Jeremiah

Chapter 46

Phonetic (Hebrew): ashshe֨r haya֧h debar-yehva֛h 'el-yiremeya֥hu hanּabi֖y 'al-hagּoyiֽm׃

Edified Edition (EDE)The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;

אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֧ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֛ה אֶל־יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִ֖יא עַל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): lemitzera֗yim 'al-che֨yl pּare'o֤h neko֙ me֣leke mitzera֔yim 'ashsher-haya֥h 'al-nehar-pּera֖t bּekarekּemi֑shsh 'ashshe֣r hikּa֗h nebֽukadere'tzּar֙ me֣leke bּabe֔l bּishshenat֙ haֽrebiy'i֔yt liyhoyaqi֥ym bּen-yo'shshiyּa֖hu me֥leke yehudaֽh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

לְמִצְרַ֗יִם עַל־חֵ֨יל פַּרְעֹ֤ה נְכוֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה עַל־נְהַר־פְּרָ֖ת בְּכַרְכְּמִ֑שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִכָּ֗ה נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל בִּשְׁנַת֙ הָֽרְבִיעִ֔ית לִיהוֹיָקִ֥ים בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): irek֤u magen֙ vetzinּa֔h ugeshsh֖u lamּilechamaֽh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Order you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

עִרְכ֤וּ מָגֵן֙ וְצִנָּ֔ה וּגְשׁ֖וּ לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): iser֣u hasּusi֗ym vaֽ'alu֙ hapּa֣rashshi֔ym vehiֽteyatzּeb֖u bּek֥oba'i֑ym mirequ֙ haֽremachi֔ym libeshsh֖u hasּireyonoֽt׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Harness the horses; and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

אִסְר֣וּ הַסּוּסִ֗ים וַֽעֲלוּ֙ הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים וְהִֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ בְּכ֥וֹבָעִ֑ים מִרְקוּ֙ הָֽרְמָחִ֔ים לִבְשׁ֖וּ הַסִּרְיֹנֹֽת׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): madּ֣u'a ra'i֗ytiy he֣mּah chatּiym֮ nesogi֣ym 'achor֒ vegibּoreyhe֣m yukּa֔tּu uman֥os na֖su velo֣ hipen֑u mag֥or misּabi֖yb ne'um-yehvaֽh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, says the LORD.

מַדּ֣וּעַ רָאִ֗יתִי הֵ֣מָּה חַתִּים֮ נְסֹגִ֣ים אָחוֹר֒ וְגִבּוֹרֵיהֶ֣ם יֻכַּ֔תּוּ וּמָנ֥וֹס נָ֖סוּ וְלֹ֣א הִפְנ֑וּ מָג֥וֹר מִסָּבִ֖יב נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): al-yan֣us haqּa֔l ve'al-yimּale֖t hagּibּ֑or tzap֨onah֙ 'al-ya֣d nehar-pּera֔t kּashshel֖u venapaֽlu׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

אַל־יָנ֣וּס הַקַּ֔ל וְאַל־יִמָּלֵ֖ט הַגִּבּ֑וֹר צָפ֨וֹנָה֙ עַל־יַ֣ד נְהַר־פְּרָ֔ת כָּשְׁל֖וּ וְנָפָֽלוּ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): miy-ze֖h kּaye'o֣r yaֽ'ale֑h kּanּehar֕ot yiֽtegּa'ashsh֖u meymaֽyv׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Who is this that comes up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

מִי־זֶ֖ה כַּיְאֹ֣ר יַֽעֲלֶ֑ה כַּנְּהָר֕וֹת יִֽתְגָּעֲשׁ֖וּ מֵימָֽיו׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): mitzera֨yim֙ kּaye'o֣r yaֽ'ale֔h vekanּehar֖ot yitegּo֣'ashshu ma֑yim vayּo֗'mer 'aֽ'aleh֙ 'akasּeh-'e֔retz 'obi֥ydah 'i֖yr veyo֥shshebey baֽhּ׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Egypt rises up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he says, "I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof."

מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ כַּיְאֹ֣ר יַֽעֲלֶ֔ה וְכַנְּהָר֖וֹת יִתְגֹּ֣עֲשׁוּ מָ֑יִם וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אַֽעֲלֶה֙ אֲכַסֶּה־אֶ֔רֶץ אֹבִ֥ידָה עִ֖יר וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): al֤u hasּusiym֙ vehiteholel֣u hare֔keb veyetze'֖u hagּibּori֑ym kּ֤ushsh uput֙ tּopeshse֣y mage֔n veludi֕ym tּopeshse֖y dּo֥rekey qaֽshshet׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Come up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

עֲל֤וּ הַסּוּסִים֙ וְהִתְהֹלְל֣וּ הָרֶ֔כֶב וְיֵצְא֖וּ הַגִּבּוֹרִ֑ים כּ֤וּשׁ וּפוּט֙ תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י מָגֵ֔ן וְלוּדִ֕ים תֹּפְשֵׂ֖י דֹּ֥רְכֵי קָֽשֶׁת׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): veֽhayּ֨om hah֜u la'dona֧y yehvi֣h tzeba'֗ot y֤om neqamah֙ lehinּaqe֣m mitzּara֔yv ve'akela֥h che֨reb֙ veshsa֣be'a֔h veraveta֖h midּama֑m kּi֣y ze֠bach la'dona֨y yehvi֧h tzeba'֛ot bּe'e֥retz tzap֖on 'el-nehar-pּeraֽt׃

Edified Edition (EDE)For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that He may avenge Him of His adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

וְֽהַיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא לַאדֹנָ֧י יְהוִ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת י֤וֹם נְקָמָה֙ לְהִנָּקֵ֣ם מִצָּרָ֔יו וְאָכְלָ֥ה חֶ֨רֶב֙ וְשָׂ֣בְעָ֔ה וְרָוְתָ֖ה מִדָּמָ֑ם כִּ֣י זֶ֠בַח לַאדֹנָ֨י יְהוִ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת בְּאֶ֥רֶץ צָפ֖וֹן אֶל־נְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): ali֤y gile'ad֙ uqechi֣y tzori֔y bּetula֖t bּat-mitzera֑yim lashshּave'֙ hrbyty hirebּe֣yt repu'֔ot tּe'ala֖h 'e֥yn laֽke׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shall you use many medicines; for you shall not be cured.

עֲלִ֤י גִלְעָד֙ וּקְחִ֣י צֳרִ֔י בְּתוּלַ֖ת בַּת־מִצְרָ֑יִם לַשָּׁוְא֙ הרביתי הִרְבֵּ֣ית רְפֻא֔וֹת תְּעָלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין לָֽךְ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): shshame'֤u goyim֙ qelone֔ke vetzivechate֖ke male'a֣h ha'a֑retz kּiֽy-gibּ֤or bּegibּor֙ kּashsha֔lu yachedּa֖yv napel֥u shsheneyheֽm׃p

Edified Edition (EDE)The nations have heard of your shame, and your cry has filled the land: for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.

שָׁמְע֤וּ גוֹיִם֙ קְלוֹנֵ֔ךְ וְצִוְחָתֵ֖ךְ מָלְאָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי־גִבּ֤וֹר בְּגִבּוֹר֙ כָּשָׁ֔לוּ יַחְדָּ֖יו נָפְל֥וּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃פ

Phonetic (Hebrew): hadּabar֙ 'ashshe֣r dּibּe֣r yehva֔h 'eֽl-yiremeya֖hu hanּabi֑y lab֗o nebֽukadere'tzּar֙ me֣leke bּabe֔l lehakּ֖ot 'et-'e֥retz mitzeraֽyim׃

Edified Edition (EDE)The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.

הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ הַנָּבִ֑יא לָב֗וֹא נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל לְהַכּ֖וֹת אֶת־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): hagּi֤ydu bemitzera֨yim֙ vehashshemi֣y'u bemigedּ֔ol vehashshemi֥y'u beno֖p ubetachepּaneche֑s 'imer֗u hiteyatzּeb֙ vehake֣n la֔ke kּiֽy-'akela֥h che֖reb sebiybeֽyka׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Declare you in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say you, "Stand fast, and prepare you; for the sword shall devour round about you."

הַגִּ֤ידוּ בְמִצְרַ֨יִם֙ וְהַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ בְמִגְדּ֔וֹל וְהַשְׁמִ֥יעוּ בְנֹ֖ף וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֑ס אִמְר֗וּ הִתְיַצֵּב֙ וְהָכֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־אָכְלָ֥ה חֶ֖רֶב סְבִיבֶֽיךָ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): madּ֖u'a nisecha֣p 'abּiyre֑yka lo֣ 'ama֔d kּi֥y yehva֖h hadapֽo׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Why are your valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.

