24
"Yet they did not
obey or
incline their
ear, but
walked in their own
counsels and in the
stubbornness of their
evil heart, and
went backward and not
forward.
.Wk.leY;w ~'n.z'a -t,a .WJih -a{l.w .W[.m'v a{l.w ? rw{x'a.l .Wy.hiY;w ['r'h ~'Bil t.Wrir.viB tw{ce[{m.B ? ~yin'p.l a{l.w
25
"Since the
day that your
fathers came out of the
land of
Egypt until this day, I have
sent you
all My
servants the
prophets,
daily rising early and
sending them.
#,r,aem ~,kyetw{b]a .Wa.c'y r,v]a ~w{Y;h -nim.l ? -l'K -t,a ~,kyel]a x;l.v,a'w h,Z;h ~w{Y;h d;[ ~Iy;r.cim ? ;x{l'v.w ~eK.v;h ~w{y ~yiayib.N;h y;d'b][
26
"Yet they did not
listen to Me or
incline their
ear, but
stiffened their
neck; they did
more evil than their
fathers.
~'n.z'a -t,a .WJih a{l.w y;lea .W[.m'v aw{l.w ? ~'tw{b]aem .W[ereh ~'P.r'[ -t,a .Wv.q;Y;w
27
"You shall
speak all these words to them, but they will not
listen to you; and you shall
call to them, but they will not
answer you.
h,Lea'h ~yir'b.D;h -l'K -t,a ~,hyel]a 'T.r;Bid.w ? a{l.w ~,hyel]a 'ta'r'q.w '$y,lea .W[.m.vIy a{l.w ? h'k.Wn][;y
28
"You shall
say to them,
'This is the
nation that did not
obey the
voice of the
LORD their
God or
accept correction;
truth has
perished and has been
cut off from their
mouth.
.W[.m'v -aw{l r,v]a yw{G;h h,z ~,hyel]a 'T.r;m'a.w ? h'd.b'a r's.Wm .Wx.q'l a{l.w wy'h{l/a h'wh.y lw{q.B ? ~,hyiPim h't.r.kin.w h'n.Wm/a'h
29
'Cut off your
hair and
cast it
away, And
take up a
lamentation on the
bare heights; For the
LORD has
rejected and
forsaken The
generation of His
wrath.'
~Iy'p.v -l;[ yia.f.W yikyil.v;h.w .$er.zin yiZ'G ? w{t'r.b,[ rw{D -t,a v{JiY;w h'wh.y s;a'm yiK h'nyiq
30
"For the
sons of
Judah have
done that
which is
evil in My
sight,"
declares the
LORD, "they have
set their
detestable things in the
house which is
called by My
name, to
defile it.
h'wh.y -mwUa.n y;nye[.B [;r'h h'd.Wh.y -yen.b .Wf'[ -yiK ? yim.v -a'r.qin -r,v]a tIy;B;B ~,hyec.WQiv .Wm'f ? w{a.M;j.l wy'l'[
31
"They have
built the
high places of
Topheth,
which is in the
valley of the
son of
Hinnom, to
burn their
sons and their
daughters in the
fire,
which I did not
command, and it did not
come into My
mind.
~{Nih -n,b ayeg.B r,v]a t,p{T;h tw{m'B .Wn'b.W ? vea'B ~,hyet{n.B -t,a.w ~,hyen.B -t,a @{r.fil ? yiBil -l;[ h't.l'[ a{l.w yityi.Wic a{l r,v]a
32
"Therefore,
behold,
days are
coming,"
declares the
LORD, "when it will
no longer be
called Topheth, or the
valley of the
son of
Hinnom, but the
valley of the
Slaughter; for they will
bury in
Topheth because there is
no other
place.
rem'aey -a{l.w h'wh.y -mUa.n ~yia'B ~yim'y -heNih !ek'l ? ayeG -mia yiK ~{Nih -n,b ayeg.w t,p{T;h dw{[ ? ~w{q'm !yeaem t,p{t.b .Wr.b'q.w h'ger]h;h
33
"The
dead bodies of
this people will be
food for the
birds of the
sky and for the
beasts of the
earth; and
no one will
frighten them away.
~Iy;m'V;h @w{[.l l'k]a;m.l h,Z;h ~'['h t;l.bin h't.y'h.w ? dyir]x;m !yea.w #,r'a'h t;m/h,b.l.W
34
"Then I will make to
cease from the
cities of
Judah and from the
streets of
Jerusalem the
voice of
joy and the
voice of
gladness, the
voice of the
bridegroom and the
voice of the
bride; for the
land will
become a
ruin.
~i;l'v.Wr.y tw{cUxem.W h'd.Wh.y yer'[em yiT;B.vih.w ? lw{q.w !'t'x lw{q h'x.mif lw{q.w !w{f'f lw{q ? #,r'a'h h,y.hiT h'B.r'x.l yiK h'L;K