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Chapter 4
A Plea to Return
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“If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,
𐤀𐤌 𐤕𐤔𐤅𐤁 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤔𐤅𐤁 𐤀𐤋𐤉 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤕𐤎𐤉𐤓 𐤔𐤒𐤅𐤑𐤉𐤊 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤕𐤍𐤅𐤃
אִם־ תָּשׁ֨וּב יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל׀ תָּשׁ֑וּב אֵלַ֖י נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֛ה וְאִם־ תָּסִ֧יר שִׁקּוּצֶ֛יךָ מִפָּנַ֖י וְלֹ֥א תָנֽוּד׃ ’im- tā·šūḇ yiś·rā·’êl tā·šūḇ ’ê·lay nə·’um- Yah·weh wə·’im- tā·sîr šiq·qū·ṣe·ḵā mip·pā·nay wə·lō ṯā·nūḏ — WLC · 1
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and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
𐤅𐤍𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤇𐤉 𐤁𐤀𐤌𐤕 𐤁𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤈 𐤅𐤁𐤑𐤃𐤒𐤄 𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤕𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤅 𐤅𐤁𐤅 𐤁𐤅 𐤉𐤕𐤄𐤋𐤋𐤅𐤎
וְנִשְׁבַּ֙עְתָּ֙ יְהוָ֔ה חַי־ בֶּאֱמֶ֖ת בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט וּבִצְדָקָ֑ה גּוֹיִ֖ם וְהִתְבָּ֥רְכוּ וּב֥וֹ ב֛וֹ יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ׃ס wə·niš·ba‘·tā Yah·weh ḥay- be·’ĕ·meṯ bə·miš·pāṭ ū·ḇiṣ·ḏā·qāh gō·w·yim wə·hiṯ·bā·rə·ḵū ū·ḇōw ḇōw yiṯ·hal·lā·lū — WLC · 2
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For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
𐤊𐤉 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤍𐤉𐤓𐤅 𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤍𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤆𐤓𐤏𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤒𐤅𐤑𐤉𐤌
כִּי־ כֹ֣ה׀ יְהֹוָ֗ה אָמַ֣ר לְאִ֤ישׁ יְהוּדָה֙ וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם נִ֥ירוּ לָכֶ֖ם נִ֑יר וְאַֽל־ תִּזְרְע֖וּ אֶל־ קוֹצִֽים׃ kî- ḵōh Yah·weh ’ā·mar lə·’îš yə·hū·ḏāh wə·lî·rū·šā·lim nî·rū lā·ḵem nîr wə·’al- tiz·rə·‘ū ’el- qō·w·ṣîm — WLC · 3
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Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤅 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤎𐤓𐤅 𐤏𐤓𐤋𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤁𐤁𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤉 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤐𐤍 𐤇𐤌𐤕𐤉 𐤕𐤑𐤀 𐤊𐤀𐤔 𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤓𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤌𐤊𐤁𐤄 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤓𐤏 𐤌𐤏𐤋𐤋𐤉𐤊𐤌
הִמֹּ֣לוּ לַיהֹוָ֗ה וְהָסִ֙רוּ֙ עָרְל֣וֹת לְבַבְכֶ֔ם אִ֥ישׁ יְהוּדָ֖ה וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם פֶּן־ חֲמָתִ֗י תֵּצֵ֨א כָאֵ֜שׁ וּבָעֲרָה֙ וְאֵ֣ין מְכַבֶּ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃ him·mō·lū Yah·weh wə·hā·si·rū ‘ā·rə·lō·wṯ lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem ’îš yə·hū·ḏāh wə·yō·šə·ḇê yə·rū·šā·lim pen- ḥă·mā·ṯî tê·ṣê ḵā·’êš ū·ḇā·‘ă·rāh wə·’ên mə·ḵab·beh mip·pə·nê rō·a‘ ma·‘al·lê·ḵem — WLC · 4
Disaster from the North
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Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud… and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’
