| א לִבְנֵי עַמּוֹן, כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה, הֲבָנִים אֵין לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, אִם-יוֹרֵשׁ אֵין לוֹ--מַדּוּעַ, יָרַשׁ מַלְכָּם אֶת-גָּד, וְעַמּוֹ, בְּעָרָיו יָשָׁב. | 1 Of the children of Ammon. Thus saith the LORD: Hath Israel no sons? Hath he no heir? Why then doth Malcam take possession of Gad, and his people dwell in the cities thereof? |
| ב לָכֵן הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים נְאֻם-יְהוָה, וְהִשְׁמַעְתִּי אֶל-רַבַּת בְּנֵי-עַמּוֹן תְּרוּעַת מִלְחָמָה וְהָיְתָה לְתֵל שְׁמָמָה, וּבְנֹתֶיהָ, בָּאֵשׁ תִּצַּתְנָה; וְיָרַשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-יֹרְשָׁיו, אָמַר יְהוָה. | 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate mound, and her daughters shall be burned with fire; then shall Israel dispossess them that did dispossess him, saith the LORD. |
| ג הֵילִילִי חֶשְׁבּוֹן כִּי שֻׁדְּדָה-עַי, צְעַקְנָה בְּנוֹת רַבָּה--חֲגֹרְנָה שַׂקִּים, סְפֹדְנָה וְהִתְשׁוֹטַטְנָה בַּגְּדֵרוֹת: כִּי מַלְכָּם בַּגּוֹלָה יֵלֵךְ, כֹּהֲנָיו וְשָׂרָיו יַחְדָּיו. | 3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is undone; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro among the folds; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together. |
| ד מַה-תִּתְהַלְלִי, בָּעֲמָקִים--זָב עִמְקֵךְ, הַבַּת הַשּׁוֹבֵבָה; הַבֹּטְחָה, בְּאֹצְרֹתֶיהָ, מִי, יָבוֹא אֵלָי. | 4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that didst trust in thy treasures: 'Who shall come unto me?' |
| ה הִנְנִי מֵבִיא עָלַיִךְ פַּחַד, נְאֻם-אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה צְבָאוֹת--מִכָּל-סְבִיבָיִךְ; וְנִדַּחְתֶּם אִישׁ לְפָנָיו, וְאֵין מְקַבֵּץ לַנֹּדֵד. | 5 Behold, I will bring a terror upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all that are round about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth, and there shall be none to gather up him that wandereth. |
| ו וְאַחֲרֵי-כֵן, אָשִׁיב אֶת-שְׁבוּת בְּנֵי-עַמּוֹן--נְאֻם-יְהוָה. {פ} | 6 But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD. {P} |
| ז לֶאֱדוֹם, כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת, הַאֵין עוֹד חָכְמָה, בְּתֵימָן; אָבְדָה עֵצָה מִבָּנִים, נִסְרְחָה חָכְמָתָם. | 7 Of Edom. Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? Is counsel perished from the prudent? Is their wisdom vanished? |
| ח נֻסוּ הָפְנוּ הֶעְמִיקוּ לָשֶׁבֶת, יֹשְׁבֵי דְּדָן: כִּי אֵיד עֵשָׂו הֵבֵאתִי עָלָיו, עֵת פְּקַדְתִּיו. | 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I do bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I shall punish him. |
| ט אִם-בֹּצְרִים בָּאוּ לָךְ, לֹא יַשְׁאִרוּ עוֹלֵלוֹת; אִם-גַּנָּבִים בַּלַּיְלָה, הִשְׁחִיתוּ דַיָּם. | 9 If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough? |
| י כִּי-אֲנִי חָשַׂפְתִּי אֶת-עֵשָׂו, גִּלֵּיתִי אֶת-מִסְתָּרָיו, וְנֶחְבָּה, לֹא יוּכָל; שֻׁדַּד זַרְעוֹ וְאֶחָיו וּשְׁכֵנָיו, וְאֵינֶנּוּ. | 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself; his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. |
| יא עָזְבָה יְתֹמֶיךָ, אֲנִי אֲחַיֶּה; וְאַלְמְנוֹתֶיךָ, עָלַי תִּבְטָחוּ. {ס} | 11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will rear them, and let thy widows trust in Me. {S} |
| יב כִּי-כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה, הִנֵּה אֲשֶׁר-אֵין מִשְׁפָּטָם לִשְׁתּוֹת הַכּוֹס שָׁתוֹ יִשְׁתּוּ, וְאַתָּה הוּא, נָקֹה תִּנָּקֶה: לֹא תִנָּקֶה, כִּי שָׁתֹה תִּשְׁתֶּה. | 12 For thus saith the LORD: Behold, they to whom it pertained not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink. |
| יג כִּי בִי נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי נְאֻם-יְהוָה, כִּי-לְשַׁמָּה לְחֶרְפָּה לְחֹרֶב וְלִקְלָלָה תִּהְיֶה בָצְרָה; וְכָל-עָרֶיהָ תִהְיֶינָה, לְחָרְבוֹת עוֹלָם. | 13 For I have sworn by Myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. |
