Jeremiah 15

vayyomer Adonai elay im-ya'amod mosheh ushemu'el lefanay en nafshi el-ha'am hazzeh shallakh me'al-panay veyetse'u

GOD said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were to intercede with Me, I would not be won over to that people. Dismiss them from My presence, and let them go forth!

vehayah ki-yomeru elekha anah netse ve'amarta alehem koh-amar Adonai asher lammavet lammavet va'asher lakherev lakherev va'asher lara'av lara'av va'asher lashevi lashevi

And if they ask you, ‘To what shall we go forth?’ answer them, ‘Thus said GOD: Those destined for the plague, to the plague; Those destined for the sword, to the sword; Those destined for famine, to famine; Those destined for captivity, to captivity.

ufaqadti alehem arba mishpakhot ne'um-Adonai et-hakherev laharog ve'et-hakkelavim liskhov ve'et-of hashamayim ve'et-behemat ha'arets le'ekhol ulehashkhit

And I will appoint over them four kinds [of punishment]—declares GOD—the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, the birds of the sky, and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

unetattim (lzvh) [leza'avah] lekhol mamlekhot ha'arets biglal menasheh ven-yekhizqiyyahu melekh yehudah al asher-asah birushalai͏m

I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, on account of King Manasseh son of Hezekiah of Judah, and of what he did in Jerusalem.’”

ki mi-yakhmol alayikh yerushalai͏m umi yanud lakh umi yasur lishol leshalom lakh

But who will pity you, O Jerusalem, Who will console you? Who will turn aside to inquire About your welfare?

at natasht oti ne'um-Adonai akhor telekhi va'at et-yadi alayikh va'ashkhitekh nileti hinnakhem

You cast Me off —declares GOD— You go ever backward. So I have stretched out My hand to destroy you; I cannot relent.

va'ezrem bemizreh besha'are ha'arets shikkalti ibbadti et-ammi middarkhehem lo-shavu

I will scatter them as with a winnowing fork Through the settlements of the earth. I will bereave, I will destroy My people, For they would not turn back from their ways.

atsemu-li almenotav mekhol yammim heveti lahem al-em bakhur shoded batsohorayim hippalti aleha pitom ir uvehalot

Their widows shall be more numerous Than the sands of the seas. I will bring against them— Young men and mothers together— A destroyer at noonday. I will bring down suddenly upon them Alarm and terror.

umlelah yoledet hashivah nafekhah nafshah (vh) [ba] shimshah be'od yomam boshah vekhaferah ushe'eritam lakherev etten lifne oyevehem ne'um-Adonai

She who bore seven is forlorn, Utterly disconsolate; Her sun has set while it is still day, She is shamed and humiliated. The remnant of them I will deliver to the sword, To the power of their enemies —declares GOD.

oy-li immi ki yelidtini ish riv ve'ish madon lekhol-ha'arets lo-nashiti velo-nashu-vi kulloh meqallavni

Woe is me, my mother, that you ever bore me— A man of conflict and strife with all the land! I have not lent, And I have not borrowed; Yet everyone curses me.

amar Adonai im-lo (shrvtkh) [sheritikha] letov im-lo hifgati vekha be'et ra'ah uve'et tsarah et-ha'oyev

GOD said: Surely, a mere remnant of you Will I spare for a better fate! By the enemy from the north In a time of distress and a time of disaster, Surely, I will have you struck down!

hayaroa barzel barzel mitsafon unekhoshet

Can iron break iron and bronze?

khelekha ve'otserotekha lavaz etten lo vimkhir uvekhol-khattovtekha uvekhol-gevulekha

I will hand over your wealth and your treasures As a spoil, free of charge, Because of all your sins throughout your territory.

veha'avarti et-oyevekha be'erets lo yada'eta ki-esh qadekhah ve'appi alekhem tuqad

And I will bring your enemies By way of a land you have not known. For a fire has flared in My wrath, It blazes against you.

attah yadata Adonai zokhreni ufoqdeni vehinnaqem li merodefay al-le'erekh appekha tiqqakheni da se'eti alekha kherpah

O ETERNAL One, you know— Remember me and take thought of me, Avenge me on those who persecute me; Do not yield to Your patience, Do not let me perish! Consider how I have borne insult On Your account.

nimtse'u devarekha va'okhelem vayehi (dvrykh) [devarekha] li lesason ulesimkhat levavi ki-niqra shimkha alay Adonai elohe tseva'ot

When Your words were offered, I devoured them; Your word brought me the delight and joy Of knowing that Your name is attached to me, O ETERNAL One, God of Hosts.

lo-yashavti vesod-mesakhaqim va'eloz mippene yadekha badad yashavti ki-za'am milletani

I have not sat in the company of revelers And made merry! I have sat lonely because of Your hand upon me, For You have filled me with gloom.

lammah hayah khe'evi netsakh umakkati anushah me'anah herafe hayo tihyeh li kemo akhzav mayim lo ne'emanu

Why must my pain be endless, My wound incurable, Resistant to healing? You have been to me like a spring that fails, Like waters that cannot be relied on.

lakhen koh-amar Adonai im-tashuv va'ashivekha lefanay ta'amod ve'im-totsi yaqar mizzolel kefi tihyeh yashuvu hemmah elekha ve'attah lo-tashuv alehem

Assuredly, thus said GOD: If you turn back, I shall take you back And you shall stand before Me; If you produce what is noble Out of the worthless, You shall be My spokesman. They shall come back to you, Not you to them.

unetattikha la'am hazzeh lekhomat nekhoshet betsurah venilkhamu elekha velo-yukhelu lakh ki-ittekha ani lehoshi'akha ulehatsilekha ne'um-Adonai

Against this people I will make you As a fortified wall of bronze: They will attack you, But they shall not overcome you, For I am with you to deliver and save you —declares GOD.

vehitsaltikha miyyad ra'im ufeditikha mikkaf aritsim

I will save you from the hands of the wicked And rescue you from the clutches of the violent.