מַדּ֖וּעַ נִסְחַ֣ף אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ לֹ֣א עָמַ֔ד כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה הֲדָפֽוֹ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): hirebּa֖h kּoshshe֑l gּam-napa֞l 'i֣yshsh 'el-re'e֗hu vayּoֽ'meru֙ q֣umah ׀ venashshu֣bah 'el-'amּe֗nu ve'el-'e֨retz֙ mֽoladetּe֔nu mipּene֖y che֥reb hayּonaֽh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)He made many to fall, yes, one fell upon another: and they said, "Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword."

הִרְבָּ֖ה כּוֹשֵׁ֑ל גַּם־נָפַ֞ל אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֗הוּ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ ק֣וּמָה ׀ וְנָשֻׁ֣בָה אֶל־עַמֵּ֗נוּ וְאֶל־אֶ֨רֶץ֙ מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַיּוֹנָֽה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): qare'֖u shsha֑m pּare'o֤h meֽleke-mitzera֨yim֙ shsha'֔on he'ebi֖yr hamּo'eֽd׃

Edified Edition (EDE)They did cry there, "Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has passed the time appointed."

קָרְא֖וּ שָׁ֑ם פַּרְעֹ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ שָׁא֔וֹן הֶעֱבִ֖יר הַמּוֹעֵֽד׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): chay-'a֨niy֙ ne'um-hamּe֔leke yehva֥h tzeba'֖ot shshem֑o kּi֚y kּetab֣or bּeֽhari֔ym ukekareme֖l bּayּa֥m yabֽo'׃

Edified Edition (EDE)"As I live," says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, "Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come."

חַי־אָ֨נִי֙ נְאֻם־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמ֑וֹ כִּ֚י כְּתָב֣וֹר בֶּֽהָרִ֔ים וּכְכַרְמֶ֖ל בַּיָּ֥ם יָבֽוֹא׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): kּele֤y golah֙ 'ashsi֣y la֔ke yoshshe֖bet bּat-mitzera֑yim kּiֽy-nop֙ leshshamּa֣h tiֽheye֔h venitzּeta֖h me'e֥yn yoshsheֽb׃s

Edified Edition (EDE)O you daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.

כְּלֵ֤י גוֹלָה֙ עֲשִׂ֣י לָ֔ךְ יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בַּת־מִצְרָ֑יִם כִּֽי־נֹף֙ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ה וְנִצְּתָ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ס

Phonetic (Hebrew): egela֥h yepeֽh-piyּa֖h mitzera֑yim qe֥retz mitzּap֖on bּa֥ baֽ'׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction comes; it comes out of the north.

עֶגְלָ֥ה יְפֵֽה־פִיָּ֖ה מִצְרָ֑יִם קֶ֥רֶץ מִצָּפ֖וֹן בָּ֥א בָֽא׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): gּam-shsekire֤yha beqirebּahּ֙ kּe'egele֣y marebּe֔q kּiֽy-gam-he֧mּah hipen֛u na֥su yachedּa֖yv lo֣ 'ama֑du kּi֣y y֥om 'eyda֛m bּa֥ 'aleyhe֖m 'e֥t pּequdּataֽm׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

גַּם־שְׂכִרֶ֤יהָ בְקִרְבָּהּ֙ כְּעֶגְלֵ֣י מַרְבֵּ֔ק כִּֽי־גַם־הֵ֧מָּה הִפְנ֛וּ נָ֥סוּ יַחְדָּ֖יו לֹ֣א עָמָ֑דוּ כִּ֣י י֥וֹם אֵידָ֛ם בָּ֥א עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם עֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): qola֖hּ kּanּacha֣shsh yele֑ke kּiֽy-becha֣yil yele֔ku ubeqaredּumּot֙ bּa֣'u la֔hּ kּechotebe֖y 'etziֽym׃

Edified Edition (EDE)The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

קוֹלָ֖הּ כַּנָּחָ֣שׁ יֵלֵ֑ךְ כִּֽי־בְחַ֣יִל יֵלֵ֔כוּ וּבְקַרְדֻּמּוֹת֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔הּ כְּחֹטְבֵ֖י עֵצִֽים׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): kּaret֤u ya'erahּ֙ ne'um-yehva֔h kּi֖y lo֣ yeֽchaqe֑r kּi֤y rabּu֙ meֽ'arebּe֔h ve'e֥yn lahe֖m misepּaֽr׃

Edified Edition (EDE)"They shall cut down her forest," says the LORD, "though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable."