| יד שְׁמוּעָה שָׁמַעְתִּי מֵאֵת יְהוָה, וְצִיר בַּגּוֹיִם שָׁלוּחַ; הִתְקַבְּצוּ וּבֹאוּ עָלֶיהָ, וְקוּמוּ לַמִּלְחָמָה. | 14 I have heard a message from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations: 'Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.' |
| טו כִּי-הִנֵּה קָטֹן נְתַתִּיךָ, בַּגּוֹיִם--בָּזוּי, בָּאָדָם. | 15 For, behold, I make thee small among the nations, and despised among men. |
| טז תִּפְלַצְתְּךָ הִשִּׁיא אֹתָךְ, זְדוֹן לִבֶּךָ, שֹׁכְנִי בְּחַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע, תֹּפְשִׂי מְרוֹם גִּבְעָה: כִּי-תַגְבִּיהַּ כַּנֶּשֶׁר קִנֶּךָ, מִשָּׁם אוֹרִידְךָ נְאֻם-יְהוָה. | 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, even the pride of thy heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill; though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. |
| יז וְהָיְתָה אֱדוֹם, לְשַׁמָּה; כֹּל עֹבֵר עָלֶיהָ, יִשֹּׁם וְיִשְׁרֹק עַל-כָּל-מַכּוֹתֶהָ. | 17 And Edom shall become an astonishment; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. |
| יח כְּמַהְפֵּכַת סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה, וּשְׁכֵנֶיהָ--אָמַר יְהוָה; לֹא-יֵשֵׁב שָׁם אִישׁ, וְלֹא-יָגוּר בָּהּ בֶּן-אָדָם. | 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. |
| יט הִנֵּה כְּאַרְיֵה יַעֲלֶה מִגְּאוֹן הַיַּרְדֵּן, אֶל-נְוֵה אֵיתָן--כִּי-אַרְגִּיעָה אֲרִיצֶנּוּ מֵעָלֶיהָ, וּמִי בָחוּר אֵלֶיהָ אֶפְקֹד: כִּי מִי כָמוֹנִי, וּמִי יֹעִידֶנִּי, וּמִי-זֶה רֹעֶה, אֲשֶׁר יַעֲמֹד לְפָנָי. {ס} | 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make him run away from it, and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it; for who is like Me? and who will appoint Me a time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before Me? {S} |
| כ לָכֵן שִׁמְעוּ עֲצַת-יְהוָה, אֲשֶׁר יָעַץ אֶל-אֱדוֹם, וּמַחְשְׁבוֹתָיו, אֲשֶׁר חָשַׁב אֶל-יֹשְׁבֵי תֵימָן: אִם-לוֹא יִסְחָבוּם צְעִירֵי הַצֹּאן, אִם-לֹא יַשִּׁים עֲלֵיהֶם נְוֵהֶם. | 20 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that He hath taken against Edom; and His purposes, that He hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely the least of the flock shall drag them away, surely their habitation shall be appalled at them. |
| כא מִקּוֹל נִפְלָם, רָעֲשָׁה הָאָרֶץ: צְעָקָה, בְּיַם-סוּף נִשְׁמַע קוֹלָהּ. | 21 The earth quaketh at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea. |
| כב הִנֵּה כַנֶּשֶׁר יַעֲלֶה וְיִדְאֶה, וְיִפְרֹשׂ כְּנָפָיו עַל-בָּצְרָה; וְהָיָה לֵב גִּבּוֹרֵי אֱדוֹם, בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, כְּלֵב, אִשָּׁה מְצֵרָה. {פ} | 22 Behold, he shall come up and swoop down as the vulture, and spread out his wings against Bozrah; and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. {P} |
| כג לְדַמֶּשֶׂק, בּוֹשָׁה חֲמָת וְאַרְפָּד--כִּי-שְׁמֻעָה רָעָה שָׁמְעוּ, נָמֹגוּ; בַּיָּם דְּאָגָה, הַשְׁקֵט לֹא יוּכָל. | 23 Of Damascus. Hamath is ashamed, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away; there is trouble in the sea; it cannot be quiet. |
| כד רָפְתָה דַמֶּשֶׂק הִפְנְתָה לָנוּס, וְרֶטֶט הֶחֱזִיקָה; צָרָה וַחֲבָלִים אֲחָזַתָּה, כַּיּוֹלֵדָה. | 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her; anguish and pangs have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail. |
| כה אֵיךְ לֹא-עֻזְּבָה, עִיר תהלה תְּהִלָּת--קִרְיַת, מְשׂוֹשִׂי. | 25 'How is the city of praise left unrepaired, the city of my joy?' |
| כו לָכֵן יִפְּלוּ בַחוּרֶיהָ, בִּרְחֹבֹתֶיהָ; וְכָל-אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה יִדַּמּוּ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת. | 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her broad places, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. |
