me And trusted in falsehood,

vegam-ani khasafti shulayikh al-panayikh venirah qelonekh

I in turn will lift your skirts over your face And your shame shall be seen.

ni'ufayikh umitshalotayikh zimmat zenutekh al-geva'ot bassadeh ra'iti shiqqutsayikh oy lakh yerushalai͏m lo tithari akhare matay od

I behold your adulteries, Your lustful neighing, Your unbridled depravity, your vile acts On the hills of the countryside. Woe to you, O Jerusalem, Who will not be pure! How much longer shall it be?