Jeremiah 50

haddavar asher dibber Adonai el-bavel el-erets kasdim beyad yirmeyahu hannavi

The word that GOD spoke concerning Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through the prophet Jeremiah:

haggidu vaggoyim vehashmi'u use'u-nes hashmi'u al-tekhakhedu imru nilkedah vavel hovish bel khat merodakh hovishu atsabbeha khattu gilluleha

Declare among the nations, and proclaim; Raise a standard, proclaim; Hide nothing! Say: Babylon is captured, Bel is shamed, Merodach is dismayed. Her idols are shamed, Her fetishes dismayed.

ki alah aleha goy mitsafon hu-yashit et-artsah leshammah velo-yihyeh yoshev bah me'adam ve'ad-behemah nadu halakhu

For a nation from the north has attacked her, It will make her land a desolation. No one shall dwell in it, Both human and animal shall wander away.

bayyamim hahemmah uva'et hahi ne'um-Adonai yavo'u vene-yisra'el hemmah uvene-yehudah yakhdav halokh uvakho yelekhu ve'et-Adonai elohehem yevaqqeshu

In those days and at that time—declares GOD—the people of Israel together with the people of Judah shall come, and they shall weep as they go to seek the ETERNAL their God.

tsiyyon yishalu derekh hennah fenehem bo'u venilvu el-Adonai berit olam lo tishakheakh

They shall inquire for Zion; in that direction their faces shall turn; they shall come and attach themselves to GOD by a covenant for all time, which shall never be forgotten.

tson ovedot (hyh) [hayu] ammi ro'ehem hitum harim (shvvvym) [shovevum] mehar el-givah halakhu shakhekhu rivtsam

My people were lost sheep: their shepherds led them astray, they drove them out to the mountains, they roamed from mount to hill, they forgot their own resting place.

kol-motse'ehem akhalum vetsarehem ameru lo nesham takhat asher khate'u la-Adonai neveh-tsedeq umiqveh avotehem Adonai

All who encountered them devoured them; and their foes said, “We shall not be held guilty, because they have sinned against GOD, the true Pasture, the Hope of their ancestors—GOD.”

nudu mittokh bavel ume'erets kasdim (ytsv) [tse'u] vihyu ke'attudim lifne-tson

Flee from Babylon, Leave the land of the Chaldeans, And be like he-goats that lead the flock!

ki hinneh anokhi me'ir uma'aleh al-bavel qehal-goyim gedolim me'erets tsafon ve'arekhu lah misham tillakhed khitsayw kegibbor mashkil lo yashuv reqam

For see, I am rousing and leading An assemblage of great nations against Babylon From the lands of the north. They shall draw up their lines against her, There she shall be captured. Their arrows are like those of a skilled warrior Who does not turn back without hitting the mark.

vehayetah khasdim leshalal kol-sholeleha yisba'u ne'um-Adonai

Chaldea shall be despoiled, All her spoilers shall be sated —declares GOD.

ki (tshmkhy) [tismekhu] ki (tlzy) [ta'alzu] shose nakhalati ki (tfvshy) [tafushu] ke'eglah dashah (vttshly) [vetitshalu] ka'abbirim

For you rejoiced, you exulted, You who plundered My possession; You stamped like a heifer treading grain, You neighed like steeds.

boshah immekhem me'od khaferah yoladtekhem hinneh akharit goyim midbar tsiyyah va'aravah

So your mother will be utterly shamed, She who bore you will be disgraced. Behold the end of the nations— Wilderness, desert, and steppe!

miqqetsef Adonai lo teshev vehayetah shemamah kullah kol over al-bavel yishom veyishroq al-kol-makkoteha

Because of GOD’s wrath she shall not be inhabited; She shall be utterly desolate. Whoever passes by Babylon will be appalled And will hiss at all her wounds.

irkhu al-bavel saviv kol-dorekhe qeshet yedu eleha al-takhmelu el-khets ki la-Adonai khata'ah

Range yourselves round about Babylon, All you who draw the bow; Shoot at her, don’t spare arrows, For she has sinned against GOD.

