Jeremiah 49

livne ammon koh amar Adonai havanim en leyisra'el im-yoresh en lo maddua yarash malkam et-gad ve'ammo be'arayw yashav

Concerning the Ammonites. Thus said GOD: Has Israel no sons, Has he no heir? Then why has Milcom dispossessed Gad, And why have his people settled in Gad’s towns?

lakhen hinneh yamim ba'im ne'um-Adonai vehishmati el-rabbat bene-ammon teru'at milkhamah vehayetah letel shemamah uvenoteha ba'esh titsatnah veyarash yisra'el et-yoreshayw amar Adonai

Assuredly, days are coming —declares GOD— When I will sound the alarm of war Against Rabbah of the Ammonites; It shall become a desolate mound, And its villages shall be set on fire. And Israel shall dispossess Those who dispossessed him —said GOD.

helili kheshbon ki shuddedah-ay tse'aqnah benot rabbah khagorenah saqqim sefodenah vehitshotatnah baggederot ki malkam baggolah yelekh kohanayw vesarayw yakhdayw

Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is ravaged! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Gird on sackcloth, lament, And run to and fro in the sheepfolds. For Milcom shall go into exile, Together with his priests and attendants.

mah-ttithaleli ba'amaqim zav imqekh habbat hashovevah habbotekhah be'otseroteha mi yavo elay

Why do you glory in strength, Your strength is drained, O rebellious daughter, You who relied on your treasures, [Who said:] Who dares attack me?

hinni mevi alayikh pakhad ne'um-adonay Elohim tseva'ot mikkol-sevivayikh veniddakhtem ish lefanayw ve'en meqabbets lannoded

I am bringing terror upon you —declares my Sovereign GOD of Hosts— From all those around you. Every one of you shall be driven in every direction, And none shall gather in the fugitives.

ve'akhare-khen ashiv et-shevut bene-ammon ne'um-Adonai

But afterward I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites—declares GOD.

le'edom koh amar Adonai tseva'ot ha'en od khokhmah beteman avedah etsah mibbanim nisrekhah khokhmatam

Concerning Edom. Thus said GOD of Hosts: Is there no more wisdom in Teman? Has counsel vanished from the prudent? Has their wisdom gone stale?

nusu hofnu hemiqu lashevet yosheve dedan ki ed esav heveti alayw et peqadtiv

Flee, turn away, sit down low, O inhabitants of Dedan, For I am bringing Esau’s doom upon him, The time when I deal with him.

im-botserim ba'u lakh lo yashiru olelot im-gannavim ballaylah hishkhitu dayyam

If vintagers were to come upon you, Would they leave no gleanings? Even thieves in the night Would destroy only for their needs!

ki-ani khasafti et-esav gilleti et-mistarayw venekhbah lo yukhal shuddad zaro ve'ekhayw ushekhenayw ve'enennu

But it is I who have bared Esau, Have exposed his place of concealment; He cannot hide. His offspring is ravaged, His kin and his neighbors— He is no more.

ozvah yetomekha ani akhayyeh ve'almenotekha alay tivtakhu

“Leave your orphans with me, I will rear them; Let your widows rely on me!”

ki-khoh amar Adonai hinneh asher-en mishpatam lishtot hakkos shato yishtu ve'attah hu naqoh tinnaqeh lo tinnaqeh ki shatoh tishteh

For thus said GOD: If they who rightly should not drink of the cup must drink it, are you the one to go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished: you will have to drink!

ki vi nishbati ne'um-Adonai ki-leshammah lekherpah lekhorev veliqlalah tihyeh votsrah vekhol-areha tihyenah lekhorvot olam

For by Myself I swear—declares GOD—Bozrah shall become a desolation, a mockery, a ruin, and a curse; and all its towns shall be ruins for all time.

shemu'ah shamati me'et Adonai vetsir baggoyim shaluakh hitqabbetsu uvo'u aleha vequmu lammilkhamah

I have received tidings from GOD, And an envoy is sent out among the nations: Assemble, and move against her, And rise up for war!

ki-hinneh qaton netattikha baggoyim bazuy ba'adam

For I will make you least among nations, Most despised among humankind.

tiflatstekha hishi otakh zedon libbekha shokheni bekhagve hassela tofesi merom givah ki-tagbiah kannesher qinnekha misham oridekha ne'um-Adonai

Your horrible nature, Your arrogant heart has seduced you, You who dwell in clefts of the rock, Who occupy the height of the hill! Should you nest as high as the eagle, From there I will pull you down —declares GOD.

vehayetah edom leshammah kol over aleha yishom veyishroq al-kol-makkoteha

And Edom shall be a cause of appallment; whoever passes by will be appalled and will hiss at all its wounds.

kemahpekhat sedom va'amorah ushekheneha amar Adonai lo-yeshev sham ish velo-yagur bah ben-adam

It shall be like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors—said GOD: nobody shall live there, no human shall sojourn there.

hinneh ke'aryeh ya'aleh migge'on hayyarden el-neveh etan ki-argi'ah aritsennu me'aleha umi vakhur eleha efqod ki mi khamoni umi yo'idenni umi-zeh ro'eh asher ya'amod lefanay

