1
In the
beginning of the
reign of
Zedekiah the
son of
Josiah,
king of
Judah,
this word came to
Jeremiah from the
LORD,
saying -
.Wh'Yivwa{y -n,B ~iq'yw{h.y t,k,l.m;m tyivaer.B ? h'y.m.rIy -l,a h,Z;h r'b'D;h h'y'h h'd.Wh.y .$,l,m ? r{mael h'wh.y teaem
2
thus says the
LORD to
me-"Make for yourself
bonds and
yokes and
put them on your
neck,
tw{resw{m '$.l hef][ y;lea h'wh.y r;m'a -h{K ? '$,ra\W;c -l;[ ~'T;t.n.W tw{j{m.W
3
and
send word to the
king of
Edom, to the
king of
Moab, to the
king of the
sons of
Ammon, to the
king of
Tyre and to the
king of
Sidon by the
messengers who
come to
Jerusalem to
Zedekiah king of
Judah.
b'aw{m .$,l,m -l,a.w ~w{d/a .$,l,m -l,a ~'T.x;Liv.w ? .$,l,m -l,a.w r{c .$,l,m -l,a.w !w{M;[ yen.B .$,l,m -l,a.w ? .Wh'Yiq.dic -l,a ~i;l'v.Wr.y ~yia'B;h ~yik'a.l;m d;y.B !w{dyic ? h'd.Wh.y .$,l,m
4
"Command them to go to their
masters,
saying,
'Thus says the
LORD of
hosts, the
God of
Israel,
thus you shall
say to your
masters,
r;m'a -h{K r{mael ~,hyen{d]a -l,a ~'t{a 'tyi.Wic.w ? .Wr.ma{t h{K lea'r.fIy yeh{l/a tw{a'b.c h'wh.y ? ~,kyen{d]a -l,a
5
"I have
made the
earth, the
men and the
beasts which are on the
face of the
earth by My
great power and by My
outstretched arm, and I will
give it to the one
who is
pleasing in My
sight.
h'meh.B;h -t,a.w ~'d'a'h -t,a #,r'a'h -t,a yityif'[ yik{n'a ? yi[w{r.zib.W lw{d'G;h yix{k.B #,r'a'h yen.P -l;[ r,v]a ? y'nye[.B r;v'y r,v]a;l 'hyiT;t.n.W h'y.Wj.N;h
6
"Now I have
given all these lands into the
hand of
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon, My
servant, and I have
given him
also the
wild animals of the
field to
serve him.
h,Lea'h tw{c'r]a'h -l'K -t,a yiT;t'n yik{n'a h'T;[.w ? ~;g.w yiD.b;[ l,b'B -.k,l,m r;Ca,n.d;k.Wb.n d;y.B ? w{d.b'[.l w{l yiT;t'n h,d'F;h t;Y;x -t,a