hari'u aleha saviv natenah yadah nafelu (shvytyh) [oshyoteha] nehersu khomoteha ki niqmat Adonai hi hinnaqemu vah ka'asher asetah asu-lah

Raise a shout against her all about! She has surrendered; Her bastions have fallen, Her walls are thrown down— This is GOD’s vengeance. Take vengeance on her, Do to her as she has done!

kirtu zorea mibbavel vetofes maggal be'et qatsir mippene kherev hayyonah ish el-ammo yifnu ve'ish le'artso yanusu

Make an end in Babylon of sowers, And of wielders of the sickle at harvest time. Because of the deadly sword, Everyone shall turn back to their own people, All shall flee to their own land.

seh fezurah yisra'el arayot hiddikhu harishon akhalo melekh ashur vezeh ha'akharon itsemo nevukhadretsar melekh bavel

Israel are scattered sheep, harried by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured them, and in the end King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon crunched their bones.

lakhen koh-amar Adonai tseva'ot elohe yisra'el hinni foqed el-melekh bavel ve'el-artso ka'asher paqadti el-melekh ashur

Assuredly, thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: I will deal with the king of Babylon and his land as I dealt with the king of Assyria.

veshovavti et-yisra'el el-navehu vera'ah hakkarmel vehabbashan uvehar efrayim vehaggilad tisba nafsho

And I will lead Israel back to his pasture, and he shall graze in Carmel and Bashan, and eat his fill in the hill country of Ephraim and in Gilead.

bayyamim hahem uva'et hahi ne'um-Adonai yevuqqash et-avon yisra'el ve'enennu ve'et-khattot yehudah velo timmatseynah ki eslakh la'asher ashir

In those days and at that time —declares GOD— The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, And there shall be none; The sins of Judah, And none shall be found; For I will pardon those I allow to survive.

al-ha'arets meratayim aleh aleha ve'el-yosheve peqod kharov vehakharem akharehem ne'um-Adonai va'aseh kekhol asher tsivvitikha

Advance against her—the land of Merathaim— And against the inhabitants of Pekod; Ruin and destroy after them to the last —says GOD— Do just as I have commanded you.

qol milkhamah ba'arets veshever gadol

Hark! War in the land And vast destruction!

ekh nigda vayyishaver pattish kol-ha'arets ekh hayetah leshammah bavel baggoyim

How the hammer of the whole earth Has been hacked and shattered! How Babylon has become An appallment among the nations!

yaqosheti lakh vegam-nilkadt bavel ve'at lo yada'at nimtset vegam-nitpast ki va-Adonai hitgarit

I set a snare for you, O Babylon, And you were trapped unawares; You were found and caught, Because you challenged GOD.

patakh Adonai et-otsaro vayyotse et-kele zamo ki-melakhah hi ladonay Adonai tseva'ot be'erets kasdim

GOD has opened the divine armory And brought out the weapons of wrath; For that is the task Of my Sovereign GOD of Hosts In the land of the Chaldeans.

bo'u-lah miqqets pitkhu ma'avuseha solluha khemo-aremim vehakharimuha al-tehi-lah she'erit

Come against her from every quarter; Break open her granaries, Pile her up like heaps of grain, And destroy her, let her have no remnant!

khirvu kol-pareha yeredu lattavakh hoy alehem ki-va yomam et pequddatam

Destroy all her bulls, Let them go down to slaughter. Alas for them, their day is come, The hour of their doom!

qol nasim ufeletim me'erets bavel lehaggid betsiyyon et-niqmat Adonai elohenu niqmat hekhalo

Hark! fugitives are escaping From the land of Babylon, To tell in Zion of the vengeance of the ETERNAL our God, Vengeance for the holy temple.

hashmi'u el-bavel rabbim kol-dorekhe qeshet khanu aleha saviv al-yehi-[lah] peletah shallemu-lah kefo'olah kekhol asher asetah asu-lah ki el-Adonai zadah el-qedosh yisra'el

Summon archers against Babylon, All who draw the bow! Encamp against her round about, Let none of her people escape. Pay her back for her actions, Do to her just what she has done; For she has acted insolently against GOD, The Holy One of Israel.

lakhen yippelu vakhureha birkhovoteha vekhol-anshe milkhamtah yiddammu bayyom hahu ne'um-Adonai