It shall be as when a lion comes up out of the jungle of the Jordan against a secure pasture: in a moment I can harry him out of it and appoint over it anyone I choose. Then who is like Me? Who can summon Me? Who is the shepherd that can stand up against Me?

lakhen shimu atsat-Adonai asher ya'ats el-edom umakhshevotayw asher khashav el-yosheve teman im-lo yiskhavum tse'ire hatson im-lo yashim alehem nevehem

Hear, then, the plan that GOD has devised against Edom, and what has been purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the shepherd boys Shall drag them away; Surely the pasture shall be Aghast because of them.

miqqol niflam ra'ashah ha'arets tse'aqah beyam-suf nishma qolah

At the sound of their downfall The earth shall shake; The sound of screaming Shall be heard at the Sea of Reeds.

hinneh khannesher ya'aleh veyideh veyifros kenafayw al-botsrah vehayah lev gibbore edom bayyom hahu kelev isha metserah

See, like an eagle he flies up, He soars and spreads his wings against Bozrah; And the heart of Edom’s warriors in that day Shall be like the heart of a woman in travail.

ledammeseq boshah khamat ve'arpad ki-shemu'ah ra'ah shame'u namogu bayyam de'agah hashqet lo yukhal

Concerning Damascus. Hamath and Arpad are shamed, For they have heard bad news. They shake with anxiety, Like the sea that cannot rest.

rafetah dammeseq hifnetah lanus veretet hekheziqah tsarah vakhavalim akhazattah kayyoledah

Damascus has grown weak, She has turned around to flee; Trembling has seized her, Pain and anguish have taken hold of her, Like a woman in childbirth.

ekh lo-uzzevah ir (thlh) [tehillat] qiryat mesosi

How has the glorious city not been deserted, The citadel of my joy!

lakhen yippelu vakhureha birkhovoteha vekhol-anshe hammilkhamah yiddammu bayyom hahu ne'um Adonai tseva'ot

Assuredly, her young men shall lie fallen in her squares. And all her warriors shall be stilled in that day —declares GOD of Hosts.

vehitsatti esh bekhomat dammaseq ve'okhlah armenot ben-hadad

I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, And it shall consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.

leqedar ulemamlekhot khatsor asher hikkah (nvvkhdrtsvr) [nevukhadretsar] melekh-bavel koh amar Adonai qumu alu el-qedar veshoddu et-bene-qedem

Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon conquered. Thus said GOD: Arise, march against Kedar, And ravage the Kedemites!

oholehem vetsonam yiqqakhu yeri'otehem vekhol-kelehem ugemallehem yisu lahem veqare'u alehem magor missaviv

They will take away their tents and their flocks, Their tent cloths and all their gear; They shall carry off their camels, And shall proclaim against them: Terror all around!

nusu nudu me'od hemiqu lashevet yosheve khatsor ne'um-Adonai ki-ya'ats alekhem nevukhadretsar melekh-bavel etsah vekhashav (lyhm) [alekhem] makhashavah

Flee, wander far, Sit down low, O inhabitants of Hazor —says GOD. For King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon Has devised a plan against you And formed a purpose against you:

qumu alu el-goy shelev yoshev lavetakh ne'um-Adonai lo-delatayim velo-veriakh lo badad yishkonu

Rise up, attack a tranquil nation That dwells secure —says GOD— That has no barred gates, That dwells alone.

vehayu gemallehem lavaz vahamon miqnehem leshalal vezeritim lekhol-ruakh qetsutse fe'ah umikkol-avarayw avi et-edam ne'um-Adonai

Their camels shall become booty, And their abundant flocks a spoil; And I will scatter to every quarter Those who have their hair clipped; And from every direction I will bring Disaster upon them —says GOD.

vehayetah khatsor limon tannim shemamah ad-olam lo-yeshev sham ish velo-yagur bah ben-adam

Hazor shall become a lair of jackals, A desolation for all time. No one shall live there, No human shall sojourn there.

asher hayah devar-Adonai el-yirmeyahu hannavi el-elam bereshit malkhut tsidqiyyah melekh-yehudah lemor

The word of GOD that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning Elam, at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah:

koh amar Adonai tseva'ot hinni shover et-qeshet elam reshit gevuratam

Thus said GOD of Hosts: I am going to break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their strength.

veheveti el-elam arba rukhot me'arba qetsot hashamayim vezeritim lekhol harukhot ha'elleh velo-yihyeh haggoy asher lo-yavo sham niddekhe (vlm) [elam]

And I shall bring four winds against Elam from the four quarters of heaven, and scatter them to all those winds. There shall not be a nation to which the fugitives from Elam do not come.

vehakhtatti et-elam lifne oyevehem velifne mevaqshe nafsham veheveti alehem ra'ah et-kharon appi ne'um-Adonai veshillakhti akharehem et-hakherev ad kalloti otam

And I will break Elam before their enemies, before those who seek their lives; and I will bring disaster upon them, My flaming wrath—declares GOD. And I will dispatch the sword after them until I have consumed them.

vesamti khisi be'elam veha'avadti misham melekh vesarim ne'um-Adonai

And I will set My throne in Elam, And wipe out from there king and officials —says GOD.

vehayah be'akharit hayyamim (shvv) [ashiv] et-[shevut] (shvyt) elam ne'um-Adonai

But in the days to come I will restore the fortunes of Elam—declares GOD.