22
With thee also will I break in
pieces man and
woman; and with thee will I break in
pieces old and
young; and with thee will I break in
pieces the young
man and the
maid;
!eq'z '$.b yiT.c;Pin.w h'Via.w vyia '$.b yiT.c;Pin.w ? h'l.Wt.b.W r.Wx'B '$.b yiT.c;Pin.w r;['n'w
23
I will also break in
pieces with thee the
shepherd and his
flock; and with thee will I break in
pieces the
husbandman and his yoke of
oxen; and with thee will I break in
pieces captains and
rulers.
r'Kia '$.b yiT.c;Pin.w w{r.d,[.w h,[{r '$.b yiT.c;Pin.w ? ~yin'g.s.W tw{x;P '$.b yiT.c;Pin.w w{D.mic.w
24
And I will
render unto
Babylon and to all the
inhabitants of
Chaldea all their
evil that they have
done in
Zion in your
sight, saith the
LORD.
tea ~yiD.f;k yeb.vw{y l{k.l.W l,b'b.l yiT.m;Liv.w ? ~,kyenye[.l !w{Yic.b .Wf'[ -r,v]a ~'t'['r -l'K ? h'wh.y ~Ua.n
25
Behold, I am against thee, O
destroying mountain, saith the
LORD, which
destroyest all the
earth: and I will stretch
out mine
hand upon thee, and roll thee
down from the
rocks, and will
make thee a
burnt mountain.
tyix.v;M;h h'wh.y -mUa.n tyix.v;M;h r;h '$y,lea yin.nih ? '$y,l'[ yid'y -t,a yityij'n.w #,r'a'h -l'K -t,a ? r;h.l '$yiT;t.n.W ~yi['l.S;h -nim '$yiT.l;G.lig.w ? h'per.f
26
And they shall not
take of thee a
stone for a
corner, nor a
stone for
foundations; but thou shalt be
desolate for
ever, saith the
LORD.
tw{d'sw{m.l !,b,a.w h'Nip.l !,b,a '$.Mim .Wx.qIy -a{l.w ? h'wh.y -mUa.n h,y.hiT ~'lw{[ tw{m.miv -yiK
27
Set ye
up a
standard in the
land, blow the
trumpet among the
nations, prepare the
nations against her, call
together against her the
kingdoms of
Ararat, Minni, and
Ashchenaz; appoint a
captain against her; cause the
horses to come
up as the
rough caterpillers.
.Wv.D;q ~Iyw{G;B r'pw{v .W[.qiT #,r'a'B sen -.Wa.f ? j;r'r]a tw{k.l.m;m 'hy,l'[ .W[yim.v;h ~Iyw{G 'hy,l'[ ? s.Ws -.Wl][;h r's.pij 'hy,l'[ .Wd.qiP z'n.K.v;a.w yiNim ? r'm's q,l,y.K
28
Prepare against her the
nations with the
kings of the
Medes, the
captains thereof, and all the
rulers thereof, and all the
land of his
dominion.
'hy,tw{x;P -t,a y;d'm yek.l;m -t,a ~Iyw{g 'hy,l'[ .Wv.D;q ? w{T.l;v.m,m #,r,a -l'K tea.w 'hy,n'g.s -l'K -t,a.w
29
And the
land shall
tremble and
sorrow: for every
purpose of the
LORD shall be
performed against
Babylon, to
make the
land of
Babylon a
desolation without an
inhabitant.
l,b'B -l;[ h'm'q yiK l{x'T;w #,r'a'h v;[.riT;w ? h'M;v.l l,b'B #,r,a -t,a ~.Wf'l h'wh.y tw{b.v.x;m ? bevw{y !yeaem
30
The mighty
men of
Babylon have
forborn to
fight, they have
remained in their
holds: their
might hath
failed; they became as
women: they have
burned her
dwellingplaces; her
bars are
broken.
tw{d'c.M;B .Wb.v'y ~ex'Lih.l l,b'b yerw{Big .Wl.d'x ? 'hy,t{n.K.vim .WtyiCih ~yiv'n.l .Wy'h ~'t'r.Wb.g h't.v'n ? 'hy,xyir.b .Wr.B.vin
31
One
post shall
run to
meet another, and one
messenger to
meet another, to
shew the
king of
Babylon that his
city is
taken at one
end,
dyiG;m ta;r.qil dyiG;m.W #.Wr'y #'r -ta;r.qil #'r ? h,c'Qim w{ryi[ h'd.K.lin -yiK l,b'B .$,l,m.l dyiG;h.l
32
And that the
passages are
stopped, and the
reeds they have
burned with
fire, and the
men of
war are
affrighted.
.Wp.r'f ~yiM;g]a'h -t,a.w .Wf'P.tin tw{r'B.[;M;h.w ? .Wl'h.bin h'm'x.liM;h yev.n;a.w vea'b