𐤄𐤂𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤏𐤅 𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤅𐤕𐤒𐤏𐤅 𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤓 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤅 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤄𐤀𐤎𐤐𐤅 𐤅𐤍𐤁𐤅𐤀𐤄 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤁𐤑𐤓 𐤏𐤓𐤉
הַגִּ֣ידוּ בִֽיהוּדָ֗ה הַשְׁמִ֔יעוּ וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וְאִמְר֕וּ וְתִקְעוּ שׁוֹפָ֖ר בָּאָ֑רֶץ קִרְא֤וּ מַלְאוּ֙ וְאִמְר֔וּ הֵאָסְפ֥וּ וְנָב֖וֹאָה אֶל־ הַמִּבְצָֽר׃ עָרֵ֥י hag·gî·ḏū ḇî·hū·ḏāh haš·mî·‘ū ū·ḇî·rū·šā·lim wə·’im·rū wə·ṯiq·ʿū šō·w·p̄ār bā·’ā·reṣ qir·’ū mal·’ū wə·’im·rū hê·’ā·sə·p̄ū wə·nā·ḇō·w·’āh ’el- ham·miḇ·ṣār ‘ā·rê — WLC · 5
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Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
𐤔𐤀𐤅 𐤍𐤎 𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤆𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤁𐤉𐤀 𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤍 𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋 𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤓
שְׂאוּ־ נֵ֣ס צִיּ֔וֹנָה הָעִ֖יזוּ אַֽל־ תַּעֲמֹ֑דוּ כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֛י מֵבִ֥יא רָעָ֗ה מִצָּפ֖וֹן גָּדֽוֹל׃ וְשֶׁ֥בֶר śə·’ū- nês ṣî·yō·w·nāh hā·‘î·zū ’al- ta·‘ă·mō·ḏū kî ’ā·nō·ḵî mê·ḇî rā·‘āh miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn gā·ḏō·wl wə·še·ḇer — WLC · 6
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A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤄 𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤌𐤎𐤁𐤊𐤅 𐤅𐤌𐤔𐤇𐤉𐤕 𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤎𐤏 𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤌𐤌𐤒𐤌𐤅 𐤋𐤔𐤅𐤌 𐤋𐤔𐤌𐤄 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤊 𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤊 𐤌𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤕𐤑𐤉𐤍𐤄 𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤁
אַרְיֵה֙ עָלָ֤ה מִֽסֻּבְּכ֔וֹ וּמַשְׁחִ֣ית גּוֹיִ֔ם נָסַ֖ע יָצָ֣א מִמְּקֹמ֑וֹ לָשׂ֤וּם לְשַׁמָּ֔ה אַרְצֵךְ֙ עָרַ֥יִךְ מֵאֵ֥ין תִּצֶּ֖ינָה יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ ’ar·yêh ‘ā·lāh mis·sub·bə·ḵōw ū·maš·ḥîṯ gō·w·yim nā·sa‘ yā·ṣā mim·mə·qō·mōw lā·śūm lə·šam·māh ’ar·ṣêḵ ‘ā·ra·yiḵ mê·’ên tiṣ·ṣe·nāh yō·wō·šêḇ — WLC · 7
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So… put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
𐤏𐤋 𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤇𐤂𐤓𐤅 𐤔𐤒𐤉𐤌 𐤎𐤐𐤃𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤇𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤐 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤋𐤀 𐤔𐤁 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤅𐤐
עַל־ זֹ֛את חִגְר֥וּ שַׂקִּ֖ים סִפְד֣וּ וְהֵילִ֑ילוּ כִּ֥י חֲר֥וֹן אַף־ יְהֹוָ֖ה לֹא־ שָׁ֛ב מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃פ ‘al- zōṯ ḥiḡ·rū śaq·qîm sip̄·ḏū wə·hê·lî·lū kî ḥă·rō·wn ’ap̄- Yah·weh lō- šāḇ mim·men·nū — WLC · 8
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- “In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king… and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”
𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤋𐤁 𐤄𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤀𐤁𐤃 𐤋𐤁 𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤍𐤔𐤌𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤁𐤉𐤀𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤕𐤌𐤄𐤅
וְהָיָ֤ה הַהוּא֙ בַיּוֹם־ נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֔ה הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְלֵ֣ב הַשָּׂרִ֑ים יֹאבַ֥ד לֵב־ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ וְהַנְּבִיאִ֖ים יִתְמָֽהוּ׃ wə·hā·yāh ha·hū ḇay·yō·wm- nə·’um- Yah·weh ham·me·leḵ wə·lêḇ haś·śā·rîm yō·ḇaḏ lêḇ- hak·kō·hă·nîm wə·nā·šam·mū wə·han·nə·ḇî·’îm yiṯ·mā·hū — WLC · 9
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Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived… this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤄𐤄 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤊𐤍 𐤄𐤔𐤀 𐤄𐤔𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤋𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤋𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤍𐤂𐤏𐤄 𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤍𐤐𐤔
וָאֹמַ֞ר אֲהָ֣הּ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה אָכֵן֩ הַשֵּׁ֨א הִשֵּׁ֜אתָ הַזֶּה֙ לָעָ֤ם וְלִירוּשָׁלִַ֣ם לֵאמֹ֔ר יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם וְנָגְעָ֥ה שָׁל֖וֹם חֶ֖רֶב עַד־ הַנָּֽפֶשׁ׃ wā·’ō·mar ’ă·hāh ’ă·ḏō·nāy Yah·weh ’ā·ḵên haš·šê hiš·šê·ṯā haz·zeh lā·‘ām wə·lî·rū·šā·lim lê·mōr yih·yeh lā·ḵem wə·nā·ḡə·‘āh šā·lō·wm ḥe·reḇ ‘aḏ- han·nā·p̄eš — WLC · 10
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At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow… or to sift;
𐤄𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤋𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤋𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤑𐤇 𐤓𐤅𐤇 𐤔𐤐𐤉𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤃𐤓𐤊 𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤋𐤅𐤀 𐤋𐤆𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤋𐤅𐤀 𐤋𐤄𐤁𐤓
הַהִ֗יא בָּעֵ֣ת יֵאָמֵ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ לָֽעָם־ וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם צַ֤ח ר֣וּחַ שְׁפָיִים֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר דֶּ֖רֶךְ בַּת־ עַמִּ֑י ל֥וֹא לִזְר֖וֹת וְל֥וֹא לְהָבַֽר׃ ha·hî bā·‘êṯ yê·’ā·mêr haz·zeh lā·‘ām- wə·lî·rū·šā·lim ṣaḥ rū·aḥ šə·p̄ā·yîm bam·miḏ·bār de·reḵ baṯ- ‘am·mî lō·w liz·rō·wṯ wə·lō·w lə·hā·ḇar — WLC · 11
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a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.”
𐤓𐤅𐤇 𐤌𐤋𐤀 𐤌𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤀 𐤋𐤉 𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤂𐤌 𐤀𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤌
ר֧וּחַ מָלֵ֛א מֵאֵ֖לֶּה יָ֣בוֹא לִ֑י עַתָּ֕ה אֲנִ֛י גַּם־ אֲדַבֵּ֥ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֖ים אוֹתָֽם׃ rū·aḥ mā·lê mê·’êl·leh yā·ḇō·w lî ‘at·tāh ’ă·nî gam- ’ă·ḏab·bêr miš·pā·ṭîm ’ō·w·ṯām — WLC · 12
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Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤉𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤊𐤏𐤍𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤓𐤊𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤊𐤎𐤅𐤐𐤄 𐤎𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤅 𐤒𐤋𐤅 𐤌𐤍𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤅𐤉 𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤔𐤃𐤃𐤍𐤅
