Jeremiah 8

ba'et hahi ne'um-Adonai (vytsyv) [yotsi'u] et-atsmot malkhe-yehudah ve'et-atsmot-sarayw ve'et-atsmot hakkohanim ve'et atsmot hannevi'im ve'et atsmot yosheve-yerushalai͏m miqqivrehem

At that time—declares GOD—the bones of the kings of Judah, of its officers, of the priests, of the prophets, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be taken out of their graves

ushetakhum lashemesh velayyareakh ulekhol tseva hashamayim asher ahevum va'asher avadum va'asher halekhu akharehem va'asher derashum va'asher hishtakhavu lahem lo ye'asefu velo yiqqaveru ledomen al-pene ha'adamah yihyu

and exposed to the sun, the moon, and all the host of heaven that they loved and served and followed, to which they turned and bowed down. They shall not be gathered for reburial; they shall become dung upon the face of the earth.

venivkhar mavet mekhayyim lekhol hashe'erit hannisharim min-hammishpakhah hara'ah hazzot bekhol-hammeqomot hannisharim asher hiddakhtim sham ne'um Adonai tseva'ot

And death shall be preferable to life for all that are left of this wicked folk, in all the other places to which I shall banish them—declares GOD of Hosts.

ve'amarta alehem koh amar Adonai hayippelu velo yaqumu im-yashuv velo yashuv

Say to them: Thus said GOD: When people fall, do they not get up again? If they turn aside, do they not turn back?

maddua shovevah ha'am hazzeh yerushalai͏m meshuvah nitsakhat hekheziqu battarmit me'anu lashuv

Why is this people—Jerusalem—rebellious With a persistent rebellion? They cling to deceit, They refuse to return.

hiqshavti va'eshma lo-khen yedabberu en ish nikham al-ra'ato lemor meh asiti kulloh shav (vmrtsvtm) [bimrutsatam] kesus shotef bammilkhamah

I have listened and heard: They do not speak honestly. No one regrets their own wickedness And says, “What have I done!” They all persist in their wayward course Like a steed dashing forward in the fray.

gam-khasidah vashamayim yade'ah mo'adeha vetor (vsvs) [vesis] ve'agur shameru et-et bo'anah ve'ammi lo yade'u et mishpat Adonai

Even the stork in the sky knows its seasons, And the turtledove, swift, and crane Keep the time of their coming; But My people pay no heed To GOD’s law.

ekhah tomeru khakhamim anakhnu vetorat Adonai ittanu akhen hinneh lasheqer asah et sheqer soferim

How can you say, “We are wise, And we possess GOD’s Instruction”? Assuredly, for naught has the pen labored, For naught the scribes!

hovishu khakhamim khattu vayyillakhedu hinneh vidvar-Adonai ma'asu vekhokhmat meh lahem

The wise men shall be put to shame, Shall be dismayed and caught; See, they reject the word of GOD, So their wisdom amounts to nothing.

lakhen etten et-neshehem la'akherim sedotehem leyoreshim ki miqqaton ve'ad-gadol kulloh botsea batsa minnavi ve'ad-kohen kulloh oseh shaqer

Assuredly, I will give their wives to others, And their fields to dispossessors; For from the smallest to the greatest, They are all greedy for gain; Priest and prophet alike, They all act falsely.

vayerappu et-shever bat-ammi al-neqallah lemor shalom shalom ve'en shalom

They offer healing offhand For the wounds of My poor people, Saying, “All is well, all is well,” When nothing is well.

hovishu ki to'evah asu gam-bosh lo-yevoshu vehikkalem lo yada'u lakhen yippelu vannofelim be'et pequddatam yikkashelu amar Adonai

They have acted shamefully; They have done abhorrent things— Yet they do not feel shame, They cannot be made to blush. Assuredly, they shall fall among the falling, They shall stumble at the time of their doom —said GOD.

asof asifem ne'um-Adonai en anavim baggefen ve'en te'enim batte'enah vehe'aleh navel va'etten lahem ya'avrum

I will make an end of them —declares GOD: No grapes left on the vine, No figs on the fig tree, The leaves all withered; Whatever I have given them is gone.

al-mah anakhnu yoshevim he'asefu venavo el-are hammivtsar veniddemah-sham ki Adonai elohenu hadimmanu vayyashqenu me-rosh ki khatanu la-Adonai

Why are we sitting by? Let us gather into the fortified cities And meet our doom there. For the ETERNAL our God has doomed us— And has made us drink a bitter draft, Because we sinned against GOD.

qavveh leshalom ve'en tov le'et marpeh vehinneh ve'atah

We hoped for good fortune, but no happiness came; For a time of relief—instead there is terror!

middan nishma nakhrat susayw miqqol mitshalot abbirayw ra'ashah kol-ha'arets vayyavo'u vayyokhelu erets umelo'ah ir veyosheve vah

The snorting of their horses was heard from Dan; At the loud neighing of their steeds The whole land quaked. They came and devoured the land and what was in it, The towns and those who dwelt in them.

ki hinni meshalleakh bakhem nekhashim tsifonim asher en-lahem lakhash venishekhu etkhem ne'um-Adonai

Lo, I will send serpents against you, Adders that cannot be charmed, And they shall bite you —declares GOD.

mavligiti ale yagon alay libbi davvay

When in grief I would seek comfort, My heart is sick within me.

hinneh-qol shavat bat-ammi me'erets markhaqqim ha-Adonai en betsiyyon im-malkah en bah maddua hikhisuni bifsilehem behavle nekhar

“Is not GOD in Zion? Is not her Sovereign in her midst? Why then did they anger Me with their images, With alien futilities?” Hark! The outcry of my poor people From the land far and wide:

avar qatsir kalah qayits va'anakhnu lo nosha'enu

“Harvest is past, Summer is gone, But we have not been saved.”

al-shever bat-ammi hoshbareti qadarti shammah hekheziqateni

Because my people is shattered I am shattered; I am dejected, seized by desolation.

hatsori en begilad im-rofe en sham ki maddua lo aletah arukhat bat-ammi

Is there no balm in Gilead? Can no physician be found? Why has healing not yet Come to my poor people?

mi-yitten roshi mayim ve'eni meqor dimah ve'evkeh yomam valaylah et khalle vat-ammi

Oh, that my head were water, My eyes a fount of tears! Then would I weep day and night For the slain of my poor people.