Jeremiah 21

haddavar asher-hayah el-yirmeyahu me'et Adonai bishloakh elayw hammelekh tsidqiyyahu et-pashkhur ben-malkiyyah ve'et-tsefanyah ven-ma'aseyah hakkohen lemor

The word that came to Jeremiah from GOD—when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchiah and the priest Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah, to say,

derosh-na va'adenu et-Adonai ki nevukhadretsar melekh-bavel nilkham alenu ulay ya'aseh Adonai otanu kekhol-nifle'otayw veya'aleh me'alenu

“Please inquire of GOD on our behalf, for King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon is attacking us. Perhaps GOD will act for our sake in accordance with all the prior wonders, so that he will withdraw from us.”

vayyomer yirmeyahu alehem koh tomerun el-tsidqiyyahu

Jeremiah answered them, “Thus shall you say to Zedekiah:

koh-amar Adonai elohe yisra'el hinni mesev et-kele hammilkhamah asher beyedkhem asher attem nilkhamim bam et-melekh bavel ve'et-hakkasdim hatsarim alekhem mikhuts lakhomah ve'asafti otam el-tokh ha'ir hazzot

Thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: I am going to turn around the weapons in your hands with which you are battling outside the wall against those who are besieging you—the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans—and I will take them into the midst of this city;

venilkhamti ani ittekhem beyad netuyah uvizroa khazaqah uve'af uvekhemah uveqetsef gadol

and I Myself will battle against you with an outstretched mighty arm, with anger and rage and great wrath.

vehikketi et-yosheve ha'ir hazzot ve'et-ha'adam ve'et-habbehemah bedever gadol yamutu

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both human and animal: they shall die by a terrible pestilence.

ve'akhare-khen ne'um-Adonai etten et-tsidqiyyahu melekh-yehudah ve'et-avadayw ve'et-ha'am ve'et-hannisharim ba'ir hazzot min-haddever min-hakherev umin-hara'av beyad nevukhadretsar melekh-bavel uveyad oyevehem uveyad mevaqshe nafsham vehikkam lefi-kherev lo-yakhus alehem velo yakhmol velo yerakhem

And then—declares GOD—I will deliver King Zedekiah of Judah and his courtiers and the people—those in this city who survive the pestilence, the sword, and the famine—into the hands of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, into the hands of their enemies, into the hands of those who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword without pity, without compassion, without mercy.

ve'el-ha'am hazzeh tomar koh amar Adonai hinni noten lifnekhem et-derekh hakhayyim ve'et-derekh hammavet

“And to this people you shall say: Thus said GOD: I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

hayyoshev ba'ir hazzot yamut bakherev uvara'av uvaddaver vehayyotse venafal al-hakkasdim hatsarim alekhem (ykhyh) [vekhayah] vehayetah-llo nafsho leshalal

Whoever remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but whoever leaves and goes over to the Chaldeans who are besieging you shall live; he shall at least gain his life.

ki samti fanay ba'ir hazzot lera'ah velo letovah ne'um-Adonai beyad-melekh bavel tinnaten userafah ba'esh

For I have set My face against this city for evil and not for good—declares GOD. It shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it by fire.”

ulevet melekh yehudah shimu devar-Adonai

To the House of the king of Judah: Hear the word of GOD!

bet david koh amar Adonai dinu labboqer mishpat vehatsilu gazul miyyad osheq pen-tetse kha'esh khamati uva'arah ve'en mekhabbeh mippene roa (mllyhm) [ma'allekhem]

O House of David, thus said GOD: Render just verdicts Morning by morning; Rescue from the defrauder Anyone who is robbed. Else My wrath will break forth like fire And burn, with none to quench it, Because of your wicked acts.

hinni elayikh yoshevet ha'emeq tsur hammishor ne'um-Adonai ha'omerim mi-yekhat alenu umi yavo bimonotenu

I will deal with you, O inhabitants of the valley, O rock of the plain—declares GOD— You who say, “Who can come down against us? Who can get into our lairs?”

ufaqadti alekhem kifri ma'allekhem ne'um-Adonai vehitsatti esh beyarah ve'okhlah kol-seviveha

I will punish you according to your deeds —declares GOD. I will set fire to its forest; It shall consume all that is around it.