הִנֵּ֣ה׀ יַעֲלֶ֗ה כַּעֲנָנִ֣ים מַרְכְּבוֹתָ֔יו וְכַסּוּפָה֙ סוּסָ֑יו קַלּ֥וּ מִנְּשָׁרִ֖ים א֥וֹי לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י שֻׁדָּֽדְנוּ׃ hin·nêh ya·‘ă·leh ka·‘ă·nā·nîm mar·kə·ḇō·w·ṯāw wə·ḵas·sū·p̄āh sū·sāw qal·lū min·nə·šā·rîm ’ō·w lā·nū kî šud·dā·ḏə·nū — WLC · 13
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Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long… will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
𐤊𐤁𐤎𐤉 𐤌𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤋𐤁𐤊 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤋𐤌𐤏𐤍 𐤕𐤅𐤔𐤏𐤉 𐤏𐤃 𐤌𐤕𐤉 𐤕𐤋𐤉𐤍 𐤀𐤅𐤍𐤊 𐤌𐤇𐤔𐤁𐤅𐤕 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁𐤊
כַּבְּסִ֨י מֵרָעָ֤ה לִבֵּךְ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לְמַ֖עַן תִּוָּשֵׁ֑עִי עַד־ מָתַ֛י תָּלִ֥ין אוֹנֵֽךְ׃ מַחְשְׁב֥וֹת בְּקִרְבֵּ֖ךְ kab·bə·sî mê·rā·‘āh lib·bêḵ yə·rū·šā·lim lə·ma·‘an tiw·wā·šê·‘î ‘aḏ- mā·ṯay tā·lîn ’ō·w·nêḵ maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ bə·qir·bêḵ — WLC · 14
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For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.
𐤊𐤉 𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤌𐤂𐤉𐤃 𐤌𐤃𐤍 𐤅𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤏 𐤀𐤅𐤍 𐤌𐤄𐤓 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌
כִּ֛י ק֥וֹל מַגִּ֖יד מִדָּ֑ן וּמַשְׁמִ֥יעַ אָ֖וֶן מֵהַ֥ר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ kî qō·wl mag·gîḏ mid·dān ū·maš·mî·a‘ ’ā·wen mê·har ’ep̄·rā·yim — WLC · 15
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Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
𐤄𐤆𐤊𐤉𐤓𐤅 𐤋𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤏𐤅 𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤍𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤀𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤓𐤇𐤒 𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤅 𐤒𐤅𐤋𐤌 𐤏𐤋 𐤏𐤓𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄
הַזְכִּ֣ירוּ לַגּוֹיִ֗ם הִנֵּה֙ הַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ עַל־ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם נֹצְרִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים הַמֶּרְחָ֑ק מֵאֶ֣רֶץ וַֽיִּתְּנ֛וּ קוֹלָֽם׃ עַל־ עָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה haz·kî·rū lag·gō·w·yim hin·nêh haš·mî·‘ū ‘al- yə·rū·šā·lim nō·ṣə·rîm bā·’îm ham·mer·ḥāq mê·’e·reṣ way·yit·tə·nū qō·w·lām ‘al- ‘ā·rê yə·hū·ḏāh — WLC · 16
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They surround her like men guarding a field,… because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.
𐤌𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁 𐤊𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤔𐤃𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤌𐤓𐤕𐤄 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
מִסָּבִ֑יב כְּשֹׁמְרֵ֣י שָׂדַ֔י הָי֥וּ עָלֶ֖יהָ כִּי־ אֹתִ֥י מָרָ֖תָה נְאֻם־ יְהוָֽה׃ mis·sā·ḇîḇ kə·šō·mə·rê śā·ḏay hā·yū ‘ā·le·hā kî- ’ō·ṯî mā·rā·ṯāh nə·’um- Yah·weh — WLC · 17
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“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is,… because it pierces to the heart!”
