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א
אֲשֶׁר הָיָה דְבַר-יְהוָה אֶל-יִרְמְיָהוּ, עַל-דִּבְרֵי הַבַּצָּרוֹת.
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The word of YAHOWAH that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.
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ב
אָבְלָה יְהוּדָה, וּשְׁעָרֶיהָ אֻמְלְלוּ קָדְרוּ לָאָרֶץ; וְצִוְחַת יְרוּשָׁלִַם, עָלָתָה.
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Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they bow down in black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
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ג
וְאַדִּרֵיהֶם, שָׁלְחוּ צעוריהם (צְעִירֵיהֶם) לַמָּיִם; בָּאוּ עַל-גֵּבִים לֹא-מָצְאוּ מַיִם, שָׁבוּ כְלֵיהֶם רֵיקָם--בֹּשׁוּ וְהָכְלְמוּ, וְחָפוּ רֹאשָׁם.
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And their nobles send their lads for water: they come to the pits, and find no water; their vessels return empty; they are ashamed and confounded, and cover their heads.
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ד
בַּעֲבוּר הָאֲדָמָה חַתָּה, כִּי לֹא-הָיָה גֶשֶׁם בָּאָרֶץ; בֹּשׁוּ אִכָּרִים, חָפוּ רֹאשָׁם.
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Because of the ground which is cracked, for there hath been no rain in the land, the plowmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.
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ה
כִּי גַם-אַיֶּלֶת בַּשָּׂדֶה, יָלְדָה וְעָזוֹב: כִּי לֹא-הָיָה, דֶּשֶׁא.
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Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass,
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ו
וּפְרָאִים עָמְדוּ עַל-שְׁפָיִם, שָׁאֲפוּ רוּחַ כַּתַּנִּים; כָּלוּ עֵינֵיהֶם, כִּי-אֵין עֵשֶׂב.
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And the wild asses stand on the high hills, they gasp for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
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ז
אִם-עֲונֵינוּ, עָנוּ בָנוּ--יְהוָה, עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ: כִּי-רַבּוּ מְשׁוּבֹתֵינוּ, לְךָ חָטָאנוּ.
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Though our iniquities testify against us, O YAHOWAH, work Thou for Thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many, we have sinned against Thee.
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ח
מִקְוֵה, יִשְׂרָאֵל, מוֹשִׁיעוֹ, בְּעֵת צָרָה--לָמָּה תִהְיֶה כְּגֵר בָּאָרֶץ, וּכְאֹרֵחַ נָטָה לָלוּן.
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O Thou hope of Yisrael, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest Thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
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ט
לָמָּה תִהְיֶה כְּאִישׁ נִדְהָם, כְּגִבּוֹר לֹא-יוּכַל לְהוֹשִׁיעַ; וְאַתָּה בְקִרְבֵּנוּ יְהוָה, וְשִׁמְךָ עָלֵינוּ נִקְרָא--אַל-תַּנִּחֵנוּ. {ס}
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Why shouldest thou be as a man overcome, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet Thou, O YAHOWAH, art in the midst of us, and Thy name is called upon us; leave us not.
{S}
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י
כֹּה-אָמַר יְהוָה לָעָם הַזֶּה, כֵּן אָהֲבוּ לָנוּעַ--רַגְלֵיהֶם, לֹא חָשָׂכוּ; וַיהוָה, לֹא רָצָם--עַתָּה יִזְכֹּר עֲונָם, וְיִפְקֹד חַטֹּאתָם. {פ}
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Thus saith YAHOWAH unto this people: Even so have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet; therefore YAHOWAH doth not accept them, now will He remember their iniquity, and punish their sins.
{P}
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יא
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה, אֵלָי: אַל-תִּתְפַּלֵּל בְּעַד-הָעָם הַזֶּה, לְטוֹבָה.
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And YAHOWAH said unto me: 'Pray not for this people for their good.
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יב
כִּי יָצֻמוּ, אֵינֶנִּי שֹׁמֵעַ אֶל-רִנָּתָם, וְכִי יַעֲלוּ עֹלָה וּמִנְחָה, אֵינֶנִּי רֹצָם: כִּי, בַּחֶרֶב וּבָרָעָב וּבַדֶּבֶר, אָנֹכִי, מְכַלֶּה אוֹתָם. {ס}
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When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.'
{S}
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יג
וָאֹמַר אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, הִנֵּה הַנְּבִאִים אֹמְרִים לָהֶם לֹא-תִרְאוּ חֶרֶב, וְרָעָב, לֹא-יִהְיֶה לָכֶם: כִּי-שְׁלוֹם אֱמֶת אֶתֵּן לָכֶם, בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה. {ס}
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Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them: Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.'
