וַיְהִי דְבַר־יְהוָה אֵלַי לֵאמֹר׃   16:1

Jere. 16:1   And the word of the Lord occurred to me saying,

לֹא־תִקַּח לְךָ אִשָּׁה וְלֹא־יִהְיוּ לְךָ בָּנִים וּבָנֹות בַּמָּקֹום הַזֶּה׃   16:2

Jere. 16:2   “You may not take a wife for yourself, that there should not be sons or daughters for you in this place.”

כִּי־כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה עַל־הַבָּנִים וְעַל־הַבָּנֹות הַיִּלֹּודִים בַּמָּקֹום הַזֶּה וְעַל־אִמֹּתָם הַיֹּלְדֹות אֹותָם   16:3         וְעַל־אֲבֹותָם הַמֹּולִדִים אֹותָם בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת׃

Jere. 16:3   For thus says the Lord about the sons and about the daughters who are born in this place, and about the mothers who bear them, and their fathers who beget them in this land:

מְמֹותֵי תַחֲלֻאִים יָמֻתוּ לֹא יִסָּפְדוּ וְלֹא יִקָּבֵרוּ לְדֹמֶן עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה יִהְיוּ וּבַחֶרֶב וּבָרָעָב יִכְלו   16:4ּ וְהָיְתָה נִבְלָתָם לְמַאֲכָל לְעֹוף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְבֶהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ׃

Jere. 16:4   “Of grievous diseases they shall die.

                              They shall not be lamented

                     and they shall not be buried.

                              For they shall be dung

                     on the surface of the ground.

                              And by sword and by famine

                      they shall perish.

                              And their carcasses shall be

                      for meat for the birds of the sky

                              and the beasts of the earth.”

כִּי־כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה אַל־תָּבֹוא בֵּית מַרְזֵחַ וְאַל־תֵּלֵךְ לִסְפֹּוד וְאַל־תָּנֹד לָהֶם כִּי־אָסַפְתִּי אֶת־שְׁלֹומִי   16:5  מֵאֵת הָעָם־הַזֶּה נְאֻם־יְהוָה אֶת־הַחֶסֶד וְאֶת־הָרַחֲמִים׃

Jere. 16:5   For thus says the Lord: “Do not enter the house of mourning, and do not go to lament, and do not show compassion for them, for I have removed My peace from this people,” declares the Lord, “mercy and compassion.”

וּמֵתוּ גְדֹלִים וּקְטַנִּים בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לֹא יִקָּבֵרוּ וְלֹא־יִסְפְּדוּ לָהֶם וְלֹא יִתְגֹּדַד וְלֹא יִקָּרֵחַ לָהֶם׃   16:6

Jere. 16:6   “Both the great and the small shall die in this land; They shall not be buried, and they shall not lament for them, and one shall not cut himself or make himself bald for them.”

וְלֹא־יִפְרְסוּ לָהֶם עַל־אֵבֶל לְנַחֲמֹו עַל־מֵת וְלֹא־יַשְׁקוּ אֹותָם כֹּוס תַּנְחוּמִים עַל־אָבִיו וְעַל־אִמֹּו׃   16:7

Jere. 16:7   “And they shall not break bread for them on behalf of mourning to show one's sorrow over death, and they shall not offer them the cup of consolation for one's father or mother.”

וּבֵית־מִשְׁתֶּה לֹא־תָבֹוא לָשֶׁבֶת אֹותָם לֶאֱכֹל וְלִשְׁתֹּות׃   16:8

Jere. 16:8   “And you may not enter a house of feasting to sit with them to eat or to drink.”

כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנְנִי מַשְׁבִּית מִן־הַמָּקֹום הַזֶּה לְעֵינֵיכֶם וּבִימֵיכֶם קֹול   16:9  שָׂשֹׂון וְקֹול שִׂמְחָה קֹול חָתָן וְקֹול כַּלָּה׃

Jere. 16:9   For thus says the Lord of hosts, God of Israel:

                      “Behold, from this place, for your eyes and in your time,

                                I am putting an end

                       to the sound of gladness and the sound of mirth,

                                the voice of the bridegroom

                       and the voice of the bride.”

וְהָיָה כִּי תַגִּיד לָעָם הַזֶּה אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וְאָמְרוּ אֵלֶיךָ עַל־מֶה דִבֶּר יְהוָה עָלֵינוּ אֵת   16:10          כָּל־הָרָעָה הַגְּדֹולָה הַזֹּאת וּמֶה עֲוֹנֵנוּ וּמֶה חַטָּאתֵנוּ אֲשֶׁר חָטָאנוּ לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ׃

Jere. 16:10   “And it shall be, when you announce all these things to this people and they say to you, ‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great misery against us,’ or ‘what is our iniquity,’ or ‘what are our sins that we have committed against the Lord our God?’

וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם עַל אֲשֶׁר־עָזְבוּ אֲבֹותֵיכֶם אֹותִי נְאֻם־יְהוָה וַיֵּלְכוּ אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וַיַּעַבְדוּם   16:11 וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ לָהֶם וְאֹתִי עָזָבוּ וְאֶת־תֹּורָתִי לֹא שָׁמָרוּ׃

Jere. 16:11   then you say to them, ‘For the reason that your fathers have forsaken Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and have gone after other gods and served them and bowed down to them, and they abandoned Me and they did not keep My Torah;

וְאַתֶּם הֲרֵעֹתֶם לַעֲשֹׂות מֵאֲבֹותֵיכֶם וְהִנְּכֶם הֹלְכִים אִישׁ אַחֲרֵי שְׁרִרוּת לִבֹּו־הָרָע לְבִלְתִּי שְׁמֹעַ   16:12

אֵלָי׃

Jere. 16:12   and, your sinfulness, you are doing more than your fathers, and behold, you are walking, each one, after the stubbornness of his own wicked heart, in order not to listen to Me.’

וְהֵטַלְתִּי אֶתְכֶם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת עַל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר לֹא יְדַעְתֶּם אַתֶּם וַאֲבֹותֵיכֶם וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־שָׁם   16:13   אֶת־אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים יֹוםָם וָלַיְלָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־אֶתֵּן לָכֶם חֲנִינָה׃

Jere. 16:13   ‘So I am casting you out from this land to a land that you do not know, you or your fathers, and there you shall serve other gods day and night, because I will not grant any favor to you.’”

לָכֵן הִנֵּה־יָמִים בָּאִים נְאֻם־יְהוָה וְלֹא־יֵאָמֵר עֹוד חַי־יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָה אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ   16:14

׃מִצְרָיִם

Jere. 16:14   ‘That being so, behold, the time is coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when it will not be said any more:  ‘The Lord Who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt is alive,’

כִּי אִם־חַי־יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָה אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ צָפֹון וּמִכֹּל הָאֲרָצֹות אֲשֶׁר הִדִּיחָם שָׁמָּה   16:15 וַהֲשִׁבֹתִים עַל־אַדְמָתָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לַאֲבֹותָם׃

Jere. 16:15   but rather ‘the Lord is alive Who brings out the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands that He had thrust them there,’ then I shall return them to their soil that I had given to their fathers.’

וְצָדוּם הִנְנִי שֹׁלֵחַ (לְדַוָּגִים) [לְדַיָּגִים] רַבִּים נְאֻם־יְהוָה וְדִיגוּם וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן אֶשְׁלַח לְרַבִּים צַיָּדִים   16:16   מֵעַל כָּל־הַר וּמֵעַל כָּל־גִּבְעָה וּמִנְּקִיקֵי הַסְּלָעִים׃

Jere. 16:16   ‘Behold, I am sending for many fishermen,’ declares the Lord, ‘and they will catch them. Then after this, I shall send for an abundance of hunters and they shall hunt them from atop every mountain and from atop every hill and from the clefts of rocks.’

An error is found in the word in parentheses.  The vav should be a yad.  The correction is in the brackets.

כִּי עֵינַי עַל־כָּל־דַּרְכֵיהֶם לֹא נִסְתְּרוּ מִלְּפָנָי וְלֹא־נִצְפַּן עֲוֹנָם מִנֶּגֶד עֵינָי׃   16:17

Jere. 16:17   ‘For My gaze is upon all their ways.

                               They are not hidden from My presence;

                       neither is their iniquity hidden

                                from before My gaze.’

וְשִׁלַּמְתִּי רִאשֹׁונָה מִשְׁנֵה עֲוֹנָם וְחַטָּאתָם עַל חַלְּלָם אֶת־אַרְצִי בְּנִבְלַת שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם וְתֹועֲבֹותֵיהֶם   16:18 ּ מָלְאו אֶת־נַחֲלָתִי׃

Jere. 16:18   ‘Now I shall first repay their iniquity double

                                 and their sin,

                       because of their profaning My land.

                                They have filled My inheritance

                       with the carcasses of their detestable things

                                 and their abominations.’”

יְהוָה עֻזִּי וּמָעֻזִּי וּמְנוּסִי בְּיֹום צָרָה אֵלֶיךָ גֹּויִם יָבֹאוּ מֵאַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ וְיֹאמְרוּ אַךְ־שֶׁקֶר נָחֲלוּ    16:19       אֲבֹותֵינו הֶבֶל וְאֵין־בָּם מֹועִיל׃

Jere. 16:19   O Lord, my Strength and my Stronghold

                                 and my Refuge in time of distress,

                         the nations shall come to You

                                 from the ends of the earth,

                         and they shall say,

                                “Our fathers have embraced only lies,

                         vanity, and things from which there is no profit.”

הֲיַעֲשֶׂה־לֹּו אָדָם אֱלֹהִים וְהֵמָּה לֹא אֱלֹהִים׃   16:20

Jere. 16:20   May a man make gods for himself

                                 that they are not gods?

לָכֵן הִנְנִי מֹודִיעָם בַּפַּעַם הַזֹּאת אֹודִיעֵם אֶת־יָדִי וְאֶת־גְּבוּרָתִי וְיָדְעוּ כִּי־שְׁמִי יְהוָה׃   16:21

Jere. 16:21   “That being so, behold,

                                  I am teaching them;

                        this time I will have them know

                                 My power and My might,

                        and they shall know

                                  that My name is The Lord.”

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