Nevi'im
Yirmeyahu29
Jeremiah · Chapter 29
Now these
are the words of the letter that Yirmeyahu the navi sent from Yerushalayim unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the kohanim, and to the nevi'im, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Yerushalayim to Bavel;
(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Yerushalayim, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Yerushalayim;)
By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Bavel to Nebuchadnezzar king of Bavel) saying,
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Yerushalayim unto Bavel;
Build ye houses, and dwell
in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
For thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el; Let not your nevi'im and your diviners, that
be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
For thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), That after seventy years be accomplished at Bavel I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
And ye shall seek me, and find
me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
And I will be found of you, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Because ye have said, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath raised us up nevi'im in Bavel;
Know that thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of the king that sitteth upon the throne of Dawid, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city,
and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), which I sent unto them by my servants the nevi'im, rising up early and sending
them; but ye would not hear, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Hear ye therefore the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Yerushalayim to Bavel:
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Bavel; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which
are in Bavel, saying, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Bavel roasted in the fire;
Because they have committed villany in Yisra'el, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and
am a witness, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
Thus speaketh 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that
are at Yerushalayim, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the kohen, and to all the kohanim, saying,
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath made thee kohen in the stead of Jehoiada the kohen, that ye should be officers in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), for every man
that is
mad, and maketh himself a navi, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Yirmeyahu of Anathoth, which maketh himself a navi to you?
For therefore he sent unto us
in Bavel, saying, This
captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell
in them;
and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
And Zephaniah the kohen read this letter in the ears of Yirmeyahu the navi.
Then came the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) unto Yirmeyahu, saying,
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
Therefore thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); because he hath taught rebellion against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Nevi'im
Yirmeyahu30
Jeremiah · Chapter 30
The word that came to Yirmeyahu from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), saying,
Thus speaketh 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of Yisra'el, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
For, lo, the days come, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that I will bring again the captivity of my people Yisra'el and Judah, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
And these
are the words that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake concerning Yisra'el and concerning Judah.
For thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Alas! for that day
is great, so that none
is like it: it
is even the time of Ya'aqov’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts,
that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
But they shall serve 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) their Elohim, and Dawid their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Ya'aqov, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); neither be dismayed, O Yisra'el: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Ya'aqov shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make
him afraid.
For I
am with thee, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
For thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), Thy bruise
is incurable,
and
thy wound
is grievous.
There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity;
because thy sins were increased.
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow
is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity:
because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); because they called thee an Outcast,
saying, This
is Tsiyon, whom no man seeketh after.
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Ya'aqov’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who
is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And ye shall be my people, and I will be your Elohim.
Behold, the whirlwind of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
The fierce anger of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall not return, until he have done
it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
Nevi'im
Yirmeyahu31
Jeremiah · Chapter 31
At the same time, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), will I be the Elohim of all the families of Yisra'el, and they shall be my people.
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), The people
which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness;
even Yisra'el, when I went to cause him to rest.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath appeared of old unto me,
saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Yisra'el: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat
them as common things.
For there shall be a day,
that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Tsiyon unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) our Elohim.
For thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); Sing with gladness for Ya'aqov, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), save thy people, the remnant of Yisra'el.
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth,
and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Yisra'el, and Ephraim
is
my firstborn.
Hear the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), O ye nations, and declare
it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Yisra'el will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd
doth his flock.
For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath redeemed Ya'aqov, and ransomed him from the hand of
him that was stronger than he.
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Tsiyon, and shall flow together to the goodness of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their nephesh shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
And I will satiate the nephesh of the kohanim with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation,
and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they
were not.
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
And there is hope in thine end, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that thy children shall come again to their own border.
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself
thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed
to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou
art 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) my Elohim.
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon
my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Is Ephraim my dear son?
is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway,
even the way
which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Yisra'el, turn again to these thy cities.
How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra'el; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) bless thee, O habitation of justice,
and mountain of holiness.
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they
that go forth with flocks.
For I have satiated the weary nephesh, and I have replenished every sorrowful nephesh.
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Behold, the days come, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that I will sow the house of Yisra'el and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
And it shall come to pass,
that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
Behold, the days come, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that I will make a new b'rit with the house of Yisra'el, and with the house of Judah:
Not according to the b'rit that I made with their fathers in the day
that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Mitsrayim; which my b'rit they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH):
But this
shall be the b'rit that I will make with the house of Yisra'el; After those days, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), I will put my torah in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their Elohim, and they shall be my people.
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), which giveth the sun for a light by day,
and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts
is his name:
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH),
then
the seed of Yisra'el also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); If shamayim above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Yisra'el for all that they have done, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Behold, the days come, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that the city shall be built to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east,
shall be holy unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.