{S}
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יד
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי, שֶׁקֶר הַנְּבִאִים נִבְּאִים בִּשְׁמִי--לֹא שְׁלַחְתִּים וְלֹא צִוִּיתִים, וְלֹא דִבַּרְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶם; חֲזוֹן שֶׁקֶר וְקֶסֶם ואלול (וֶאֱלִיל), ותרמות (וְתַרְמִית) לִבָּם, הֵמָּה, מִתְנַבְּאִים לָכֶם. {ס}
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Then YAHOWAH said unto me: 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I unto them; they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart.
{S}
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טו
לָכֵן כֹּה-אָמַר יְהוָה, עַל-הַנְּבִאִים הַנִּבְּאִים בִּשְׁמִי וַאֲנִי לֹא-שְׁלַחְתִּים, וְהֵמָּה אֹמְרִים, חֶרֶב וְרָעָב לֹא יִהְיֶה בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת: בַּחֶרֶב וּבָרָעָב יִתַּמּוּ, הַנְּבִאִים הָהֵמָּה.
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Therefore thus saith YAHOWAH: As for the prophets that prophesy in My name, and I sent them not, yet they say: Sword and famine shall not be in this land, by sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed;
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טז
וְהָעָם אֲשֶׁר-הֵמָּה נִבְּאִים לָהֶם יִהְיוּ מֻשְׁלָכִים בְּחֻצוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם מִפְּנֵי הָרָעָב וְהַחֶרֶב, וְאֵין מְקַבֵּר לָהֵמָּה--הֵמָּה נְשֵׁיהֶם, וּבְנֵיהֶם וּבְנֹתֵיהֶם; וְשָׁפַכְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם, אֶת-רָעָתָם.
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and the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters; for I will pour their evil upon them.'
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יז
וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם אֶת-הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה, תֵּרַדְנָה עֵינַי דִּמְעָה לַיְלָה וְיוֹמָם וְאַל-תִּדְמֶינָה: כִּי שֶׁבֶר גָּדוֹל נִשְׁבְּרָה, בְּתוּלַת בַּת-עַמִּי--מַכָּה, נַחְלָה מְאֹד.
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And thou shalt say this word unto them: Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
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יח
אִם-יָצָאתִי הַשָּׂדֶה, וְהִנֵּה חַלְלֵי-חֶרֶב, וְאִם בָּאתִי הָעִיר, וְהִנֵּה תַּחֲלוּאֵי רָעָב: כִּי-גַם-נָבִיא גַם-כֹּהֵן סָחֲרוּ אֶל-אֶרֶץ, וְלֹא יָדָעוּ. {ס}
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If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! And if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! For both the prophet and the priest are gone about to a land, and knew it not.
{S}
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יט
הֲמָאֹס מָאַסְתָּ אֶת-יְהוּדָה, אִם-בְּצִיּוֹן גָּעֲלָה נַפְשֶׁךָ--מַדּוּעַ הִכִּיתָנוּ, וְאֵין לָנוּ מַרְפֵּא; קַוֵּה לְשָׁלוֹם וְאֵין טוֹב, וּלְעֵת מַרְפֵּא וְהִנֵּה בְעָתָה.
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Hast Thou utterly rejected Judah? Hath Thy soul loathed Zion? Why hast Thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold terror!
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כ
יָדַעְנוּ יְהוָה רִשְׁעֵנוּ, עֲון אֲבוֹתֵינוּ: כִּי חָטָאנוּ, לָךְ.
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We acknowledge, O YAHOWAH, our wickedness, even the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against Thee.
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כא
אַל-תִּנְאַץ לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ, אַל-תְּנַבֵּל כִּסֵּא כְבוֹדֶךָ; זְכֹר, אַל-תָּפֵר בְּרִיתְךָ אִתָּנוּ.
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Do not contemn us, for Thy name's sake, do not dishonour the throne of Thy glory; remember, break not Thy covenant with us.
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כב
הֲיֵשׁ בְּהַבְלֵי הַגּוֹיִם מַגְשִׁמִים, וְאִם-הַשָּׁמַיִם יִתְּנוּ רְבִבִים; הֲלֹא אַתָּה-הוּא יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ, וּנְקַוֶּה-לָּךְ--כִּי-אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ, אֶת-כָּל-אֵלֶּה. {פ}
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Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O YAHOWAH our Eloheem, and do we not wait for Thee? For Thou hast made all these things.
{P}
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