𐤃𐤓𐤊𐤊 𐤅𐤌𐤏𐤋𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤋𐤊 𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤓𐤏𐤕𐤊 𐤌𐤓 𐤊𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤂𐤏 𐤏𐤃 𐤋𐤁𐤊𐤎
דַּרְכֵּךְ֙ וּמַ֣עֲלָלַ֔יִךְ עָשׂ֥וֹ אֵ֖לֶּה לָ֑ךְ זֹ֤את רָעָתֵךְ֙ מָ֔ר כִּ֥י כִּ֣י נָגַ֖ע עַד־ לִבֵּֽךְ׃ס dar·kêḵ ū·ma·‘ă·lā·la·yiḵ ‘ā·śōw ’êl·leh lāḵ zōṯ rā·‘ā·ṯêḵ mār kî kî nā·ḡa‘ ‘aḏ- lib·bêḵ — WLC · 18
Lamentation for Judah
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My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
𐤌𐤏𐤉 𐤌𐤏𐤉 𐤀𐤇𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤒𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤁𐤉 𐤋𐤁𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤄 𐤋𐤉 𐤋𐤀 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤔 𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤉 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤓 𐤕𐤓𐤅𐤏𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄
מֵעַ֣י׀ מֵעַ֨י׀ אָחוּלָה קִיר֥וֹת לִבִּ֛י לִבִּ֖י הֹֽמֶה־ לִּ֥י לֹ֣א אַחֲרִ֑ישׁ כִּ֣י נַפְשִׁ֔י שָׁמַעְתִּי ק֤וֹל שׁוֹפָר֙ תְּרוּעַ֖ת מִלְחָמָֽה׃ mê·‘ay mê·‘ay ʾå̄·ḥū·lå̄h qî·rō·wṯ lib·bî lib·bî hō·meh- lî lō ’a·ḥă·rîš kî nap̄·šî šå̄·maʿ·tī qō·wl šō·w·p̄ār tə·rū·‘aṯ mil·ḥā·māh — WLC · 19
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Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
𐤔𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤋 𐤔𐤁𐤓 𐤍𐤒𐤓𐤀 𐤊𐤉 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤔𐤃𐤃𐤄 𐤀𐤄𐤋𐤉 𐤔𐤃𐤃𐤅 𐤐𐤕𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤓𐤉𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤓𐤂𐤏
שֶׁ֤בֶר עַל־ שֶׁ֙בֶר֙ נִקְרָ֔א כִּ֥י כָּל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ שֻׁדְּדָ֖ה אֹהָלַ֔י שֻׁדְּד֣וּ פִּתְאֹם֙ יְרִיעֹתָֽי׃ רֶ֖גַע še·ḇer ‘al- še·ḇer niq·rā kî kāl- hā·’ā·reṣ šud·də·ḏāh ’ō·hā·lay šud·də·ḏū piṯ·’ōm yə·rî·‘ō·ṯāy re·ḡa‘ — WLC · 20
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How long… must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?
𐤏𐤃 𐤌𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤍𐤎 𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤄 𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤓𐤎
עַד־ מָתַ֖י אֶרְאֶה־ נֵּ֑ס אֶשְׁמְעָ֖ה ק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃ס ‘aḏ- mā·ṯay ’er·’eh- nês ’eš·mə·‘āh qō·wl šō·w·p̄ār — WLC · 21
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“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled… in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
𐤊𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤅𐤉𐤋 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤅 𐤄𐤌𐤄 𐤎𐤊𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤍𐤁𐤅𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤄 𐤇𐤊𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤄 𐤋𐤄𐤓𐤏 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤅 𐤋𐤀 𐤅𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤈𐤉𐤁
כִּ֣י׀ עַמִּ֗י אוֹתִי֙ אֱוִ֣יל לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ הֵ֔מָּה סְכָלִים֙ בָּנִ֤ים וְלֹ֥א נְבוֹנִ֖ים הֵ֑מָּה חֲכָמִ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ לְהָרַ֔ע יָדָֽעוּ׃ לֹ֥א וּלְהֵיטִ֖יב kî ‘am·mî ’ō·w·ṯî ’ĕ·wîl lō yā·ḏā·‘ū hêm·māh sə·ḵā·lîm bā·nîm wə·lō nə·ḇō·w·nîm hêm·māh ḥă·ḵā·mîm hêm·māh lə·hā·ra‘ yā·ḏā·‘ū lō ū·lə·hê·ṭîḇ — WLC · 22
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I looked at the earth,… and it was formless and void; [I looked] to the heavens, and they [had] no light.
𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤕𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤁𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤀𐤅𐤓𐤌
רָאִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־ הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהִנֵּה־ תֹ֖הוּ וָבֹ֑הוּ וְאֶל־ הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ין אוֹרָֽם׃ rā·’î·ṯî ’eṯ- hā·’ā·reṣ wə·hin·nêh- ṯō·hū wā·ḇō·hū wə·’el- haš·šā·ma·yim wə·’ên ’ō·w·rām — WLC · 23
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I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤄𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤓𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤂𐤁𐤏𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤕𐤒𐤋𐤒𐤋𐤅
רָאִ֙יתִי֙ הֶֽהָרִ֔ים וְהִנֵּ֖ה רֹעֲשִׁ֑ים וְכָל־ הַגְּבָע֖וֹת הִתְקַלְקָֽלוּ׃ rā·’î·ṯî he·hā·rîm wə·hin·nêh rō·‘ă·šîm wə·ḵāl hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ hiṯ·qal·qā·lū — WLC · 24
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I looked,… and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤄𐤀𐤃𐤌 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤏𐤅𐤐 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤃𐤃𐤅
רָאִ֕יתִי וְהִנֵּ֖ה אֵ֣ין הָאָדָ֑ם וְכָל־ ע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם נָדָֽדוּ׃ rā·’î·ṯî wə·hin·nêh ’ên hā·’ā·ḏām wə·ḵāl ‘ō·wp̄ haš·šā·ma·yim nā·ḏā·ḏū — WLC · 25
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I looked,… and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.
𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤊𐤓𐤌𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤅 𐤍𐤕𐤑𐤅 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤇𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤐𐤅𐤎
רָאִ֕יתִי וְהִנֵּ֥ה הַכַּרְמֶ֖ל הַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וְכָל־ עָרָ֗יו נִתְּצוּ֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י חֲר֥וֹן אַפּֽוֹ׃ס rā·’î·ṯî wə·hin·nêh hak·kar·mel ham·miḏ·bār wə·ḵāl ‘ā·rāw nit·tə·ṣū mip·pə·nê Yah·weh mip·pə·nê ḥă·rō·wn ’ap·pōw — WLC · 26
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For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction…
𐤊𐤉 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤕𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤔𐤌𐤌𐤄 𐤋𐤀 𐤅𐤊𐤋𐤄 𐤀𐤏𐤔𐤄
כִּי־ כֹה֙ יְהוָ֔ה אָמַ֣ר כָּל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ תִהְיֶ֖ה שְׁמָמָ֥ה לֹ֥א וְכָלָ֖ה אֶעֱשֶֽׂה׃ kî- ḵōh Yah·weh ’ā·mar kāl- hā·’ā·reṣ ṯih·yeh šə·mā·māh lō wə·ḵā·lāh ’e·‘ĕ·śeh — WLC · 27
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Therefore… the earth will mourn [and] the heavens above… will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent… or turn back…”
𐤏𐤋 𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤕𐤀𐤁𐤋 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤏𐤋 𐤊𐤉 𐤅𐤒𐤃𐤓𐤅 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤆𐤌𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤍𐤇𐤌𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤁 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤄
עַל־ זֹאת֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ תֶּאֱבַ֣ל הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם מִמָּ֑עַל עַ֤ל כִּי־ וְקָדְר֥וּ דִבַּ֙רְתִּי֙ זַמֹּ֔תִי וְלֹ֥א נִחַ֖מְתִּי וְלֹא־ אָשׁ֥וּב מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ ‘al- zōṯ hā·’ā·reṣ te·’ĕ·ḇal haš·šā·ma·yim mim·mā·‘al ‘al kî- wə·qā·ḏə·rū ḏib·bar·tî zam·mō·ṯî wə·lō ni·ḥam·tî wə·lō- ’ā·šūḇ mim·men·nāh — WLC · 28
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Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer… They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left…
𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤁𐤓𐤇𐤕 𐤌𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤐𐤓𐤔 𐤅𐤓𐤌𐤄 𐤒𐤔𐤕 𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤁𐤏𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤋𐤅 𐤅𐤁𐤊𐤐𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤏𐤆𐤅𐤁𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤁 𐤁𐤄𐤍 𐤀𐤉𐤔
כָּל־ הָעִ֔יר בֹּרַ֙חַת֙ מִקּ֨וֹל פָּרָ֜שׁ וְרֹ֣מֵה קֶ֗שֶׁת בָּ֚אוּ בֶּעָבִ֔ים עָל֑וּ וּבַכֵּפִ֖ים כָּל־ הָעִ֣יר עֲזוּבָ֔ה וְאֵין־ יוֹשֵׁ֥ב בָּהֵ֖ן אִֽישׁ׃ kāl- hā·‘îr bō·ra·ḥaṯ miq·qō·wl pā·rāš wə·rō·mêh qe·šeṯ bā·’ū be·‘ā·ḇîm ‘ā·lū ū·ḇak·kê·p̄îm kāl- hā·‘îr ‘ă·zū·ḇāh wə·’ên- yō·wō·šêḇ bā·hên ’îš — WLC · 29
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And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.
𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤔𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤌𐤄 𐤕𐤏𐤔𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤕𐤋𐤁𐤔𐤉 𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤕𐤏𐤃𐤉 𐤆𐤄𐤁 𐤏𐤃𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤕𐤒𐤓𐤏𐤉 𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤊 𐤁𐤐𐤅𐤊 𐤕𐤕𐤉𐤐𐤉 𐤋𐤔𐤅𐤀 𐤏𐤂𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤀𐤎𐤅 𐤁𐤊 𐤉𐤁𐤒𐤔𐤅 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤊
וְאַתִּי שָׁד֜וּד מַֽה־ תַּעֲשִׂ֗י כִּֽי־ תִלְבְּשִׁ֨י שָׁנִ֜י כִּי־ תַעְדִּ֣י זָהָ֗ב עֲדִי־ כִּֽי־ תִקְרְעִ֤י עֵינַ֔יִךְ בַפּוּךְ֙ תִּתְיַפִּ֑י לַשָּׁ֖וְא עֹגְבִ֖ים מָאֲסוּ־ בָ֥ךְ יְבַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ נַפְשֵׁ֥ךְ wə·ʾat·tī šā·ḏūḏ mah- ta·‘ă·śî kî- ṯil·bə·šî šā·nî kî- ṯa‘·dî zā·hāḇ ‘ă·ḏî- kî- ṯiq·rə·‘î ‘ê·na·yiḵ ḇap·pūḵ tiṯ·yap·pî laš·šāw ‘ō·ḡə·ḇîm mā·’ă·sū- ḇāḵ yə·ḇaq·qê·šū nap̄·šêḵ — WLC · 30
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For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child— the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands [to say], “Woe is me… for my soul faints before the murderers!”
𐤊𐤉 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤊𐤇𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤑𐤓𐤄 𐤊𐤌𐤁𐤊𐤉𐤓𐤄 𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤁𐤕 𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 𐤕𐤕𐤉𐤐𐤇 𐤕𐤐𐤓𐤔 𐤊𐤐𐤉𐤄 𐤀𐤅𐤉 𐤍𐤀 𐤋𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤉 𐤏𐤉𐤐𐤄 𐤋𐤄𐤓𐤂𐤉𐤌𐤐
כִּי֩ שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי ק֨וֹל כְּחוֹלָ֜ה צָרָה֙ כְּמַבְכִּירָ֔ה ק֧וֹל בַּת־ צִיּ֛וֹן תִּתְיַפֵּ֖חַ תְּפָרֵ֣שׂ כַּפֶּ֑יהָ אֽוֹי־ נָ֣א לִ֔י כִּֽי־ נַפְשִׁ֖י עָיְפָ֥ה לְהֹרְגִֽים׃פ kî šā·ma‘·tî qō·wl kə·ḥō·w·lāh ṣā·rāh kə·maḇ·kî·rāh qō·wl baṯ- ṣî·yō·wn tiṯ·yap·pê·aḥ tə·p̄ā·rêś kap·pe·hā ’ō·w- nā lî kî- nap̄·šî ‘ā·yə·p̄āh lə·hō·rə·ḡîm — WLC · 31