Nevi'im
Yirmeyahu19
Jeremiah · Chapter 19
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and
take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the kohanim;
And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which
is
by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
And say, Hear ye the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Yerushalayim; Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.
Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire
for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake
it, neither came
it into my mind:
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Yerushalayim in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the shamayim, and for the beasts of the earth.
And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
And shalt say unto them, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as
one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury
them in Tophet, till
there be no place to bury.
Thus will I do unto this place, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and to the inhabitants thereof, and
even make this city as Tophet:
And the houses of Yerushalayim, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of shamayim, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
Then came Yirmeyahu from Tophet, whither 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S house; and said to all the people,
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
Nevi'im
Yirmeyahu20
Jeremiah · Chapter 20
Now Pashur the son of Immer the kohen, who
was also chief governor in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), heard that Yirmeyahu prophesied these things.
Then Pashur smote Yirmeyahu the navi, and put him in the stocks that
were in the high gate of Benjamin, which
was by the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Yirmeyahu out of the stocks. Then said Yirmeyahu unto him, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
For thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold
it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Bavel, and he shall carry them captive into Bavel, and shall slay them with the sword.
Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Bavel.
And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Bavel, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But
his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not
stay.
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report,
say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting,
saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
But 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper:
their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
But, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, that triest the righteous,
and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
Sing unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), praise ye 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): for he hath delivered the nephesh of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
Cursed
be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Cursed
be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
And let that man be as the cities which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb
to be always great
with me.
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Nevi'im
Yirmeyahu21
Jeremiah · Chapter 21
The word which came unto Yirmeyahu from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the kohen, saying,
Enquire, I pray thee, of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Bavel maketh war against us; if so be that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
Then said Yirmeyahu unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of Yisra'el; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that
are in your hands, wherewith ye fight
against
the king of Bavel, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
And afterward, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Bavel, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): it shall be given into the hand of the king of Bavel, and he shall burn it with fire.
And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH);
O house of Dawid, thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver
him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench
it,
because of the evil of your doings.
Behold, I
am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley,
and rock of the plain, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.