כָּרְת֤וּ יַעְרָהּ֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֖י לֹ֣א יֵֽחָקֵ֑ר כִּ֤י רַבּוּ֙ מֵֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין לָהֶ֖ם מִסְפָּֽר׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): hobi֖yshshah bּat-mitzera֑yim nitּena֖h bּeya֥d 'am-tzapֽon׃

Edified Edition (EDE)The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

הֹבִ֖ישָׁה בַּת־מִצְרָ֑יִם נִתְּנָ֖ה בְּיַ֥ד עַם־צָפֽוֹן׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): amar֩ yehva֨h tzeba'֜ot 'elohe֣y yishsera'e֗l hineni֤y poqed֙ 'el-'am֣on minּo֔ ve'al-pּare'oh֙ ve'al-mitzera֔yim ve'al-'elohe֖yha ve'al-melake֑yha ve'a֨l-pּare'o֔h ve'a֥l habּotechi֖ym bּֽo׃

Edified Edition (EDE)The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says; "Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:"

אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הִנְנִ֤י פוֹקֵד֙ אֶל־אָמ֣וֹן מִנֹּ֔א וְעַל־פַּרְעֹה֙ וְעַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם וְעַל־אֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ וְעַל־מְלָכֶ֑יהָ וְעַ֨ל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה וְעַ֥ל הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים בּֽוֹ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): unetatּi֗ym bּeyad֙ mebaqeshshe֣y napeshsha֔m ubeya֛d nebֽukadere'tzּa֥r meֽleke-bּabe֖l ubeyad-'abada֑yv ve'acharey-ke֛n tּishshekּo֥n kּiֽymey-qe֖dem ne'um-yehvaֽh׃s

Edified Edition (EDE)"And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old," says the LORD.

וּנְתַתִּ֗ים בְּיַד֙ מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשָׁ֔ם וּבְיַ֛ד נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל וּבְיַד־עֲבָדָ֑יו וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֛ן תִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן כִּֽימֵי־קֶ֖דֶם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ס

Phonetic (Hebrew): ve֠'atּah 'al-tּiyra֞ 'abedּi֤y yaֽ'aqob֙ ve'al-tּecha֣t yishsera'e֔l kּi֠y hineni֤y moshshiֽ'aka֙ meֽrach֔oq ve'eֽt-zare'aka֖ me'e֣retz shshibeya֑m veshsha֧b ya'aq֛ob veshshaqa֥t veshsha'ana֖n ve'e֥yn machariֽyd׃s

Edified Edition (EDE)"But fear not you, O My servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar off, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid."

וְ֠אַתָּה אַל־תִּירָ֞א עַבְדִּ֤י יַֽעֲקֹב֙ וְאַל־תֵּחַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֠י הִנְנִ֤י מוֹשִֽׁעֲךָ֙ מֵֽרָח֔וֹק וְאֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֖ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ שִׁבְיָ֑ם וְשָׁ֧ב יַעֲק֛וֹב וְשָׁקַ֥ט וְשַׁאֲנַ֖ן וְאֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד׃ס

Phonetic (Hebrew): a֠tּah 'al-tּiyra֞ 'abedּi֤y yaֽ'aqob֙ ne'um-yehva֔h kּi֥y 'itּeka֖ 'a֑niy kּiy֩ 'e'eshse֨h kala֜h bּekaֽl-hagּoyi֣m ׀ 'ashshe֧r hidּachetּi֣yka shsha֗mּah ve'oֽteka֙ lo'-'e'eshse֣h kala֔h veyisּaretּi֨yka֙ lamּishshepּa֔t venaqּe֖h lo֥ 'anaqּeֽkּa׃s

Edified Edition (EDE)"Fear you not, O Jacob My servant," says the LORD: "for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations Where I have driven you: but I will not make a full end of you, but correct you in measure; yet will I not leave you wholly unpunished."

אַ֠תָּה אַל־תִּירָ֞א עַבְדִּ֤י יַֽעֲקֹב֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אִתְּךָ֖ אָ֑נִי כִּי֩ אֶעֱשֶׂ֨ה כָלָ֜ה בְּכָֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֣ם ׀ אֲשֶׁ֧ר הִדַּחְתִּ֣יךָ שָׁ֗מָּה וְאֹֽתְךָ֙ לֹא־אֶעֱשֶׂ֣ה כָלָ֔ה וְיִסַּרְתִּ֨יךָ֙ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט וְנַקֵּ֖ה לֹ֥א אֲנַקֶּֽךָּ׃ס