Jeremiah 3

lemor hen yeshallakh ish et-ishto vehalekhah me'itto vehayetah le'ish-akher hayashuv eleha od halo khanof tekhenaf ha'arets hahi ve'at zanit re'im rabbim veshov elay ne'um-Adonai

[The word of GOD came to me] as follows: If a man divorces his wife, and she leaves him and gets married to another man, can he ever go back to her? Would not such a land be defiled? Now you have whored with many lovers: can you return to Me?—says GOD.

se'i-enayikh al-shefayim ure'i efoh lo (shglt) [shukkavt] al-derakhim yashavt lahem ka'aravi bammidbar vattakhanifi erets biznutayikh uvera'atekh

Look up to the bare heights, and see: Where have they not lain with you? You waited for them on the roadside Like a bandit in the wilderness. And you defiled the land With your whoring and your debauchery.

vayyimmane'u revivim umalqosh lo hayah umetsakh isha zonah hayah lakh me'ant hikkalem

And when showers were withheld And the late rains did not come, You had the brazenness of a streetwalker, You refused to be ashamed.

halo me'attah (qrty) [qarat] li avi alluf ne'uray attah

Just now you called to Me, “Father! You are the Companion of my youth.

hayintor le'olam im-yishmor lanetsakh hinneh dibbart vatta'asi hara'ot vattukhal

Does one hate for all time? Does one rage forever?” That is how you spoke; You did wrong, and had your way.

vayyomer Adonai elay bime yoshiyyahu hammelekh hara'ita asher asetah meshuvah yisra'el holekhah hi al-kol-har gavoah ve'el-takhat kol-ets ra'anan vattizni-sham

GOD said to me in the days of King Josiah: Have you seen what Rebel Israel did, going to every high mountain and under every leafy tree, and whoring there?

va'omar akhare asotah et-kol-elleh elay tashuv velo-shavah (vtrh) [vattere] bagodah akhotah yehudah

I thought: After she has done all these things, she will come back to Me. But she did not come back; and her sister, Faithless Judah, saw it.

va'ere ki al-kol-odot asher ni'afah meshuvah yisra'el shillakhtiha va'etten et-sefer kerituteha eleha velo yare'ah bogedah yehudah akhotah vattelekh vattizen gam-hi

I noted: Because Rebel Israel had committed adultery, I cast her off and handed her a bill of divorce; yet her sister, Faithless Judah, was not afraid—she too went and whored.

vehayah miqqol zenutah vattekhenaf et-ha'arets vattinaf et-ha'even ve'et-ha'ets

Indeed, the land was defiled by her casual immorality, as she committed adultery with stone and with wood.

vegam-bekhol-zot lo-shavah elay bagodah akhotah yehudah bekhol-libbah ki im-besheqer ne'um-Adonai

And after all that, her sister, Faithless Judah, did not return to Me wholeheartedly, but insincerely—declares GOD.

vayyomer Adonai elay tsiddeqah nafshah meshuvah yisra'el mibbogedah yehudah

And GOD said to me: Rebel Israel has shown herself more in the right than Faithless Judah.

halokh veqarata et-haddevarim ha'elleh tsafonah ve'amarta shuvah meshuvah yisra'el ne'um-Adonai lo-appil panay bakhem ki-khasid ani ne'um-Adonai lo ettor le'olam

Go, make this proclamation toward the north, and say: Turn back, O Rebel Israel—declares GOD. I will not look on you in anger, for I am compassionate—declares GOD; I do not bear a grudge for all time.

akh de'i avonekh ki ba-Adonai elohayikh pasha'at vattefazzeri et-derakhayikh lazzarim takhat kol-ets ra'anan uveqoli lo-shematem ne'um-Adonai

Only recognize your sin; for you have transgressed against the ETERNAL your God, and scattered your favors among strangers under every leafy tree, and you have not heeded Me—declares GOD.

shuvu vanim shovavim ne'um-Adonai ki anokhi ba'alti vakhem velaqakhti etkhem ekhad me'ir ushenayim mimmishpakhah veheveti etkhem tsiyyon

Turn back, rebellious children—declares GOD. Since I have espoused you, I will take you, one from a town and two from a clan, and bring you to Zion.

venatatti lakhem ro'im kelibbi vera'u etkhem de'ah vehaskel

And I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will pasture you with knowledge and skill.

vehayah ki tirbu uferitem ba'arets bayyamim hahemmah ne'um-Adonai lo-yomeru od aron berit-Adonai velo ya'aleh al-lev velo yizkeru-vo velo yifqodu velo ye'aseh od

And when you increase and are fertile in the land, in those days—declares GOD—people shall no longer speak of the Ark of the Covenant of GOD, nor shall it come to mind. They shall not mention it, or miss it, or make another.

ba'et hahi yiqre'u lirushalai͏m kisse Adonai veniqvu eleha khol-haggoyim leshem Adonai lirushalai͏m velo-yelekhu od akhare sherirut libbam hara

At that time, they shall call Jerusalem “GOD’s Throne,” and all nations shall assemble there, in the name of GOD, at Jerusalem. They shall no longer follow the willfulness of their evil hearts.

bayyamim hahemmah yelekhu vet-yehudah al-bet yisra'el veyavo'u yakhdav me'erets tsafon al-ha'arets asher hinkhalti et-avotekhem

In those days, the House of Judah shall go with the House of Israel; they shall come together from the land of the north to the land I gave your ancestors as a possession.

ve'anokhi amarti ekh ashitekh babbanim ve'etten-lakh erets khemdah nakhalat tsevi tsivot goyim va'omar avi (tqrv) [tiqre'i-]li ume'akharay lo (tshvvv) [tashuvi]

I had resolved to adopt you as My child, and I gave you a desirable land—the fairest heritage of all the nations; and I thought you would surely call Me “Father,” and never cease to be loyal to Me.

akhen bagedah isha mere'ah ken begadtem bi bet yisra'el ne'um-Adonai

Instead, you have broken faith with Me, as a woman breaks faith with a paramour, O House of Israel—declares GOD.

qol al-shefayim nishma bekhi takhanune bene yisra'el ki he'evu et-darkam shakhekhu et-Adonai elohehem

Hark! On the bare heights is heard The suppliant weeping of the people of Israel, For they have gone a crooked way, Ignoring the ETERNAL their God.

shuvu banim shovavim erpah meshuvotekhem hinnu atanu lakh ki attah Adonai elohenu

Turn back, O rebellious children, I will heal your afflictions! “Here we are, we come to You, For You, O ETERNAL One, are our God!

akhen lasheqer miggeva'ot hamon harim akhen ba-Adonai elohenu teshu'at yisra'el

Surely, futility comes from the hills, Confusion from the mountains. Only through the ETERNAL our God Is there deliverance for Israel.

vehabboshet okhlah et-yegia avotenu minne'urenu et-tsonam ve'et-beqaram et-benehem ve'et-benotehem

But the Shameful Thing has consumed The possessions of our ancestors ever since our youth— Their flocks and herds, Their sons and daughters.

nishkevah bevoshtenu utekhassenu kelimmatenu ki la-Adonai elohenu khatanu anakhnu va'avotenu minne'urenu ve'ad-hayyom hazzeh velo shamanu beqol Adonai elohenu

Let us lie down in our shame, Let our disgrace cover us; For we have sinned against the ETERNAL our God, We and our ancestors from our youth to this day, And we have not heeded the ETERNAL our God.”