Assuredly, her young men shall fall in her squares, And all her warriors shall perish in that day —declares GOD.

hinni elekha zadon ne'um-adonay Elohim tseva'ot ki ba yomekha et peqadtikha

I am going to deal with you, O Insolence —declares my Sovereign GOD of Hosts— For your day is come, the time when I doom you:

vekhashal zadon venafal ve'en lo meqim vehitsatti esh be'arayw ve'okhlah kol-sevivotayw

Insolence shall stumble and fall, With none to raise her up. I will set her cities on fire, And it shall consume everything around her.

koh amar Adonai tseva'ot ashuqim bene-yisra'el uvene-yehudah yakhdav vekhol-shovehem hekheziqu vam me'anu shallekham

Thus said GOD of Hosts: The people of Israel are oppressed, And so too the people of Judah; All their captors held them, They refused to let them go.

go'alam khazaq Adonai tseva'ot shemo riv yariv et-rivam lema'an hirgia et-ha'arets vehirgiz leyosheve vavel

Their mighty Redeemer, Whose name is GOD of Hosts, Will champion their cause— So as to give rest to the earth, And unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.

kherev al-kasdim ne'um-Adonai ve'el-yosheve vavel ve'el-sareha ve'el-khakhameha

A sword against the Chaldeans —declares GOD— And against the inhabitants of Babylon, Against its officials and its sages!

kherev el-habbaddim veno'alu kherev el-gibboreha vakhattu

A sword against the diviners, that they be made fools of! A sword against the warriors, that they be dismayed!

kherev el-susayw ve'el-rikhbo ve'el-kol-ha'erev asher betokhah vehayu lenashim kherev el-otseroteha uvuzzazu

A sword against its horses and chariots, And against all the motley crowd in its midst, That they become women! A sword against its treasuries, that they be pillaged!

khorev el-memeha veyaveshu ki erets pesilim hi uva'emim yitholalu

A drought against its waters, that they be dried up! For it is a land of idols; They are besotted by their dread images.

lakhen yeshevu tsiyyim et-iyyim veyashevu vah benot ya'anah velo-teshev od lanetsakh velo tishkon ad-dor vador

Assuredly, Wildcats and hyenas shall dwell [there], And ostriches shall dwell there; It shall never be settled again, Nor inhabited throughout the ages.

kemahpekhat elohim et-sedom ve'et-amorah ve'et-shekheneha ne'um-Adonai lo-yeshev sham ish velo-yagur bah ben-adam

It shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors—declares GOD; nobody shall live there, no human shall sojourn there.

hinneh am ba mitsafon vegoy gadol umelakhim rabbim ye'oru miyyarkete-arets

Lo, a people comes from the northland; A great nation and many kings are roused From the remotest parts of the earth.

qeshet vekhidon yakhaziqu akhzari hemmah velo yerakhemu qolam kayyam yehemeh ve'al-susim yirkavu arukh ke'ish lammilkhamah alayikh bat-bavel

They grasp the bow and javelin, They are cruel, they show no mercy; The sound of them is like the roaring sea. They ride upon horses, Accoutered like a man for battle, Against you, O Fair Babylon!

shama melekh-bavel et-shimam verafu yadayw tsarah hekheziqathu khil kayyoledah

The king of Babylon has heard the report of them, And his hands are weakened; Anguish seizes him, Pangs like a woman in childbirth.

hinneh ke'aryeh ya'aleh migge'on hayyarden el-neveh etan ki-argi'ah (rvtsm) [aritsem] 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 out of the jungle of the Jordan against a secure pasture: in a moment I can harry them 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-bavel umakhshevotayw asher khashav el-erets kasdim im-lo yiskhavum tse'ire hatson im-lo yashim alehem naveh

Hear, then, the plan that GOD has devised against Babylon, and has purposed against the land of Chaldea: Surely the shepherd boys Shall drag them away; Surely the pasture shall be Aghast because of them.

miqqol nitpesah vavel nirashah ha'arets uze'aqah baggoyim nishma

At the sound of Babylon’s capture The earth quakes, And an outcry is heard among the nations.