Jeremiah 14

asher hayah devar-Adonai el-yirmeyahu al-divre habbatsarot

The word of GOD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.

avelah yehudah ushe'areha umlelu qaderu la'arets vetsivkhat yerushalai͏m alatah

Judah is in mourning, Her settlements languish. They are bowed to the ground, And the outcry of Jerusalem rises.

ve'addirehem shalekhu (tsvryhm) [tse'irehem] lammayim ba'u al-gevim lo-matse'u mayim shavu khelehem reqam boshu vehokhlemu vekhafu rosham

Their nobles sent their servants for water; They came to the cisterns, they found no water. They returned, their vessels empty. They are shamed and humiliated, They cover their heads.

ba'avur ha'adamah khattah ki lo-hayah geshem ba'arets boshu ikkarim khafu rosham

Because of the ground there is dismay, For there has been no rain on the earth. The plowers are shamed, They cover their heads.

ki gam-ayyelet bassadeh yaledah ve'azov ki lo-hayah deshe

Even the hind in the field Forsakes her newborn fawn, Because there is no grass.

ufera'im amedu al-shefayim sha'afu ruakh kattannim kalu enehem ki-en esev

And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, Snuffing the air like jackals; Their eyes pine, Because there is no herbage.

im-avonenu anu vanu Adonai aseh lema'an shemekha ki-rabbu meshuvotenu lekha khatanu

Though our iniquities testify against us, Act, O ETERNAL One, for the sake of Your name; Though our rebellions are many And we have sinned against You.

miqveh yisra'el moshi'o be'et tsarah lammah tihyeh keger ba'arets ukhe'oreakh natah lalun

O Hope of Israel, Its deliverer in time of trouble, Why are You like a stranger in the land, Like a traveler who stops only for the night?

lammah tihyeh ke'ish nidham kegibbor lo-yukhal lehoshia ve'attah veqirbenu Adonai veshimkha alenu niqra al-tannikhenu

Why are You like a man who is stunned, Like a warrior who cannot give victory? Yet You are in our midst, O ETERNAL One, And Your name is attached to us— Do not forsake us!

koh-amar Adonai la'am hazzeh ken ahavu lanua raglehem lo khasakhu va-Adonai lo ratsam attah yizkor avonam veyifqod khattotam

Thus said GOD concerning this people: “Truly, they love to stray, they have not restrained their feet; so GOD has no pleasure in them. Now their iniquity will be recalled—and their sin punished.”

vayyomer Adonai elay al-titpallel be'ad-ha'am hazzeh letovah

And GOD said to me, “Do not pray for the benefit of this people.

ki yatsumu enenni shomea el-rinnatam vekhi ya'alu olah uminkhah enenni rotsam ki bakherev uvara'av uvaddever anokhi mekhalleh otam

When they fast, I will not listen to their outcry; and when they present burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. I will exterminate them by war, famine, and disease.”

va'omar ahah adonay Elohim hinneh hannevi'im omerim lahem lo-tiru kherev vera'av lo-yihyeh lakhem ki-shelom emet etten lakhem bammaqom hazzeh

I said, “Ah, my Sovereign GOD! The prophets are saying to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, famine shall not come upon you, but I will give you unfailing security in this place.’”

vayyomer Adonai elay sheqer hannevi'im nibbe'im bishmi lo shelakhtim velo tsivvitim velo dibbarti alehem khazon sheqer veqesem (vlvl vtrmvt) [ve'elil vetarmit] libbam hemmah mitnabbe'im lakhem

GOD replied: It is a lie that the prophets utter in My name. I have not sent them or commanded them. I have not spoken to them. A lying vision, an empty divination, the deceit of their own contriving—that is what they prophesy to you!

lakhen koh-amar Adonai al-hannevi'im hannibbe'im bishmi va'ani lo-shelakhtim vehemmah omerim kherev vera'av lo yihyeh ba'arets hazzot bakherev uvara'av yittammu hannevi'im hahemmah

Assuredly, thus said GOD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name though I have not sent them, and who say, “Sword and famine shall not befall this land”; those very prophets shall perish by sword and famine.

veha'am asher-hemmah nibbe'im lahem yihyu mushlakhim bekhutsot yerushalai͏m mippene hara'av vehakherev ve'en meqabber lahemmah hemmah neshehem uvenehem uvenotehem veshafakhti alehem et-ra'atam

And the assembly to whom they prophesy shall be left lying in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, with none to bury them—they, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. I will pour out upon them [the requital of] their wickedness.

ve'amarta alehem et-haddavar hazzeh teradnah enay dimah laylah veyomam ve'al-tidmenah ki shever gadol nishberah betulat bat-ammi makkah nakhlah me'od

And do you speak to them thus: Let my eyes run with tears, Day and night let them not cease, For my hapless people has suffered A grievous injury, a very painful wound.

im-yatsati hassadeh vehinneh khalle-kherev ve'im bati ha'ir vehinneh takhalu'e ra'av ki-gam-navi gam-kohen sakharu el-erets velo yada'u

If I go out to the country— Lo, the slain of the sword. If I enter the city— Lo, those who are sick with famine. Both priest and prophet roam the land, They know not where.

hama'os ma'asta et-yehudah im-betsiyyon ga'alah nafshekha maddua hikkitanu ve'en lanu marpe qavveh leshalom ve'en tov ule'et marpe vehinneh ve'atah

Have You, then, rejected Judah? Have You spurned Zion? Why have You smitten us So that there is no cure? Why do we hope for happiness, But find no good; For a time of healing, And meet terror instead?

yadanu Adonai rishenu avon avotenu ki khatanu lakh

We acknowledge our wickedness, O ETERNAL One— The iniquity of our ancestors— For we have sinned against You.

al-tinats lema'an shimkha al-tenabbel kisse khevodekha zekhor al-tafer beritekha ittanu

For Your name’s sake, do not disown us; Do not dishonor Your glorious throne. Remember, do not annul Your covenant with us.

hayesh behavle haggoyim magshimim ve'im-hashamayim yittenu revivim halo attah-hu Adonai elohenu uneqavveh-llakh ki-attah asita et-kol-elleh

Can any of the false gods of the nations give rain? Can the skies of themselves give showers? Only You can, O ETERNAL One our God! So we hope in You, For only You made all these things.