Jeremiah 25

haddavar asher-hayah al-yirmeyahu al-kol-am yehudah bashanah harevi'it lihoyaqim ben-yoshiyyahu melekh yehudah hi hashanah harishonit linvukhadretsar melekh bavel

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, which was the first year of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon.

asher dibber yirmeyahu hannavi al-kol-am yehudah ve'el kol-yosheve yerushalai͏m lemor

This is what the prophet Jeremiah said to all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:

min-shelosh esreh shanah leyoshiyyahu ven-amon melekh yehudah ve'ad hayyom hazzeh zeh shalosh ve'esrim shanah hayah devar-Adonai elay va'adabber alekhem ashkem vedabber velo shematem

From the thirteenth year of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah, to this day—these twenty-three years—the word of GOD has come to me. I have spoken to you persistently, but you would not listen.

veshalakh Adonai alekhem et-kol-avadayw hannevi'im hashkem veshaloakh velo shematem velo-hittitem et-oznekhem lishmoa

Moreover, GOD constantly sent all his servants the prophets to you, but you would not listen or incline your ears to hear

lemor shuvu-na ish middarko hara'ah umeroa ma'allekhem ushevu al-ha'adamah asher natan Adonai lakhem vela'avotekhem lemin-olam ve'ad-olam

when they said, “Turn back, every one, from your evil ways and your wicked acts, that you may remain throughout the ages on the soil that GOD gave to you and your ancestors.

ve'al-telekhu akhare elohim akherim le'ovdam ulehishtakhavot lahem velo-takhisu oti bema'aseh yedekhem velo ara lakhem

Do not follow other gods, to serve them and worship them. Do not vex Me with what your own hands have made, and I will not bring disaster upon you.”

velo-shematem elay ne'um-Adonai lema'an (hkhsvny) [hakhiseni] bema'aseh yedekhem lera lakhem

But you would not listen to Me—declares GOD—but vexed Me with what your hands made, to your own hurt.

lakhen koh amar Adonai tseva'ot ya'an asher lo-shematem et-devaray

Assuredly, thus said GOD of Hosts: Because you would not listen to My words,

hinni sholeakh velaqakhti et-kol-mishpekhot tsafon ne'um-Adonai ve'el-nevukhadretsar melekh-bavel avdi vahavi'otim al-ha'arets hazzot ve'al-yosheveha ve'al kol-haggoyim ha'elleh saviv vehakharamtim vesamtim leshammah velishreqah ulekhorvot olam

I am going to send for all the peoples of the north—declares GOD—and for My servant, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, and bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all those nations round about. I will exterminate them and make them a desolation, an object of hissing—ruins for all time.

veha'avadti mehem qol sason veqol simkhah qol khatan veqol kallah qol rekhayim ve'or ner

And I will banish from them the sound of mirth and gladness, the voice of bridegroom and bride, and the sound of the mill and the light of the lamp.

vehayetah kol-ha'arets hazzot lekhorbah leshammah ve'avedu haggoyim ha'elleh et-melekh bavel shivim shanah

This whole land shall be a desolate ruin. And those nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

vehayah khimlovt shivim shanah efqod al-melekh-bavel ve'al-haggoy hahu ne'um-Adonai et-avonam ve'al-erets kasdim vesamti oto leshimmot olam

When the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation and the land of the Chaldeans for their sins—declares GOD—and I will make it a desolation for all time.

(vhvvty) [veheveti] al-ha'arets hahi et-kol-devaray asher-dibbarti aleha et kol-hakkatuv bassefer hazzeh asher-nibba yirmeyahu al-kol-haggoyim

And I will bring upon that land all that I have decreed against it, all that is recorded in this book—that which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.

ki avedu-vam gam-hemmah goyim rabbim umelakhim gedolim veshillamti lahem kefo'olam ukhema'aseh yedehem

For they too shall be enslaved by many nations and great kings; and I will requite them according to their acts and according to their conduct.

ki khoh amar Adonai elohe yisra'el elay qakh et-kos hayyayin hakhemah hazzot miyyadi vehishqitah oto et-kol-haggoyim asher anokhi sholeakh otekha alehem

For thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, to me: “Take from My hand this cup of wine—of wrath—and make all the nations to whom I send you drink of it.

veshatu vehitgo'ashu vehitholalu mippene hakherev asher anokhi sholeakh benotam

Let them drink and retch and act crazy, because of the sword that I am sending among them.”

va'eqqakh et-hakkos miyyad Adonai va'ashqeh et-kol-haggoyim asher-shelakhani Adonai alehem

So I took the cup from GOD’s hand and gave drink to all the nations to whom GOD had sent me:

et-yerushalai͏m ve'et-are yehudah ve'et-melakheha et-sareha latet otam lekhorbah leshammah lishreqah veliqlalah kayyom hazzeh

Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, and its kings and officials, to make them a desolate ruin, an object of hissing and a curse—as is now the case;

et-paroh melekh-mitsrayim ve'et-avadayw ve'et-sarayw ve'et-kol-ammo

Pharaoh king of Egypt, his courtiers, his officials, and all his people;

ve'et kol-ha'erev ve'et kol-malkhe erets ha'uts ve'et kol-malkhe erets pelishtim ve'et-ashqelon ve'et-azzah ve'et-eqron ve'et she'erit ashdod

all the mixed peoples; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of the Philistines—Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what is left of Ashdod;

et-edom ve'et-mo'av ve'et-bene ammon

Edom, Moab, and Ammon;

ve'et kol-malkhe-tsor ve'et kol-malkhe tsidon ve'et malkhe ha'i asher be'ever hayyam

all the kings of Tyre and all the kings of Sidon, and all the kings of the coastland across the sea;

ve'et-dedan ve'et-tema ve'et-buz ve'et kol-qetsutse fe'ah

Dedan, Tema, and Buz, and all those who have their hair clipped;

ve'et kol-malkhe arav ve'et kol-malkhe ha'erev hashokhenim bammidbar

all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed peoples who live in the desert;

ve'et kol-malkhe zimri ve'et kol-malkhe elam ve'et kol-malkhe maday

all the kings of Zimri and all the kings of Elam and all the kings of Media;

ve'et kol-malkhe hatsafon haqqerovim veharekhoqim ish el-akhiv ve'et kol-hammamlekhot ha'arets asher al-pene ha'adamah umelekh sheshakh yishteh akharehem

all the kings of the north, whether far from or close to each other—all the royal lands that are on the earth. And last of all, the king of Sheshach shall drink.

ve'amarta alehem koh-amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el shetu veshikhru uqeyu veniflu velo taqumu mippene hakherev asher anokhi sholeakh benekhem

Say to them: “Thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Drink and get drunk and vomit; fall and never rise again, because of the sword that I send among you.”

vehayah ki yema'anu laqakhat-hakkos miyyadekha lishtot ve'amarta alehem koh amar Adonai tseva'ot shato tishtu

And if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink, say to them, “Thus said GOD of Hosts: You must drink!

ki hinneh va'ir asher niqra-shemi aleha anokhi mekhel lehara ve'attem hinnaqeh tinnaqu lo tinnaqu ki kherev ani qore al-kol-yosheve ha'arets ne'um Adonai tseva'ot

If I am bringing the punishment first on the city that bears My name, do you expect to go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning the sword against all the inhabitants of the earth—declares GOD of Hosts.”

ve'attah tinnave alehem et kol-haddevarim ha'elleh ve'amarta alehem Adonai mimmarom yishag umimme'on qodsho yitten qolo sha'og yishag al-navehu hedad kedorekhim ya'aneh el kol-yosheve ha'arets

You are to prophesy all those things to them, and then say to them: GOD roars from on high, And bellows from the holy dwelling— Roaring aloud over the [earthly] abode And uttering shouts like the grape-treaders— Against all the dwellers on earth.

ba sha'on ad-qetseh ha'arets ki riv la-Adonai baggoyim nishpat hu lekhol-basar haresha'im netanam lakherev ne'um-Adonai

Tumult has reached the ends of the earth, For GOD has a case against the nations, And contends with all flesh— Delivering the wicked to the sword —declares GOD.

koh amar Adonai tseva'ot hinneh ra'ah yotset miggoy el-goy vesa'ar gadol ye'or miyyarkete-arets

Thus said GOD of Hosts: Disaster goes forth From nation to nation; A great storm is unleashed From the remotest parts of earth.

vehayu khalle Adonai bayyom hahu miqtseh ha'arets ve'ad-qetseh ha'arets lo yissafedu velo ye'asefu velo yiqqaveru ledomen al-pene ha'adamah yihyu

In that day, the earth shall be strewn with the slain of GOD from one end to the other. They shall not be mourned, or gathered and buried; they shall become dung upon the face of the earth.

helilu haro'im veza'aqu vehitpalleshu addire hatson ki-male'u yemekhem litvoakh utefotsotikhem unefaltem kikhli khemdah

Howl, you shepherds, and yell, Strew [dust] on yourselves, you lords of the flock! For the day of your slaughter draws near. I will break you in pieces, And you shall fall like a precious vessel.

ve'avad manos min-haro'im ufeletah me'addire hatson

Flight shall fail the shepherds, And escape, the lords of the flock.

qol tsa'aqat haro'im vilelat addire hatson ki-shoded Adonai et-maritam

Hark, the outcry of the shepherds, And the howls of the lords of the flock! For GOD is ravaging their pasture.

venadammu ne'ot hashalom mippene kharon af-Adonai

The peaceful meadows shall be wiped out By GOD’s fierce wrath.

azav kakkefir sukko ki-hayetah artsam leshammah mippene kharon hayyonah umippene kharon appo

Like a lion [God] has gone forth from the lair; The land has become a desolation, Because of the oppressive wrath, Because of such fierce anger.