| כז וְהִצַּתִּי אֵשׁ, בְּחוֹמַת דַּמָּשֶׂק; וְאָכְלָה, אַרְמְנוֹת בֶּן-הֲדָד. {פ} | 27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. {P} |
| כח לְקֵדָר וּלְמַמְלְכוֹת חָצוֹר, אֲשֶׁר הִכָּה נבוכדראצור נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ-בָּבֶל--כֹּה, אָמַר יְהוָה: קוּמוּ עֲלוּ אֶל-קֵדָר, וְשָׁדְדוּ אֶת-בְּנֵי-קֶדֶם. | 28 Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus saith the LORD: Arise ye, go up against Kedar, and spoil the children of the east. |
| כט אָהֳלֵיהֶם וְצֹאנָם יִקָּחוּ, יְרִיעוֹתֵיהֶם וְכָל-כְּלֵיהֶם וּגְמַלֵּיהֶם יִשְׂאוּ לָהֶם; וְקָרְאוּ עֲלֵיהֶם מָגוֹר, מִסָּבִיב. | 29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take, they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall proclaim against them a terror on every side. |
| ל נֻסוּ נֻּדוּ מְאֹד הֶעְמִיקוּ לָשֶׁבֶת, יֹשְׁבֵי חָצוֹר--נְאֻם-יְהוָה: כִּי-יָעַץ עֲלֵיכֶם נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ-בָּבֶל, עֵצָה, וְחָשַׁב עליהם עֲלֵיכֶם, מַחֲשָׁבָה. | 30 Flee ye, flit far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. |
| לא קוּמוּ עֲלוּ, אֶל-גּוֹי שְׁלֵיו יוֹשֵׁב לָבֶטַח--נְאֻם-יְהוָה; לֹא-דְלָתַיִם וְלֹא-בְרִיחַ לוֹ, בָּדָד יִשְׁכֹּנוּ. | 31 Arise, get you up against a nation that is at ease, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone. |
| לב וְהָיוּ גְמַלֵּיהֶם לָבַז, וַהֲמוֹן מִקְנֵיהֶם לְשָׁלָל, וְזֵרִתִים לְכָל-רוּחַ, קְצוּצֵי פֵאָה; וּמִכָּל-עֲבָרָיו אָבִיא אֶת-אֵידָם, נְאֻם-יְהוָה. | 32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil; and I will scatter unto all winds them that have the corners polled; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, saith the LORD. |
| לג וְהָיְתָה חָצוֹר לִמְעוֹן תַּנִּים, שְׁמָמָה--עַד-עוֹלָם: לֹא-יֵשֵׁב שָׁם אִישׁ, וְלֹא-יָגוּר בָּהּ בֶּן-אָדָם. {ס} | 33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation for ever; no man shall abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. {S} |
| לד אֲשֶׁר הָיָה דְבַר-יְהוָה אֶל-יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא, אֶל-עֵילָם: בְּרֵאשִׁית, מַלְכוּת צִדְקִיָּה מֶלֶךְ-יְהוּדָה--לֵאמֹר. | 34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying: |
| לה כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת, הִנְנִי שֹׁבֵר אֶת-קֶשֶׁת עֵילָם, רֵאשִׁית, גְּבוּרָתָם. | 35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts: behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. |
| לו וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶל-עֵילָם אַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת, מֵאַרְבַּע קְצוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְזֵרִתִים, לְכֹל הָרֻחוֹת הָאֵלֶּה; וְלֹא-יִהְיֶה הַגּוֹי, אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יָבוֹא שָׁם נִדְּחֵי עולם עֵילָם. | 36 And I will bring against Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the dispersed of Elam shall not come. |
| לז וְהַחְתַּתִּי אֶת-עֵילָם לִפְנֵי אֹיְבֵיהֶם וְלִפְנֵי מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשָׁם, וְהֵבֵאתִי עֲלֵיהֶם רָעָה אֶת-חֲרוֹן אַפִּי--נְאֻם-יְהוָה; וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי אַחֲרֵיהֶם אֶת-הַחֶרֶב, עַד כַּלּוֹתִי אוֹתָם. | 37 And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them, even My fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them; |
| לח וְשַׂמְתִּי כִסְאִי, בְּעֵילָם; וְהַאֲבַדְתִּי מִשָּׁם מֶלֶךְ וְשָׂרִים, נְאֻם-יְהוָה. | 38 And I will set My throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes, saith the LORD. |
| לט וְהָיָה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים, אשוב אָשִׁיב אֶת-שבית שְׁבוּת עֵילָם--נְאֻם-יְהוָה. {פ} | 39 But it shall come to pass in the end of days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. {P} |